Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Here are 10 current college football records one man at SDS has deemed unbreakable: Who holds it: Oklahoma, from 1953-57 He has been covering the NFL for various outlets since 2000. ruled that the play should have been blown dead. Bears game on Sunday. The Hurricanes star did some impressive work in the NFL, but his best return ever might be from his days at The U. Hesters return against Duke was like a work of artif there were a museum honoring returns in football, this one might be considered the Mona Lisa of punt returns. As good as Jones-Drew was, UCLA has never seen a return man as dangerous as Antonio Perkins. Watch Newton go 49 yards against the LSU defense. 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. Like sports history? Except C.J. "White Lightning" was another dual-sport football/track star who finished his Iowa career ('94-97) as the Big Ten's all-time leader in punt-return yardage and touchdowns. We're going to double dip with Barry Sanders but this time it's a family affair. Ill be a gunner. 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. 46. Return to Top; Players. And before Hester made his name in the biggest game by returning the opening kickoff for a TD in Super Bowl XLI, he showed similarly great timing in college. Daynes record is safe. (And the truth is that we could triple dip, quadruple dip, etc., with Sanders because he was that good and set that many records.) Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. Down three points with just six seconds left in this ACC matchup against Duke, the Miami Hurricanes were in a desperate positionthey needed to find a way to score a touchdown after a late score by the Blue Devils. Fast, flashy and fearless, Howardaveraged 27.9 yards per kickoff return and 16.2 per punt return in his Wolverines career ('89-91), scoring three return TDs. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. As a sophomore, he led the nation in kickoff return yards with 442, while averaging 31.6 yards per return. Travis Etienne. Heisman Trophy Winners: D. Henry, B. Sanders, . 3 running back Justin Jackson as their top kick returner last season. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Or write about sports? Find out more. A kickoff return for a touchdown is one of the most exciting plays in football. 'Be a gunner? "Hes done it. Who holds it: David Klingler, Houston, 1991 Whether it was a kickoff or punt return, these players knew how to electrify a stadiumand avoid tacklers at all costs. See our list of forfeits and vacated games for more details. As a matter of policy, Sports Reference only reports the results of games as played on the field. 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. Officially, Arizona States Terrell Suggs holds the NCAAs single-season record with 24 sacks in 2002. Who holds it: Trevor Insley, 1996-99 Like, he wants to do everything. The Detroit Lions are reportedly considering using wide receiver Jameson Williams as a returner for the 2023 NFL season. It's also worth noting that numerous Nevada players from the 1990s and early 2000s hold FBS passing and receiving records, so Van Dyke's record might be a case of the right player in the right system in the right era, which is why it may never be topped. most kickoff return touchdowns in one game Kene Nwangwu, Cordarrelle Pattersonand Devin Duvernayare tied for the most kick-return touchdowns in a game this season, with 1 touchdown. That dipped last season with 13 returns for 270 yards and 20.8 yards. Jameson also has to hold his part and make sure that hes doing everything that he needs to do. 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. In 1988, "Prime Time" led the nation in punt-return average and left FSU as the school's all-time leader in punt return yards. As a junior in 2005, Jones-Drew set the FBS single-season markby averaging 28.5 yards per punt return. Record: 140.9 yards per gameRecord-holder: Alex Van Dyke, NevadaSeasons: 1994-95. "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. Dwight's style wasn't gracefulhe was reminiscent of one of those old NFL Films segments starring Crazy Legs Hirschbut he got where he needed to go in a hurry. In order for this record to be topped, it would take a pair of quarterbacks likely future NFL starters to average roughly 700 passing yards apiece. He'd find the seam, hit the seam and just out-sprint the coverage like they were wearing snow shoes. The next year, in 1989, he returned to kickoffs for touchdowns against Michigan at Michigan in the Big House. It shouldn't include Jalen Ramsey. 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. Adams slipped through a couple tackles and appeared to be at a dead end againbut with blazing speed he darted up the sideline and got a key block, sending him straight towards the end zone with nearly the entire Tennessee team chasing him, but all coming up short. While his special teams coach may have been upset, Cobb rewarded him with a dazzling play, using his 4.46-second 40-yard dash time to blaze by the New Orleans Saints defense. I want to be the punt returner, too. Al Diaz/Miami Herald/TNS. 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. Sanders, the 1988 Heisman Trophy winner and College Football Hall of Fame inductee, also holds the career record for most games with at least 300 rushing yards. Kickoff Return Touchdowns Single Season Leaders and Records | College Football at Sports-Reference.com , Google Podcasts, or YouTube. Andy Wittry has written for Stadium, SI.com, Sporting News, the Indianapolis Star, Louisville Courier-Journal and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Like, 'Damn, I dont think I got that in me right now,' as opposed to the guy whos coming off the bench and like, 'Dude, I just want to play right now. 