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  Kick returner Hester bears watching - USATODAY.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
But Chicago Bears rookie kick returner Devin Hester presents a quandary all his own.
His six touchdown returns this year are an NFL record, and he still has three games left to play.
Hester's first-quarter, 94-yard kickoff return was especially sweet because it followed the Rams' first touchdown, when wide receiver Torry Holt beat Hester.
www.usatoday.com /sports/football/nfl/bears/2006-12-12-hester_x.htm?POE=SPOISVA   (575 words)

  
  Kick returner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In American football, a kick returner is the player on special teams who is primarily responsible to catch kickoffs and attempts to return them in the opposite direction.
If the ball is kicked into his own endzone, he must assess the situation on the field while the ball is in the air and determine if it would be beneficial to his team for a return.
A kick returner might also double as a punt returner as well.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kick_returner   (168 words)

  
 Dante Hall, #82, Wide Receiver, Kansas City Chiefs
Those 472 punt return yards ranked second in the AFC and third in the NFL … Tied for second in the NFL with eight punt returns of 20+ yards … Set career highs as a receiver with 40 catches for 423 yards (10.6 avg.) with one TD and 16 carries for 73 yards (4.6 avg.)...
Returned three kickoffs for 134 yards with an 88-yard TD and had two punt returns for 95 yards with an 86-yard TD vs. St.
Returned 32 punts for 235 yards (7.3 avg.) and had two rushes for 10 yards … Ran back punts and kickoffs for the club in the season’s initial four games … Was inactive vs. Pittsburgh (10/14), at Arizona (10/21) and vs. Indianapolis (10/25) with a shoulder injury suffered vs. Denver (10/7)...
www.kcchiefs.com /player/dante_hall   (2452 words)

  
 Football (American) [encyclopedia]
The ball must be kicked from the ground (not punted) and in bounds at least 10 yards away, or else the receiving team takes possession of the ball thirty yards away from the original spot of the kick off.
The ball is live and can be fielded by either team, but because it is generally difficult for the kicking team to successfully recover the kick, the kicking team normally kicks the ball to the other team as far as possible toward the opposing goal line.
If a team instead kicks the ball the minimum ten yards and tries to recover their own kick, this is known as an "onsides" kick, and is usually only attempted when the team is behind in the score late in the game.
www.artzia.com /Recreation/Sport/Football   (2268 words)

  
 Bucs: Kick returner thrilled to be back
Kick returner Torrie Cox played Sunday after serving a one-game suspension resulting from a DUI arrest.
Cox returned four kickoffs for 68 yards Sunday, including a 28-yarder.
Cox ranked fourth in the NFL in kickoff return average last season at 26.2 yards but currently is averaging 18.9 yards.
www.sptimes.com /2005/09/27/news_pf/Bucs/Kick_returner_thrille.shtml   (546 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Kick returner hopes to find comfort zone this week
He's already hung a nickname on him and is comparing him with the Rams' best return man in the 11 years they've been in St. Louis.
Johnson enters Week 2 with a 13.8-yard average, but he recovered from his gaffe to return the last three kicks for an average of 22 yards.
He's hoping to boost the profile of the downtrodden Rams special teams, which were at the bottom of the NFL last season and gave up a punt return for a touchdown in the opener.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/nfl/20050916-1059-fbn-ramsreturner.html   (532 words)

  
 ESPN.com: NFL - Kick returner recovered from broken ankle
Bates, 33, is not only a prolific kickoff return specialist but also plays on the kickoff and punt coverage units as well.
Bates likely would have been the Panthers' primary kickoff returner last season, especially with Steve Smith moving into the starting lineup at wide receiver, if he had not been injured.
Bates received some interest as an unrestricted free agent in the past month, but his preference all along was to return to a Carolina franchise where he had enjoyed his greatest NFL success.
espn.go.com /nfl/columns/pasquarelli_len/1531825.html   (353 words)

  
 Kick returner back from '04 injuries ::
Green admitted it can be frustrating to get the ball kicked away from him all game, but said he sees a positive in it as well.
"But on punt returns, if they kick it out-of-bounds it doesn't matter as much because it usually means that it's a short kick and that sets us up in good field position.
But when it is a punt return situation he knows he can swing the momentum in LSU's way quickly.
www.cstv.com /sports/m-footbl/uwire/092805acf.html   (714 words)

  
 SI.com - Pro Football - Roundup: Raiders sign kick returner Jenkins - Monday March 17, 2003 10:17 PM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The 25-year-old Jenkins spent his first three NFL seasons with the San Diego Chargers, and became the franchise's all-time kickoff return yardage leader with 3,997.
Jenkins led the Chargers in kickoff returns in each of his three seasons, just missing the 1,000-yard mark for the third time in 2002.
Jenkins was an alternate to the Pro Bowl in 2001 after leading the NFL with a 26.6-yard kickoff return average.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /football/news/2003/03/17/roundup_ap   (795 words)

