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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]
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.
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 ...
Devin Hester played wide receiver and as a return specialist holds the record for the most all-time return touchdowns (20) and most all-time punt return touchdowns (14). He is the only primary return specialist to be enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and is widely considered to be the greatest return specialist of all time.
Thus, all-purpose yards is a combined total of rushing yards, receiving yards, and all forms of return yards only. Some sources do not specify which types of return yards count toward this total because the most common forms of return yards are kick and punt return yards. [2] Football associations differ on their own specific definitions of the ...
The Bills tied it on the return from Harty, an under-the-radar offseason signing after he had four good seasons primarily as a returner for the New Orleans Saints, and then Allen brought home the win.
In gridiron football, a muffed punt is defined as "touching of the ball prior to possessing the ball.” A muffed punt occurs when there is an "uncontrolled touch" of the football by a player on the returning team after it is punted. This can occur when: The kicking team interferes with the other team's right to catch the punt
His fumble was one of the biggest plays in a Week 3 loss to Indianapolis, then four weeks later, he lost another against San Francisco. ... Instead, Moore’s 29-yard scamper on a punt return ...