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. 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. Keenum was granted a medical hardship in 2010 after tearing a knee ligament, but his five touchdowns over three games prior to injury count. And his most memorable returna 91-yard dash with one minute left in the 1991 Orange Bowl that (would have) dashed Colorado's national championshipdidn't even count due to a clipping penalty. O.J . Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. As a senior, he won the Mosi Tatupu Award as the nation's top special teams player. And that really wasn't even his best year as a kick-returner. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. Do you have a sports website? Check out The Game Before the Money: Voices of the Men Who Built the NFL available at Amazon.comBarnes and NobleUniversity of Nebraska Press. We do not target any individuals under the age of 21. 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. Ten players have done that in NFL history. But the NCAA told me none of it ever happened, so maybe I was just dreaming. Active players are listed in bold. All rights reserved. Some school's results have been altered by retroactive NCAA penalties. 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. Thomas is a member of both the College Football and NFL Hall of Fame. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Cecil Turner (4/1970), 1. Learn how your comment data is processed. And that wasn't even the most impressive part of the return. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. Javier owns the SEC career record with seven punt-return touchdowns, averaging 14.0 yards per punt return and 24.1 yards per kickoff return. Have we mentioned this guys pretty good at returning kicks? As a senior, Keenum was spectacular, throwing 48 touchdowns passes to just five interceptions a ratio of nearly 10:1. It's almost unfathomable to see a stat line of 12 receptions, 326 yards, 27.2 yards per reception andzero touchdowns. Interpreted as: most kickoff return touchdowns by a playerin one regular-seasongame this season We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. 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. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Keenums NCAA record of 1,546 career completions also wont be touched. Feel free to disagree because that's part of what this is about. Do you have a sports website? Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? CRYSTAL BALL: 5 predictions for the 2021 college football season, Record: 36 attemptsRecord-holder: Dominique Davis, East CarolinaSeason: 2011. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. Here's a look at the 2005 draft class and its impact on the team. Ron Brown (3/1985), 3. Active players are listed in bold. 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. Im going to go track that thing down. Brandon Jones, who physically looked the part, and Damien Nash were the only two real misses in this class. Roby was a miss for the Titans, but he was ultimately the only member of his class to play a prominent role on a team and win a Super Bowl. Before there was Devin Hester, there was Dante Hall. In an interview with an Atlanta radio station. There have been 43 kickoffs returned for a touchdown since Patterson was drafted in 2013. Whether it be a kickoff return or a punt return, football players put their amazing athletic ability on display as they weave in and out of tacklers, rushing down the field after receiving a kick. The notion of putting up "video-game numbers" can be overstated at times, but a stat line like that to start a game is something you're far more likely to find in an arcade or a friend's basement than on the gridiron in an actual FBS game. Ouch. Perkins wasn't ridiculously fast, but he mastered the art of being elusive in tight spaces. The longtime Chicago Bears return man forced teams to think hard about kicking him the ballhis electrifying speed and agility made him arguably the best kick returner of all time. Watch on. 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. For those that don't know, a kick return touchdown is when the kickoff retu. 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. Join our linker program. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. The Minnesota Vikings receiver was literally as far back into the endzone as he could be on an NFL field when he received this kickoff against the Green Bay Packers. was better than Barry when it came to returning kicks. He took a kickoff in his own end zone with 4:31 . Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Detroit Lions RB Jamaal Williams' autograph signing. Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Saturday, March 4, 6:41AM. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. CLICK HERE, Ranking Titans All-Time Draft Classes, No.4: "It's time for The Freak." As a matter of policy, Sports Reference only reports the results of games as played on the field. The following is a list of the NFL career kickoff return leaders ranked by kickoff return touchdowns. Single game leaders only reflect years for which we have complete boxscore data (1950 onward), all playoff games, and all 100 yard rushing/receiving or 300 yard passing games from 1940-1959. Kick return touchdown in the Super Bowldoes it get any more exciting than that? The touchdown also helped Hester set an NFL record for the most return touchdowns by a player in a single season. Please see our Contributors and Sources page for data source details. Those gargantuan numbers would only be approached within a pass-happy offense with literally two or fewer reliable targets. We support responsible gambling. Grant, who is six inches shorter than the 6-foot-1 Williams, has made his biggest impact in the NFL as a return man. That will never be topped. 