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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.
Returns Yards Average Ref 1 Brian Mitchell: RB: Washington Redskins (1990–1999) Philadelphia Eagles (2000–2002) New York Giants 607 14,014 23.1 [3] [4] [5] 2 Allen Rossum: DB: Philadelphia Eagles (1998–1999) Green Bay Packers (2000–2001) Atlanta Falcons (2002–2006) Pittsburgh Steelers San Francisco 49ers (2008–2009) Dallas Cowboys ...
Most punt returns, lifetime: 264; Most punt return yards, lifetime: 3,241 yards [140] Most punt return yards, season: 651 yards (2007) Most punt return yards, game: 152 yards, at Arizona Cardinals, October 16, 2006 [140] Highest average, yards per punt return, season [min. 15 returns]: 17.1 (2010) Hester returned 33 punts for 564 yards.
The game was ranked No. 1 of the 2010 NFL regular season by the NFL, [5] and on April 9, 2013, NFL.com readers voted Jackson's game-winning punt return the greatest play of all time. [6] This game is also known as "The Punt" by Giants fans, in a similar way that the Miracle at the Meadowlands is known as "The Fumble".
Hester's case for enshrinement is simple. He's regarded as the best punt returner of all time. Hester holds the record for most punt-return touchdowns with 14, is tied for ninth all time with five ...
In 2013, Austin had the longest punt return of the season at 98 yards. He returned at least one punt for a touchdown in each of his first three seasons. Austin's prowess as a special teamer tailed ...
The list of NCAA major college football yearly punt and kickoff return leaders identifies the major college leaders for each season from 1939 to the present. It includes yearly leaders in four statistical categories: (1) total punt return yardage, and (2) yards per punt return, (3) total kickoff return yardage, and (4) yards per kickoff return.
He was primarily a punt returner with the Giants. ... Toub, set to begin his 11th season in Kansas City, the Chiefs’ special teams have often ranked among the NFL’s best. That wasn’t the ...