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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.
Punting formations use a five-man offensive line, three "upbacks" (sometimes also referred to as "personal protectors") approximately 3 yards behind the line to act as an additional line of defense, two wide receivers known as "gunners" either to stop the punt returner or to down the ball, and the punter, 15 yards behind the line of scrimmage ...
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.
Deonte Harty had an electric 96-yard punt return in the fourth quarter that turned Sunday night's regular-season finale against the Miami Dolphins from a tale of the Bills giving away chances with ...
The Chicago Bears' final regular season game saw one of the NFL's best plays of the season, as a 94-yard punt return was pure trickery against the Green Bay Packers.
Moore, who’d never been a punt returner in college, began the season as the Chiefs’ starter before the muffs added up. His fumble was one of the biggest plays in a Week 3 loss to Indianapolis ...
A diagram showing an I formation on offense and a 4-3 formation on defense In American football , the specific role that a player takes on the field is referred to as their "position". Under the modern rules of American football, both teams are allowed 11 players [ 1 ] on the field at one time and have "unlimited free substitutions", meaning ...
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 ...