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A punt return is one of the receiving team's options to respond to a punt. A player positioned about 35–45 yards from the line of scrimmage (usually a wide receiver or return specialist ) will attempt to catch or pick up the ball after it is punted by the opposing team's punter.
Short Punt formation versus a 6-2-3 defense. The short punt is an older formation popular when scoring was harder and a good punt was an offensive weapon. [13] [14] In times when punting on second and third down was fairly common, teams would line up in the short punt formation and offer the dual threat of punt or pass. [15]
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.
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 ...
Skyy Moore said earlier this season that he “didn’t even want to go back there” to return punts after fumbling three times. It’s why Sunday became his “redemption moment.”
Brooks’ punt-return numbers for the Wildcats were eye-popping. In 2020, he led FBS with a 23.7-yard average and two touchdowns. He was All-Big 12 that season.
Deonte Harty's 96-yard punt return proved to be a decisive blow in the Dolphins squandering an AFC East title and shot at hosting in the NFL playoffs.
A video of a kickoff and return, played between the Baker Wildcats and Benedictine Ravens at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri in 2014. Under standard rules (i.e., those in leagues other than the NFL), to receive a kickoff and set up a kickoff return, the receiving team sets up its players starting from 10 yards back from the point the ...