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Sammy Baugh was a 5-time league leader in yards per punt, which is still the most in NFL history, with only one other player ever reaching four seasons leading in yards per punt. His record for yards per punt for a season of 51.4 lasted 82 years. In 1963, Yale Lary became the second player to lead the league yards per punt for a third time.
Record keeping for punting yards in the National Football League (NFL) goes as far back as 1939. To be eligible for career-long rankings, a player must have a minimum of 250 punts. [1] Although he never led the league in punting yards for a single-season, Jeff Feagles' longevity propelled him to become the career punting yards leader, with ...
NFL punting yards leaders may refer to: List of NFL annual punting yards leaders; List of NFL career punting yards leaders This page was last edited on 28 ...
When a touchback occurs, the ball is placed at the 20-yard line. [5] As such, the ratio of inside-the-20 punts to touchbacks is of consideration. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The NFL began officially tracking punts landed inside the 20-yard line and those resulting in touchbacks in 1976 .
The player who recorded the most passing yards in the AAFC Yds: The total number of passing yards the player had GP: The number of games played by the player during the season † Former AAFC record * Last time the record was set (current record) (#) Denotes the number of times a player appears in this list
He signed a three-year contract worth $1.345 million. [9] As a rookie, he finished with 65 punts for 2,564 total yards for a 39.45 average. [10] In the 2006 season, he finished with 71 punts for 3,145 total yards for a 44.30 average. [11] During the 2007 NFL season, he set the franchise record for the longest punt with an 81-yard punt. [12]
This is a list of National Football League punt returners who have led the regular season in punt return yards each year. The record for punt return yards in a season is currently held by Desmond Howard of the Green Bay Packers who had 875 yards in 1996.
The previous record of 45.5-yard punting average lasted 45 years after being set in 1962 by Danny Villanueva. [18] In 2008, he became the first NFL punter to average at least 50 yards per punt since Sammy Baugh in 1940. [19] [20] He was voted second-team All-Pro and a first alternate to the Pro Bowl. For the second straight year, he was voted ...