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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.
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]
Season Player Kickoff return yards Team Ref. 1960: Leon Burton: 862* New York Titans [3]1961: Frank Jackson: 645 Dallas Texans [4]1962: Dick Christy: 824 New York Titans
Devin Hester, the first and only return specialist inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, fielding a punt during special teams practice at the Chicago Bears' 2007 training camp. A return specialist or kick returner is a player on the special teams unit of a gridiron football team who specializes in returning punts and kickoffs.
His 65-yard punt return in the fourth quarter set a Super Bowl LVII record and led to a Patrick Mahomes touchdown pass to Moore to push the Chiefs’ lead to eight in a game they won 38-35.
In addition to Hester's NFL records, he is also the leader in career punt returns (264) and punt return yards (3,241) among active players. Hester ended the 2013 season having averaged 27.7 kickoff return yards and 14.2 punt return yards, [ 108 ] while also leading the league in kickoff return yards with 1,442.
DeJean is one of the best ballhawks in this class and also one of the best punt returners available, having averaged 13.1 yards per return over the last two seasons.
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 ...