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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.
As a kick returner, Johnson returned five punts for touchdowns, along with two kickoffs, in his first four years with the Oilers, and added 12 more touchdowns on offense. He was selected to the Pro Bowl as a kick returner in 1975, and was named MVP of the game, during which he returned a punt 90 yards for a touchdown. He made another Pro Bowl ...
The 2002 NFL season earned Hall his first NFL Pro Bowl, being selected as a kick returner. [4] Hall became the second player in NFL history to return a kickoff and a punt return for a touchdown in the same game. [citation needed] In 2003, Hall returned a kickoff or a punt for a touchdown four games in a row, which is an NFL record. [10]
Heading into the team’s second week of the preseason, Blackshear is listed as the No. 1 kick returner on the depth chart. He didn’t play in the first preseason game — one of 33 guys who didn ...
Ultimately, the Cowboys snapped a five-game losing streak with the 34-26 win, ... kick returner KaVontae Turpin struck back. The ensuing kickoff bounced through Turpin’s legs, a fitting last ...
The 13 th-year vet owns NFL records for most career kickoff-return touchdowns (nine) and for longest kick-return (109 yards). His career mark (29.26 yards) is third-highest in history and the best ...
But [Howard] made the big play. That return was the game right there. He's been great all year, and he was great again today." Howard totaled a Super Bowl record 90 punt return yards and 154 kickoff return yards with one touchdown; his 244 all-purpose yards also tied a Super Bowl record.
Only the kicker and two returners will be allowed to move until the ball hits the ground or is touched by a returner inside the 20. Any kick that reaches the end zone in the air can be returned ...