2,850 rushing yards is more than anyone's ever gained at any level of college or pro football. Twenty-six players have one, five players have two, and Patterson has seven, a total that accounts for. 14. . Statistics are current through the 2022 NFL season and include stats accrued in NFL, AFL and APFA games. SHAWN WINDSOR:Lions' brass has a plan. Devin Hester (Miami) 11 of 15 Jamie. Rocket Ismails record of most games with two kickoff returns for touchdowns set in 1989 still stands today. Read more about our data coverage. Active players are listed in bold. One of his players, Eric LeGrand, remains paralyzed from the neck down today due to an injury suffered on a kickoff last October. Ismail said his job was to find a crease, run through it, and make somebody miss. After a punt from the New Orleans Saints landed into the endzone, it appeared that the ball was going to bounce out of bounds, causing a touchback to the 20-yard linebut it didnt. 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 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. One of the most controversial endings in college football history, Colorado scored a last second touchdown on the last play of the game on mistakenly-given . Lions' brass has a plan. 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. Single game leaders only reflect years for which we have complete boxscore data (1950 onward), all playoff games, and all 100 yard rushing/receiving or 300 yard passing games from 1940-1959. I got kick return, too, I would have housed that one.' Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Only twice since the turn of the century has a team surpassed 30 or more straight wins USC and Miami. Who holds it: Case Keenum, Houston, 2007-11 Who holds it: Ron Dayne, Wisconsin, 1996-99 + Indicates Hall of Famer, season age in parentheses, Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Friday, March 3, 2:32PM. From there it was a track meetand no one could catch Jones. Record: Six passesRecord-holder: Brooks Dawson, UTEPSeason: 1967. Even as the length of the college football season has increased to 15 games for the teams that advance to the College Football Playoff National Championship, in order for Sanders' record to be broken, it would still require a player who plays for a national finalist to rush for at least 300 yards in one out of every three games in a single season. 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. Do you have a blog? Why its untouchable: 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. 4-ranked Auburn Tigers (10-1, 6-1 in the SEC). Career Leaders. In an interview with an Atlanta radio station last week, he again laid out his proposal: "Instead of having a kickoff, every place where you would have a kickoff now, you would put in place a 4th-and-15 situation. 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. 1990. Insane. Travis Williams (4/1967), 3. Most games scoring a touchdown, career. Some school's results have been altered by retroactive NCAA penalties. 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. Jameis Winston led Florida State to 29 consecutive victories during his tenure, an impressive streak snapped in violent fashion by Oregon in last years first College Football Playoff semifinal at the Rose Bowl. The views on this page do not necessarily reflect the views of the NCAA or its member institutions. That year, he took the opening kickoff of the opening game back for a TD against Tulsa. 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 . Rossum played 12 years in the NFL, where he made the Pro Bowl as a return specialist and ranks second all-time in combined kick return yardage. "Obviously, it would be great to see him back there (as a returner) if thats what his role provides," Fipp said. NFL Career Leaders - Punt Return Touchdowns. Both records have since been broken. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Schiano, like anybody who cares about football, cares about the welfare of the players. None of the members of this class will ever hear their names called in Canton, but as a group, and what they provided for the Titans, even though small in some cases, was a solid class top to bottom that played some excellent football and were part of some good, but not great Titans teams. You want to see over 100,000 people afraid to move? 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.' One of the college football's best receivers in 2021, Williams tore his ACL in Alabama's national championship game loss to Georgia and played limited snaps in six games with the Lions last season. 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. It shouldn't include Jalen Ramsey. 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. The national leader in receiving yards per game during the 2020 season was Ole Miss' consensus All-American wide receiver Elijah Moore, who averaged 149.1 yards per game. 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. All NFL Teams. The next year, his Heisman year, Sanders took the opening kickoff in the opening game back 100 yards for a score against Miami-Ohio. All rights reserved. Build your own custom leaderboards with Stathead Football. 