It was a challenging discussion, but in the end, the Titans 2005 class grabbed this position despite some of the antics of their first-round pick, Adam "Pacman" Jones. The following are the 2020 NFL team kickoff return statistics. Please see our Contributors and Sources page for data source details. Hester may not be the fastest person to ever play football, but I don't think I've seen anybody run faster on a football field. But to do so in just five games is potentially unsustainable, and that's why Sanders' record, amid a season in which he rushed for 2,628 yards in just 11 games (! Listen to The Game Before the Money Podcast! Lions' brass has a plan. Kickoff Return Touchdowns Career Leaders and Records | College Football at Sports-Reference.com Kickoff Return Touchdowns Career Leaders and Records An asterisk (*) after a player's name indicates bowl stats are included. Weaving through traffic and toeing the sidelines in ways that would make Kyle Busch and Cris Carter smile, Javier showed anybody who watched him serve four years ('06-09) as Alabama's home run threat that he is more than just Gilbert Arenas' little cousin. Keenum was granted a medical hardship in 2010 after tearing a knee ligament, but his five touchdowns over three games prior to injury count. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. As a senior in 1997, Rossum finished fourth nationally in kickoff-return average; as a junior he led the country in punt-return average. Patterson somehow broke through the throng of tacklers and then it became a track meetand he won. Not only is it remarkable that Burleson didn't reach the end zone that day, but in his previous game, he didn't catch a single pass, and in the game after he set this record, he had a pedestrian four catches for 23 yards. Join our linker program. Hundreds waited in line for Jamaal Williams to sign autographs at DC Sports on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023. Hall was fasthe once recorded a 40-yard dash time of 4.29 secondsand his slender frame at 58, 187 pounds made it easy for him to slip around tacklers. Build your own custom leaderboards with Stathead Football. Who holds it: Ron Dayne, Wisconsin, 1996-99 The football gods skipped over this game pitting the nations best team against a small college from Tennessee at legendary Grant Field and let the bloodletting continue for four horrific quarters. The Lions used backup receiver Kalif Raymond as their primary punt returner and No. Boasting the speed and fluidity you'd expect from an All-American sprinter, Rossum owns the FBS career record with nine total return touchdownsthree on punts, three on kickoffs, three on interceptionsand ranks second in Notre Dame history with a 22.9 punt-return average. Burleson's effort against San Jose State ranks tied for eighth all-time in single-game receiving yards and yet, he never made it to the end zone. As a senior, Keenum was spectacular, throwing 48 touchdowns passes to just five interceptions a ratio of nearly 10:1. The guy loves playing. The Irish victory at Michigan in front of over 105,000 fans made Norte Dame the first school to defeat Michigan head coach Bo Schembechler in three straight seasons. 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Fipp said it sometimes makes more sense to use a complmentary player in a return role so they can devote more energy to the craft, and he cited former NFL receiver DeSean Jackson, who he coached with the Philadelphia Eagles, as an example. Subscribe to Stathead Football: Get your first month FREEYour All-Access Ticket to the Pro Football Reference Database. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. So, Sanders' Heisman-winning season in '88 when he ran for 332 yards against Texas Tech, 320 yards against Kansas State, 312 yards against Kansas and 304 yards against Tulsa hasn't been matched by any other running back in their career, let alone a single season. CRYSTAL BALL: 5 predictions for the 2021 college football season, Record: 36 attemptsRecord-holder: Dominique Davis, East CarolinaSeason: 2011. Record: 36 attempts Record-holder: Dominique Davis, East Carolina Season: 2011 In the 2020 season, Wisconsin quarterback Graham Mertz completed his first 17 pass attempts in the Badgers'. + Indicates Hall of Famer, season age in parentheses, Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Friday, March 3, 2:32PM. Whether it was a kickoff or punt return, these players knew how to electrify a stadiumand avoid tacklers at all costs. Al Diaz/Miami Herald/TNS. Another score against Missouri later that year gave Perkins the FBS single-season record for punt return TDs. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. We do not target any individuals under the age of 21. Ismail could dance away from contact when he had to, and he had the strength to break tackles, but his style was more like Eric Dickerson. Why its untouchable: Insley, the NCAAs all-time receiving yards leader, managed just 574 yards as a freshman in 1996 before exploding for 4,431 yards and 30 touchdowns over his final three seasons. Grant, who is six inches shorter than the 6-foot-1 Williams, has made his biggest impact in the NFL as a return man. Return to Top; Players. Missouri. As a senior, Keenum was spectacular, throwing 48. NFL Career Leaders - Punt Return Touchdowns. Statistics are current through the 2022 NFL season and include stats accrued in NFL, AFL and APFA games. College Football at Sports-Reference.com Blog and Articles; We're Social.for Statheads . Or write about sports? Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. No one will forget the Heisman pose after the 93-yard punt return TD against Ohio State, but they also shouldn't forget the body of work that led to Howard's defining moment. Recently, Oregon and Baylor have each topped the 700-yard mark with their no-huddle attacks, but hitting quadruple digits in a single game just seems unfathomable. NASHVILLE - It's time to reveal our No.3 class in the top-ten draft classes of the Titans history countdown. Lions coach Dan Campbell said he planned to use Williams as a gunner on punt team in his first NFL game, but the Lions never got the opportunity as the Jacksonville Jaguars failed to force a punt. Playing on Sunday Night Football in front of a national television audience, the ridiculously fast return manhe posted a 4.42-second 40-yard dash at the NFL combinetook the ball and ran straight up the middle of the field into what looked like a barrage of Packers players. It takes speed to return kicks well, but it also takes field vision, anticipation, agility, and some video game-like juke moves. 1 spot on this list? And I think the great players are like that, and they want to do all that stuff. 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I sat in awe, refreshing ESPN.coms GameTracker last season after every carry from Melvin Gordon, waiting on Wisconsins star running back to surpass the 400-yard barrier and inch closer to Ladainian Tomlinsons all-time mark. The score set records for the longest kickoff return and longest play in Super Bowl history. Record: 326 yardsRecord-holder: Nate Burleson, NevadaSeason: 2001. On Wednesday, Lions general manager Brad Holmes praised Williams' "rare talent, rare ability (and) serious passion for the game," and said the team was "expecting big things" from last year's No. So its always an accountability factor on both sides, but we expect big things from him.". "Hes done it. To start things off, Jones commited what many special teams coaches say is the biggest mistake for all return mendont take the ball out of the endzone if you catch it over five yards deep. That's why Dominique Davis' record for consecutive completions in a season is unbreakable, even as passing efficiency in college football has improved over the course of the last decade. Join our linker program. Keenums NCAA record of 1,546 career completions also wont be touched. After the game, Notre Dame head coach Lou Holtz told reporters he simply told Ismail to run to middle. Enter your information to receive emails about offers, promotions from NCAA.com and our partners. 1 pick in the NFL draft (Mayfield), the former of whom is arguably a generational talent at the position and the latter of whom was named the best player in the country one year later. Schiano referenced a statistic that more than 15 percent of the catastrophic injuries suffered on the football field happen on kickoffs, even though there are only a handful of kickoffs per game. Adams took one step back after receiving the kick and seemingly had nowhere to go as he got close to the right sidelinethree Tennessee tacklers got right in his facebut instead of giving up, he changed direction and ran backwards (something coaches say never to do on punt returns). Recruited to play defensive back and run track, Ginn made an immediate impact with the ball, leading the nation in punt return average (25.6) as a freshman and scoring four touchdowns. In todays game, for the most part, teams take their foot off the gas once they hit the 63-point plateau and play out the stretch. Kick return touchdown in the Super Bowldoes it get any more exciting than that? By any measure, it was a near-perfect performance and the one incompletion was a dropped pass. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. O.J . This might be the most controversial of all our classes to be No.3, but this class had depth and a star on the field, and a headache off it all rolled into one class. 46. NFL Single Season Leaders - Kickoff Return Touchdowns The following is a list of the NFL single season kickoff returnleaders ranked by kickoff return touchdowns. Stats: 2,854 passing yards, 30 passing touchdowns, 1,473 rushing yards, 20 rushing touchdowns, 42 receiving yards, receiving touchdown Newton got his one SEC chance after his troubled time. Have we mentioned this guys pretty good at returning kicks? And that wasn't even the most impressive part of the return. One college player tops everybody in this category because he returned two kickoffs for touchdowns twice! His 65-yard catch-and-run score against Kansas State, 82-yard punt return touchdown against Texas Tech, and 80-yard jet sweep touchdown in 2022 are plenty of evidence that he could rewrite the . Or write about sports? 2022 The Game Before the Money All Rights Reserved. Some records are meant to be broken. All rights reserved. Why its untouchable: Youve got to feel for Reaves, the Gators errant passer who tossed nine completions to the opposing defense at Auburn in 1969. The Human Joystick made video-game like moves on the field and one of his most impressive returns came against the Denver Broncos in 2003the same season in which he set a record by returning a kickoff or a punt for a touchdown four games in a row. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. Start the video below at 1:11 for the amazing return. His 27.6 yards per kickoff and 13.6 yards per punt-return averages were solid but not eye-popping. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. For his career, he scored six times on kick returns. Williams returned two kicks for touchdowns in his one season at Alabama, when he averaged 35.2 yards on 10 kick returns. So well just see how it goes.". That season, he averaged 19.8 yards per kickoff return and scored three TDs on punt returns. As a junior in 2005, Jones-Drew set the FBS single-season markby averaging 28.5 yards per punt return. See our list of forfeits and vacated games for more details. INDIANAPOLIS The Detroit Lions are making big plans to get more out of explosive wide receiver Jameson Williams next season, and that could include using him on returns. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC.