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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 touchdowns, punt returns, both teams, game, 2 Philadelphia Eagles (1) vs Washington Redskins (1), Nov 9, 1952 Kansas City Chiefs (1) vs Buffalo Bills (1), Sep 11, 1966
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 ]
On October 9, 2016, Grant's first career touchdown came on a 74-yard punt return against the Tennessee Titans in Week 5 of his rookie season. [18] The return made 'NFL Now's Top 5 Most Athletic Plays' list at number 1. [19] In the 2016 season, he contributed as a returner on special teams. [20]
The longest punt in NFL/AFL play was a 98-yarder by Steve O'Neal of the New York Jets in an American Football League regular season loss to the Denver Broncos at Mile High Stadium on September 21, 1969. [12] Jeff Feagles is the all-time NFL career punts and punt yards leader with 1,713 punts and 71,211 punt yards over 352 games. [13]
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.