[1]:s-14, Net average has been compiled since 1976. Chicago’s utility knife took the opening kickoff of the second half all the way back for a touchdown. They have seven points and a 104-yard kickoff return only 14 seconds gone in the second half. Brad Oremland of Sports Central called him the greatest kick returner in NFL history. Dante Hall (6), Washington and Cribbs aren’t in the top 25 all time in kickoff return average. The return netted Patterson’s eighth return for a score in his seven-year NFL career, tying him for the all-time record for kickoffs returned for touchdowns. Patterson is second, trailing only Gale Sayers. 2020 NFL Kickoff Return Statistics. The following is a list of the NFL single season kickoff return leaders ranked by kickoff return touchdowns. Jones, meanwhile, added to his kickoff return on Sunday by also setting the Super Bowl record for combined yardage with 290. Mbappe makes history with Barca treble. Patterson broke the kickoff return record previously held by New England's Ellis Hobbs (2007), Green Bay's Randall Cobb (2011) and Baltimore's Jacoby Jones (2012). The most significant one was in 2011, when the NFL changed the starting position of the kickoff from the 30 to the 35-yard line, resulting in far more kickoffs going through the end zone or so deep into the end zone that the returner would usually take a touchback. The Bears had six points and 117 yards of offense in the first half. He came in leading the league with 24 kick returns and 652 yards. In 2015, another rule change made the touchback give the receiving team the ball on their 25-yard line instead of the 20. In the days of one platoon football, the returner position was synonymous with the "safety man" â a quarterback or halfback. The aforementioned special teams score came courtesy of wide receiver Jakeem Grant, who broke a pair of records with his 88-yard run back. This section is showing information as of the end the 2020-21 season. It honestly felt like a hex was hovering over the Buccaneers kickoff return unit. The idea was met with criticism and the idea was eventually dropped. [8] He must determine if it is actually beneficial for his team to attempt a return. Under this option the ball will go into the returning team's end zone for a, This page was last edited on 1 February 2021, at 14:52. Memphis' Tony Pollard tied an NCAA record during Saturday's Jared Birmingham Bowl with his seventh career kickoff return for a touchdown. 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