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Kick return yards and punt return yards result from voluntary change in possession and most of the others result from involuntary forms of change in possession known as turnovers. Often kick return and punt return statistics are aggregated. and sometimes they are added to yards from scrimmage to yield all-purpose yards. When kick return yards ...
Head coach Mike McDaniel called it a "gut punch." For the Dolphins' hopes of winning the AFC East and hosting an NFL playoff game, Deonte Harty's 96-yard punt return early in the fourth quarter ...
A receiver for a punt or kick return signals a "fair catch" by waving his hand in the air before catching the ball, and running after the catch was made. The return is neutralized, and the penalty is deducted from where the receiver caught the ball. Arm raised in the air, before waving it and dropping it back down, similar to the fair catch signal
In gridiron football, a punt is a kick performed by dropping the ball from the hands and then kicking the ball before it hits the ground. The most common use of this tactic is to punt the ball downfield to the opposing team, usually on the final down, with the hope of maximizing the distance the opposing team must advance in order to score. The ...
The Chicago Bears' final regular season game saw one of the NFL's best plays of the season, as a 94-yard punt return was pure trickery against the Green Bay Packers.
"It takes all three units," How a special teams play in the fourth quarter helped Indiana close out a win over Michigan:
In gridiron football, a muffed punt is defined as "touching of the ball prior to possessing the ball.” A muffed punt occurs when there is an "uncontrolled touch" of the football by a player on the returning team after it is punted. This can occur when: The kicking team interferes with the other team's right to catch the punt
Ke'Shawn Williams' 22-yard punt return with 6 minutes to go was IU's longest gain of the second half and helped preserve the win over Michigan.