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  2. Return specialist - Wikipedia

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    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. There are few players who are exclusively return specialists; most also play another position such as wide receiver , defensive back , or running back .

  3. Return yards - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. Punter (gridiron football) - Wikipedia

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    Shane Lechler of the Oakland Raiders punts the ball in November 2008. A punter (P) in gridiron football is a special teams player who receives the snapped ball directly from the line of scrimmage and then punts (kicks) the football to the opposing team so as to limit any field position advantage.

  5. Here are Chiefs’ options for punt and kickoff returns if ...

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    Because of an injury, the Chiefs likely going to use new players as return specialists vs. Chicago on Sunday. Here are Chiefs’ options for punt and kickoff returns if Richie James is out vs ...

  6. How deliberate mis-kicks changed one of sport's strangest ...

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    Thirty years later and attitudes remain much the same towards one of sport's strangest positions and the players used in the specific instance when a team kick the ball away to clear their lines.

  7. Who might return punts and kickoffs for Anthony Evans for ...

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    Evans, who has an undisclosed injury, is third in the SEC with an 8.4 punt return average with a long of 46. He also averages 17.5 yards on kickoff returns. Jackson had 70 return yards on 11 punts ...

  8. Glossary of American football terms - Wikipedia

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    When a punt is fielded by the receiving team and advanced for better field position. The punt returner generally attempts to move the ball as far up the field as possible. Alternatively, they can signal for a fair catch or allow the ball to go into the end zone for a touchback. A receiver can also immediately punt the ball back, though this ...

  9. Touchback - Wikipedia

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    A kickoff or punt touches the ground in the receiving team's end zone before being touched by a player of the receiving team. If a kicked-off ball goes into the end zone and then is recovered by a member of the kicking team, it is a touchdown for the kicking team, when the ball is touched by the receivers.