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. NFL Single Season Leaders - Kickoff Return Touchdowns The following is a list of the NFL single season kickoff returnleaders ranked by kickoff return touchdowns. Before Hester was torching NFL special teams units in the pros, he was making complete fools of his fellow college players while playing at the University of Miami. Gordons incredible 408-yard performance through three quarters, no less against Nebraska was short-lived. Why its untouchable: Coached by the legendary Bud Wilkinson, the Sooners won two national championships during their record-setting stretch in the mid 1950s. I mean, when you talk to him theres one thing I love about him. And I think the great players are like that, and they want to do all that stuff. 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. 5. His 27.6 yards per kickoff and 13.6 yards per punt-return averages were solid but not eye-popping. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. Record: Four gamesRecord-holder: Barry Sanders, Oklahoma StateSeason: 1988. Build your own custom leaderboards with Stathead Football. Again, that's with Kmic playing in 3 more games. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Jackson was one of the NFL's best return men early in his career, but less effective as a returner after taking on a bigger role at receiver. The Yellow Jackets posted two 63-point quarters in the first half during a beating that will never be forgotten. CLICK HERE. Ismails first touchdown return against Michigan was the first kickoff returned for a touchdown against the Wolverines since 1957 over 30 years before Rockets epic launch. But even if he'd been stopped for 10- and 12-yard gains every time, surely he'd find some way to remain memorable. Hester took the opening kickoff from his own 10-yard line and darted through the first wave of would-be tacklers with a fantastic juke step, and he was offHester made it 90 yards before anyone on the Colts touched him, but by then he was already in the endzone. Just look at Moore's freshman (36.2 receiving yards per game) and sophomore (70.8 yards per game) seasons to see that it took Moore time (and potentially a coaching change to offensive mind Lane Kiffin) for him to develop into a receiver who could average that many yards per game. As a freshman in just his second game for the Hurricanes, against rival Florida, Hester took the opening kickoff 98 yards to the house. 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. He finished his college career ('03-05)averaging 25.5 yards per kickoff return and 15.6 per punt return, with six return touchdowns. Notre Dame beat Michigan 24-19 on that day in a battle of the nations top two ranked teams. Jackson is a pending free agent, while Raymond is coming off the best season of his career. NFL Kick Returns for Touchdown Single-Season Leaders | Pro-Football-Reference.com 1. Missouri. It's an impressive genetic and familial accomplishment to have siblings that play at the FBS level, but for them to play the same position in the same season, as starters, and both rush for more than 1,000 yards requires countless stars to align. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. Find out more. Who holds it: John Reaves, Florida, 1969 The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. Ismail dashed for 88 yards on that kickoff. It takes speed to return kicks well, but it also takes field vision, anticipation, agility, and some video game-like juke moves. In this post, we talk about kickoff returns for touchdowns. Do you have a blog? Hail Mary passes, knockout tackles, and deep throws down the sideline are all cool plays in football, but there's nothing quite as exciting as a kick return touchdown. most games with two kickoff returns for touchdowns, A Brief History of The 1970s Pittsburgh Steelers vs Houston Oilers Rivalry. UTEP has been on the wrong end of several FBS records former Houston quarterback Case Keenum holds the record for the most career passing yards gained against one opponent (1,882 yards against UTEP) and former TCU running back LaDainian Tomlinson has the record for career rushing yards against one opponent (788 yards against UTEP) but the Miners are also in the FBS record book for positive reasons, too. The University of Miami alum was in his first season of the NFL, and he made the Rams pay for kicking him the ball. All rights reserved. Division III Mount Union's Nate Kmic had 2,790 in 15 games in 2008, compared to Sanders' 12. In order for this record to fall and reminder, this is two brothers and even a family with three active FBS running backs would struggle to best the Sanders' combined total it would likely take a pair of brothers to each make a run at a 2,000-yard season in the same season. Williams returned two kicks for touchdowns in his one season at Alabama, when he averaged 35.2 yards on 10 kick returns. On one September day in 2003, Perkins tortured the Bruins for 277 yards on seven punt returns, scoring touchdowns from65, 74 and 84 yards out. Hester set the NFL record for most return touchdowns (combining kickoffs and punts) with 20 over the course of his career, and one of his best came in Super Bowl XLIwhich was played in. 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'. 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. But others, at least on the surface, appear untouchable. If any quarterback is going to approach this record in the future, hell be another Mike Leach understudy. No. Contact Dave Birkett atdbirkett@freepress.com. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction?
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