  
 UH kick returner set for another chance - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
Taylor has returned four of the 15 punts that were not touchbacks or fair catches.
Those woes apparently bled into his kick returns.
The Warriors use one returner, allowing a sixth player to align on the front line to protect against on-side kicks.
the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2005/Nov/23/sp/FP511230361.html   (790 words)

  
 The Seattle Times: Sports: NFL notebook: Patriots sign kick returner Morton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The 5-foot-8, 203-pound Morton has three career touchdowns on kick returns, including two in the same game in 2002, when he played for the New York Jets.
Morton averaged 26 yards per kick return and 12.8 yards per punt return that year.
Last season, Morton averaged 22.4 yards on 16 kickoff returns and 6.2 yards on 13 punt returns before damaging a ligament in his knee against the Green Bay Packers on Oct. 31.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/sports/2002351393_nfl29.html?...   (342 words)

  
 Crusaders' Kick Returner Sets NCAA Record - NCAA Sports.com
He scored touchdowns on an 86-yard punt return and an 80-yard punt return on back-to-back punts in the second quarter to record the two longest punt returns in ASC and UMHB history.
Williams broke the NCAA All-Division single-game punt return yardage record of 277 set by Oklahoma's Antonio Perkins in 2003.
The Yellow Jackets are 1-3 overall and 1-2 in the ASC after dropping a 45-20 decision to Hardin-Simmons.
www.ncaasports.com /football/mens/story/8922735   (252 words)

  
 FOOTBALL: Kick returner sparks Aztecs - Sports
Head coach Chuck Long knows his safeties and cornerbacks are trying to learn on the job, but he wishes they'd received their on-field lessons in games SDSU didn't lose by an average of 24.5 points.
While the last line of the defense can't stand the heat of its trial-by-fire, freshman kick returner and wide receiver Vincent Brown is fending off the flames with ease.
In his first-ever collegiate game against Washington State, Brown returned six kicks for 146 yards and followed that with four returns for 109 yards Saturday against Arizona State.
media.www.thedailyaztec.com /media/storage/paper741/news/2007/09/18/Sports/Football.Kick.Returner.Sparks.Aztecs-2973965.shtml   (507 words)

  
 Kick returner - KFFL Community   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
He isn't a good punt returner, at least from what I saw last week when he fumbled a punt but got lucky with a penalty call against the kicking team.
I think Hoag could be used for kicks and Moore could be used for punts, Howry is expendible at this point.
Heck, there are a handful of full-time starters around the league who return kicks for their teams (D.Mason, S.Smith, to name two).
www.kffl.com /forums/showthread.php?t=84587   (1040 words)

  
 Kick-off - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A kick-off (or kickoff) is a method of starting and restarting play in a number of sports, including:
By derivation kick-off also means the commencement of a project or an event, as if the project was like a football match and when the ball got kicked off the match started.
This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kickoff   (119 words)

  
 Apr. 24, 2005 - Vic's Take: Jags get kick-returner
He returned 36 punts for 531 yards and five touchdowns.
Del Rio, however, said Owens' contribution to the Jaguars will be mainly as a return man. The Jaguars would seem to have all of the wide receivers they need, but the return game needed to be addressed.
And if Owens is the player they think he is, the Jaguars might even return a kick for a touchdown.
www.jaguars.com /Story/4337.asp   (290 words)

  
 Football: Former Nittany Lion kick returner beaten to death   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Kevin Baugh, 42, a former Penn State football player who electrified fans as a kick returner, was beaten to death with a tire iron Sunday after a dispute near his home in Chicopee, Mass.
Two charged with the crime are sons of a former area city official, Alderman Stanley Iwanicki.
Baugh played at Penn State from 1980-83, playing as a wideout and returner on the Lions' 1982 national championship team and later earning a tryout with the NFL's Houston Oilers.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/04238/367354.stm   (462 words)

  
 wfrv.com - Packers Draft WR, Kick Returner In Fourth Round   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
He also holds the TCU school record with 1,700 yards returning kickoffs.
A versatile athlete who also spent time at wide receiver and was a kick return specialist at Boston College, Blackmon was the 2005 recipient of the Gridiron Club Award.
He closed out his collegiate career with most career kickoff returns (110) and kickoff return yards (2,700), seven career interceptions, and led the Eagles with 51 catches for 763 yards as a receiver in '05.
wfrv.com /topstories/local_story_120114826.html   (273 words)

  
 1968 Kick + Punt Returner Designations [1 back or 2 back]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Each team must have a #1 kick returner and a #1 punt returner.
#2 return men may only be #2 return men.
For example, if you draft five running backs and then draft a kick return man who has an eligible running back card, you would then have six running backs, which would be allowed.
quicksitebuilder.cnet.com /cnettruth/id97.html   (192 words)

  
 ESPN.com - BYU kick returner lost fingertip against Notre Dame
PROVO, Utah -- Brigham Young kick returner Breyon Jones lost a fingertip during a game last week at Notre Dame.
Jones is the Cougars' top kickoff returner with 13 for 303 yards -- an average of 23.3 per kick.
Jones didn't practice Tuesday, but Mendenhall said he expected Jones to be ready to play Saturday against Air Force.
sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=2204914&type=story   (147 words)

