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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 .
Kevin Kelly and the 2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team kicks the ball off after scoring a touchdown in their season opening game. A kickoff is a method of starting a drive in gridiron football. Additionally, it may refer to a kickoff time, the scheduled time of the first kickoff of a game. Typically, a kickoff consists of one team ...
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 giving the receiving team a field position that is more advantageous to the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. This generally happens on a fourth down in American football and a third down in Canadian football.
A fair catch of a punt in American football. A fair catch is a feature of American football and several other codes of football, in which a player attempting to catch a ball kicked by the opposing team – either on a kickoff or punt – is entitled to catch the ball without interference from any member of the kicking team. [1]
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.