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    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...
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    Selected as a return specialist Selected as a return specialist Selected as a wide receiver and punt returner Selected as a kick returner Selected as a...
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    the team that scored it 6 points. Whether running, passing, returning a kickoff or punt, or recovering a turnover, a team scores a touchdown by advancing...
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    February 9, 2003) is an American professional football cornerback and punt returner for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He...
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    In gridiron football, a punt is a kick performed by dropping the ball from the hands and then kicking the ball before it hits the ground. The most common...
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    best WRs or CBs as returners. Teams may also use the same player for both return positions or have a specific returner for punts and another for kickoffs...
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    DeSean Jackson (category American football return specialists)
    Sporting News, and Rivals.com as a punt returner. Jackson also captured the inaugural Randy Moss Award as the top returner in the nation. In one of only two...
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    Britain Covey (category American football return specialists)
    March 18, 1997) is an American professional football wide receiver and punt returner for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He...
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    for 444 yards and a touchdown), punt returner (20 returns averaging 10.7 yards with two touchdowns), and kick returner (also 20 returns averaging 23.0...
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    Steven Sims (category American football return specialists)
    March 31, 1997) is an American professional football wide receiver and punt returner for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He played...
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    March 24, 1999) is an American professional football wide receiver and punt returner for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He...
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  • was named first-team cornerback and punt returner while Gray made the second team as both a kick and punt returner. Morten Andersen, Gary Anderson, Sean...
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  • October 22, 1998) is an American professional football cornerback and punt returner for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL)....
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    Jamison Crowder (category American football return specialists)
    June 17, 1993) is an American professional football wide receiver and punt returner for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL)...
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    player on kickoffs and punts who specializes in running down the sideline very quickly in an attempt to tackle the kick or punt returner. Gunners must have...
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  • March 8, 2001) is an American professional football wide receiver and punt returner for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He...
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  • Most return (of a punt, kickoff, interception, fumble, missed field goal, blocked punt/field goal) touchdowns: 20, Devin Hester 2006–2016 Most return (of...
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    Isaiah McKenzie (category American football return specialists)
    of the 2017 NFL draft. McKenzie plays primarily at wide receiver and punt returner but has also seen playing time at the NFL level as a running back and...
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    Chippewas, where he earned All-American honors in 2008 and 2009 as a punt returner. Raised in Liberty City, Miami, Brown attended Miami Norland High School...
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    Tyler Lockett (category American football return specialists)
    All-American (as a kickoff returner) and 2014 College Football All-America Team consensus All-American selection (as a punt returner). In college, he totaled...
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  • Iheanyi Uwaezuoke (category American football return specialists)
    California. He played wide receiver, defensive back, linebacker, and punt returner. Uwaezuoke was selected to the Los Angeles Times All San Fernando Valley...
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    Jacoby Jones (category American football return specialists)
    he returned a punt for a 70-yard score against Miami in week 6 of the 2008 season. Jones continued to contribute as both a receiver and a returner for...
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    September 12, 1995) is an American professional football wide receiver and punt returner for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He...
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    August 8, 1994) is an American professional football wide receiver and punt returner for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He was...
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    per return in 2012). In January 2021 Olszewski was named to the 2020 AP All-Pro first team as a punt returner. He is the first Patriots punt returner so...
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  • Phil McConkey (category American football return specialists)
    caught 16 passes for 279 yards and one touchdown, plus he was a punt returner and kick returner. McConkey is best remembered for his performance in Super Bowl...
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    (NFL). He earned All-Pro honors in 2018 as both a defensive back and a punt returner. He played college football for the Iowa Hawkeyes, and was a unanimous...
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  • Kevin Williams (wide receiver, born 1971) (category American football return specialists)
    he was the team's kickoff and punt returner. He registered 10 kickoff returns for 231 yards (23.1-yard average), 13 punt returns for 177 yards (13.6-yard...
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  • Roscoe Parrish (category American football return specialists)
    returner to fill in for a hurt Jacoby Ford. However, in the following preseason game against the Seattle Seahawks, Parrish fumbled both punt return attempts...
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    Ryan Switzer (category American football return specialists)
    Tulsa Golden Hurricane. He previously played as a wide receiver and punt returner in the National Football League (NFL) for five seasons. He played college...
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