  
 Birds leaning toward Bloom in search for kick returner - Reading Eagle Newspaper
As Rory Segrest takes over from John Harbaugh, who is now coaching the secondary after nine years in charge of the kicking and return games, he’s faced with finding a new returner for both kickoffs and punts.
The Eagles haven’t re-signed Reno Mahe, who wound up as the primary returner on both punts and kickoffs last year, and are counting on 2006 draft pick Jeremy Bloom, free agent Bethel Johnson and possibly a pair of this year’s draft picks to move into those roles.
Bloom, who returned a punt 75 yards for a touchdown the first time he touched the ball at Colorado, looks physically stronger than last year, Segrest said.
www.readingeagle.com /article.aspx?id=36940   (759 words)

  
 Seahawks sign kick returner | TheNewsTribune.com | Tacoma, WA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Seahawks released Mann to clear a roster spot for Willie Ponder, a receiver who led the NFL in kick-return average for the New York Giants two years ago.
Ponder, 26, set a Giants record with 259 yards on kick returns during a 2004 game against Pittsburgh.
He averaged 26.9 yards per return in 2004 and 25.9 yards in 2005, with long returns of 91 and 95 yards.
www.thenewstribune.com /sports/story/6078515p-5330325c.html   (724 words)

  
 SportingNews.com - NFL - Kick returner claimed off waivers
TEMPE, Ariz. -- The Arizona Cardinals claimed kick returner J.J. Moses off waivers on Tuesday, a day after placing J.R. Redmond on injured reserve.
The 5-foot-6, 175-pound Moses was Houston's main return man the last two seasons.
Moses, also a wide receiver, averaged 22.1 yards on 59 kickoff returns and 8.6 yards on 36 punt returns last season.
www.sportingnews.com /yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=12614   (156 words)

  
 Punt/Kick off returner needed: Bring Back JJ!!! - HoustonTexans.com Message Boards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
JJ was a sure thing for positive yards on returns and jeesh, what good is Hollings doing, truly.
I mean it should be up there for some fast guy who can consistantly enough return it to make a difference for their team.
Domanick Davis is the all time returning leader in the SEC on yards.
www.houstontexans.com /fan_zone/messageboards/showthread.php?t=13432   (1461 words)

  
 Hawks sign ex-Giants kick returner Ponder
Ponder caught only eight passes in 26 games with the Giants, but he led the NFL with a 26.9-yard average on 36 kickoff returns in 2004 and ranked third in the NFC last season with a 25.9-yard average on 35 returns.
Improving their return game has been a priority for the Seahawks, so Ponder's arrival isn't bad news only for Mann.
Incumbent kickoff returner Josh Scobey averaged 22.5 yards last season after making the club on his special teams contribution.
feeds.seattlenews.net /?rid=2a7fe81d1eb4b01c&cat=a69648530d514cd5&f=1   (320 words)

  
 KUsports.com - : KU kick returner Heaggans arrested on DUI charges   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
KU kick returner Heaggans arrested on DUI charges
A record-setting kick returner for Kansas University's football team wound up in legal trouble again early Thursday after being arrested on suspicion of drunken driving.
Through two games he was leading the Big 12 Conference with an average of 33.2 yards per return.
www.kusports.com /news/football/story/111379   (439 words)

  
 wcbstv.com - Jets' Kick Returner Miller Arrested For Assault
NEW YORK (AP) ― New York Jets kick returner Justin Miller was arrested early Sunday and charged with third-degree assault after a fight at a New York City nightclub.
ESPN.com reported Sunday night that the 23-year-old Pro Bowl returner was arrested after allegedly punching a woman in a nightclub.
He returned two kickoffs for touchdowns: a team record 103-yarder in Week 4 against Indianapolis, and a 99-yarder four weeks later at Cleveland.
wcbstv.com /sports/local_story_140223435.html   (474 words)

  
 Scoping the top teams in 2007
The return of tackle Jake Long gives the Wolverines a steady force up front; he will likely be the guy the offense looks to run behind.
Although the offense loses Michael Bush, the Cardinals return a couple of serviceable options in the backfield and new head coach Steve Kragthorpe is known as an offensive mind as well.
The defense has concerns in the secondary and along the defensive front, but with a heck of an offense returning, the defense doesn’t need to be a shutdown unit.
www.brianbrohmonline.com /BrianBrohmNews--20070212.php   (1309 words)

  
 Two cornerbacks, kick returner off of UH football team - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
Two cornerbacks who started last year and the leading kick returner are no longer on the University of Hawai'i football team, UH coach June Jones confirmed Sunday.
Taylor averaged 21.4 yards per kickoff return last season.
He also caught three passes for 47 yards as a wideout before moving to defensive back at mid-season.
the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2006/Mar/12/br/br07p.html   (369 words)

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