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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.
Most return (of a punt, kickoff, interception, fumble, missed field goal, blocked punt/field goal) touchdowns: 20, Devin Hester 2006–2016 [269] Most return (of a punt, kick, interception or fumble) touchdowns, including postseason : 21, Devin Hester 2006–2016 [ 269 ] [ 293 ]
This is a list of National Football League kickoff returners based on their career kickoff return yards. Brian Mitchell is the all-time leader with 14,014 kickoff return yards over 14 seasons. [1] [2]
Most punt returns in a season (71 in 1976) and 2nd most punt returns in a season (67 in 1974) Tied for fewest fair catches in a season (0 in 1977) Tied for most opponent fumbles recovered by an AFC player (Jack Lambert, 1976) Tied for most touchdowns after fumble recovery (Jim Bradshaw, 1964)
Most punt returns for touchdown, career: Dante Hall, 5 [185] Most punt returns for touchdown, season: 2 (six players), most recently Tyreek Hill (2016) [186] Most punt returns for touchdown, rookie season: Dale Carter, 2 (1992) [187] Highest punt return yard average, career (min. 50 punt returns): Dexter McCluster, 12.1 [188]
Jones finished his rookie season with 39 tackles, seven passes defended, and two interceptions on defense. On offense, he had four receptions for 78 yards and one touchdown. He led the NFL with 362 punt return yards and 12.5 yards per punt return with one punt returned for a touchdown while finishing fifth in the league with 645 kick return yards.
Jeff Feagles holds the NFL career record for most punts with 1,713. In American football, a punt is a kick that is performed after a player (most often a punter) drops the ball from their hands and kicks it prior to it hitting the ground. Record keeping for punts in the National Football League (NFL) goes back to 1939.
In his second season, he set an NFL record by returning four punts for touchdowns and made the Pro Bowl. In the 1977 season, he led the NFL with 653 punt return yards and assisted his team to their first ever Super Bowl appearance. The Broncos lost Super Bowl XII to the Dallas Cowboys 27–10, but he had a good performance in the game. Upchurch ...