12 overall pick in 2023. NFL Single Season Leaders - Kickoff Return Touchdowns The following is a list of the NFL single season kickoff returnleaders ranked by kickoff return touchdowns. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. It'd be like turning a demolition crew on the Apollo Theater. Most rushing touchdowns, game [ edit] FBS: 8 - Howard Griffith, Illinois, 1990; Kalen Ballage, Arizona State, 2016; Jaret Patterson, Buffalo, 2020 FCS: 7 - Archie Amerson, Northern Arizona, 1996 Div II: 8 - Junior Wolf, Oklahoma Panhandle State, 1958 Div III: 8 - Donavan Henderson, Manchester, 2019; Carey Bender, Coe, 1994 Statistics are current through the 2022 NFL season and include stats accrued in NFL, AFL and APFA games. Im going to go track that thing down. With just the kicker to beat, Washington pulled a fantastic stutter step to put him to the ground and ran his way into the endzone. There have been some amazing kick and punt returns in football over the years, here are the best of the best. Who holds it: No. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. In this post, we talk about kickoff returns for touchdowns. (Jones-Drew's 91-yard kickoff return TD in that same game was understandably overshadowed.). Leaders Since 1976 Share & Export "But Ive said this all along a million times is it just depends on their role on offense and defense to what their role is going to be on special teams. As a matter of policy, Sports Reference only reports the results of games as played on the field. Williams missed most of last season due to an ACL injury but is expected to be fully healthy by the start of the next season. Houston quarterback David Klinglers single-game FBS passing record of 716 yards stood for nearly 25 years before Halliday, a lesser-known quarterback and Air Raid product, eclipsed the mark last season. Brian Mitchell, the three-time All-Pro who, interestingly enough, never once returned a punt or kickoff in college. 1 Georgia Tech trampled Cumberland Gap (Tenn.) 222-0 in 1916 Interpreted as: most kickoff return touchdowns by a playerin one regular-seasongame this season 2,850 rushing yards is more than anyone's ever gained at any level of college or pro football. ), is safe in our opinion. Could Top QB Fall To The Titans? So why is "Rocket" holding down the No. He took a kickoff in his own end zone with 4:31 . But wiping out the kickoff? NFL Kick Returns for Touchdown Single Game Leaders All-Time Kick Returns for Touchdown Leaders Build your own custom leaderboards with Stathead Football. Missouri. As a sophomore, he led the nation in kickoff return yards with 442, while averaging 31.6 yards per return. Watch Newton go 49 yards against the LSU defense. Oklahoma freshman Samaje Perine eclipsed the total the following week after the Kansas Jayhawks forgot how to tackle, carrying the pill 27 times for a new NCAA-record 427 yards. (And the truth is that we could triple dip, quadruple dip, etc., with Sanders because he was that good and set that many records.) Who holds it: Connor Halliday, Washington State, 2014 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. Jackson is a pending free agent, while Raymond is coming off the best season of his career. Washington also returned a punt 99 yards for a touchdown later in that game, setting a team record with two return scores in the same game. Find out more. + Indicates Hall of Famer, season age in parentheses, Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Friday, March 3, 2:32PM. He'd find the seam, hit the seam and just out-sprint the coverage like they were wearing snow shoes. Notre Dame beat Michigan 24-19 on that day in a battle of the nations top two ranked teams. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. In 2019, Wright finished with 10 returns for 380 yards, 38 yards per return and two touchdowns. He has been covering the NFL for various outlets since 2000. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. 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Do you have a sports website? Ismail dashed for 88 yards on that kickoff. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. Again, that's with Kmic playing in 3 more games. See our list of forfeits and vacated games for more details. 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. Not only did Sanders win the Heisman in the 1988 season with his all-time great junior campaign 2,628 rushing yards, 7.6 yards per carry, 37 rushing touchdowns, one punt return touchdown and one kick return touchdown but his brother, Byron, also turned in a 1,000-yard season with Northwestern the fall of '88. 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. Only twice since the turn of the century has a team surpassed 30 or more straight wins USC and Miami. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Enter your information to receive emails about offers, promotions from NCAA.com and our partners. Al Diaz/Miami Herald/TNS. And its like, 'Well, yeah, thats good, but what happens when the balls punted to that side of the field, we thought it was going to be over (on the other) side of the field and hes like, 'Oh, (expletive), I got to go over there.' His career punt-return average (23.2) ranks second all-time nationally. 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. Lions' brass has a plan. Do you have a sports website? Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. But even if he'd been stopped for 10- and 12-yard gains every time, surely he'd find some way to remain memorable. East Carolina's Bryson Worrell kicked off the first round of the DI baseball tournament with a bang, not once, but twice against Greenville Regional opponent Coppin State. Join our linker program. Some school's results have been altered by retroactive NCAA penalties. Spiller racked up 2,052 yards and seven touchdowns (an FBS record) on kickoff returns and added 569 yards and a score on punt returns for good measure. It is the most violent, video-friendly, terrifying, electrifying, dangerous and dramatic play in football. Who holds it: David Klingler, Houston, 1991 But we're putting these types of records off to the side, because they're unbreakable based on the size of the playing field and the rules of the game. You should have watched the Ohio Stadium crowd any time Ted Ginn Jr. went back to field a kick. Join our linker program. That season, he averaged 19.8 yards per kickoff return and scored three TDs on punt returns. The next year, in 1989, he returned to kickoffs for touchdowns against Michigan at Michigan in the Big House. Interview quotes are usually edited for length and clarity. Why its untouchable: The Cougars waxed SMU, 95-21, in a biblical beating that featured an all-out aerial assault from Ware, who threw for 517 yards and later won the Heisman. Do you have a blog? Build your own custom leaderboards with Stathead Football. For a quarterback to break East Carolina's Dominique Davis' record of 36 consecutive passes completed, he would have to double Mertz's streak of 17 completions in a row, then complete three additional passes for good measure. You can't knock Schiano for wanting to make the game safer. Build your own custom leaderboards with Stathead Football, Frequently Asked Questions about the NFL and Football, Pro-Football-Reference.com Blog and Articles, Subscribe to Stathead Football: Get your first month FREE. Consider what we've seen from the most electrifying kick-returners to mark the college football landscape over the past quarter-century. So its always an accountability factor on both sides, but we expect big things from him.". We're going to double dip with Barry Sanders but this time it's a family affair. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. 5th down. Travis Etienne. He is a former college linebacker, a longtime coach and a parent. It took about two years of post-Rocket recovery before I realized kick return TDs are actually a rare football gift. Brown probably wouldn't have become the first receiver to win the Heisman (1987) without his contributions on special teams. Both records have since been broken. 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. Not that the Red Raiders' notoriously potent offense needed help putting points on the board, but Welker was an extra threat to score any time he fielded a kick. Reaves led the SEC in passing yards and attempts all three seasons in Gainesville and is the leagues all-time leader in interceptions thrown with 59. NFL Career Leaders - Kickoff Return Touchdowns. That's roughly what Nevada's Alex Van Dyke averaged during his two-year career Nevada. Over the past eight months, Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano has become the public face of a movement to eliminate the kickoff from college football. Who holds it: Case Keenum, Houston, 2007-11 Another score against Missouri later that year gave Perkins the FBS single-season record for punt return TDs. Ten players have done that in NFL history. Kickoff Return Touchdowns Single Season Leaders and Records | College Football at Sports-Reference.com , Google Podcasts, or YouTube. Why its untouchable: Klingler set several single-game and career passing records during his time at Houston (that were later broken), but this one could be his most notable. In 2010, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. A kickoff return for a touchdown is one of the most exciting plays in football. It's almost unfathomable to see a stat line of 12 receptions, 326 yards, 27.2 yards per reception andzero touchdowns. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. The guy loves playing. Read more about our data coverage. One of his players, Eric LeGrand, remains paralyzed from the neck down today due to an injury suffered on a kickoff last October. All NFL TeamsNFL All NFL TeamsNFL The record? As a senior, Keenum was spectacular, throwing 48. Learn how your comment data is processed. Ouch. 3 running back Justin Jackson as their top kick returner last season. Who holds it: Ron Dayne, Wisconsin, 1996-99 Here are seven FBS records that (we think) will never be broken. Simpson, Charles White and Anthony Davis wouldn't have imagined. If you don't, then you punt the ball. Active players are listed in bold. The truth is, Florida didnt have a second-team quarterback to relieve Reaves of his obvious tragic afternoon on the Plains and let the future first-round pick heave it 66 times during the game. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Making the play even more amazing: The Saints basically had Cobb wrapped up, but he was able to spin out, flipping nearly upside downbreaking multiple tackles along the way to the Packers win in his first-ever NFL game. You want to see over 100,000 people afraid to move? Hundreds waited in line for Jamaal Williams to sign autographs at DC Sports on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023. Feel free to disagree because that's part of what this is about. Punts are a much, much less physical play.". His 27.6 yards per kickoff and 13.6 yards per punt-return averages were solid but not eye-popping. Find out more. Lions special teams coordinator Dave Fipp embraced the idea of incorporating Williams into a return role next season, when the team expects him fully healthy after missing most of last season while rehabbing from a torn ACL. That dipped last season with 13 returns for 270 yards and 20.8 yards. Hester danced his way around defenders like a true artistcutting side to side, running backwards, spinning out of tacklesbefore breaking free and taking the ball into the endzone. Michigan had narrowed Notre Dames lead to a single point right before halftime, but Rockets first touchdown returned stretched the Irishs lead to 14-6.
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