The longtime NFL cornerback made everyone look like a fool on this play while he was playing with the Los Angeles Rams. 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. Detroit Lions RB Jamaal Williams' autograph signing. 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. Insane. A compilation of every kick return touchdown of the 2021 college football season. If you feel like you're losing control over your gambling experience, call 1-800-GAMBLER (NJ, PA, WV), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-BETS-OFF (IA), 1-888- 532-3500(Virginia) 1-800-522-4700 (NV, TN), 1-800-522-4700 (CO, TN), 1-855-2CALLGA (IL), 1-800-270-7117 (MI). Josh Cribbs (3/2009), Sports Reference Baseball Football(college) Basketball(college) Hockey Ftbol Blog Stathead Questions or Comments? The team that would now be kicking off would have the option: They could punt the ball or they could go for it. Howard, the 1991 Heisman trophy winner, is the only return man to win the Super Bowl MVP. Devin Hester (Miami) 11 of 15 Jamie. "It's hard to ask a guy to do all those things at a really high level, and people dont realize that," Fipp said. was better than Barry when it came to returning kicks. 14. . But wiping out the kickoff? Except C.J. Bears game on Sunday. Build your own custom leaderboards with Stathead Football. 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. It'd be like turning a demolition crew on the Apollo Theater. Why its untouchable: The NCAA didnt start collecting sacks as an official FBS statistic until 2000, but were putting Thomas insane number of 27 quarterback faceplants with the Crimson Tide in 1988 inside the Top 10. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Hester had himself quite the day against the St. Louis Rams back in 2006, returning two kicks for touchdowns in the game. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Join our linker program. In 2010, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. 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. 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. 12 overall pick in 2023. Davis' record stretched across back-to-back games against Memphis and Navy (he completed his first 26 attempts against the Midshipmen), and given the number of passes Davis completed in a row, it would likely force a potential record-breaker to complete 37 or more passes against two different opponents, which means two different schemes and opposing rosters to diagnose and dominate. Still, he has breakaway. Lions' brass has a plan. Or write about sports? If any quarterback is going to approach this record in the future, hell be another Mike Leach understudy. + Indicates Hall of Famer, season age in parentheses, Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Friday, March 3, 2:32PM. Hall backpedaled as he caught a booming punt, and then proceeded to embarrass the entire special teams unitHall was nearly consumed by three Broncos players, but he juked in and out of the way to avoid them. It would take a dynamic talent like Randy Moss, who was interested in playing four seasons, to come close. But scan through the FBS record book and you'll find other records in the highest level of college football that are likely so untouchable either due to rule changes and the evolution of the game, or due to a flash of brilliance (or the opposite of brilliance) that we think they'll stand in the history books forever. He left Oklahoma as the school's career leader in punt return yards and tied Wes Welker and Ted Ginn Jr. for the FBS career record with eight total kick return touchdowns. For his career, he scored six times on kick returns. Raghib "Rocket" Ismail Holds Record for Most Games With Two Kickoff Returns for Touchdowns I watched him do things in a USC uniform that Marcus Allen, O.J. From there it was a track meetand no one could catch Jones. 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. Interpreted as: most kickoff return touchdowns by a playerin one regular-seasongame this season ROAD WARRIORS: College football's longest active road winning streaks, Record: 3,690 rushing yardsRecord-holder: Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State and Byron Sanders, NorthwesternSeason: 1988. 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. 2022 The Game Before the Money All Rights Reserved. Kick return touchdown in the Super Bowldoes it get any more exciting than that? 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. Missouri. INDIANAPOLIS The Detroit Lions are making big plans to get more out of explosive wide receiver Jameson Williams next season, and that could include using him on returns. The Kick Six (also known as Kick Bama Kick) was the final play of the 78th Iron Bowl college football game played on November 30, 2013 at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Alabama.The game featured the No. 1977 1976 1947 NFL Punt Returns for Touchdown Single Game Leaders All-Time Punt Returns for Touchdown Leaders Players must meet the minimum requirements to show up on this leaderboard. 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. 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. As a freshman in just his second game for the Hurricanes, against rival Florida, Hester took the opening kickoff 98 yards to the house. College Football at Sports-Reference.com Blog and Articles. 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. 1 Georgia Tech trampled Cumberland Gap (Tenn.) 222-0 in 1916 SHAWN WINDSOR:Lions' brass has a plan. Officially, Arizona States Terrell Suggs holds the NCAAs single-season record with 24 sacks in 2002. Who holds it: Trevor Insley, 1996-99 Heisman Trophy Winners: D. Henry, B. Sanders, . Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? We support responsible gambling. Perkins wasn't ridiculously fast, but he mastered the art of being elusive in tight spaces. Punts are a much, much less physical play.". The best kick-returners have a knack for making big plays in big games. Hundreds waited in line for Jamaal Williams to sign autographs at DC Sports on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023. 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. The University of Miami alum was in his first season of the NFL, and he made the Rams pay for kicking him the ball. Williams returned two kicks for touchdowns in his one season at Alabama, when he averaged 35.2 yards on 10 kick returns. Keenum was granted a medical hardship in 2010 after tearing a knee ligament, but his five touchdowns over three games prior to injury count. College Football at Sports-Reference.com Blog and Articles; We're Social.for Statheads . Some school's results have been altered by retroactive NCAA penalties. By any measure, it was a near-perfect performance and the one incompletion was a dropped pass. All NFL TeamsNFL All NFL TeamsNFL All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. As a senior in 1997, Rossum finished fourth nationally in kickoff-return average; as a junior he led the country in punt-return average. It was reported that Georgia Tech coach John Heisman didnt let up after Cumberland Gap had beaten the Yellow Jackets in baseball, 22-0, earlier that year. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Cooper wouldve had to post last seasons jaw-dropping numbers three consecutive seasons to pass Insley. The return marked the longest punt return touchdown in NFL history. + Indicates Hall of Famer, season age in parentheses, Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Friday, March 3, 2:32PM. Jackson is a pending free agent, while Raymond is coming off the best season of his career. Again, that's with Kmic playing in 3 more games. The views on this page do not necessarily reflect the views of the NCAA or its member institutions. The Yellow Jackets posted two 63-point quarters in the first half during a beating that will never be forgotten. O.J . 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. Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson said Williams is on par with Cleveland Browns receiver Jakeem Grant as the fastest player he's ever coached. 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. Looking for a great NFL history book? As a West Coast resident and Pac-10 fan, I watched Reggie Bush do some incredible things. As good as Jones-Drew was, UCLA has never seen a return man as dangerous as Antonio Perkins. In the famous UCLA game, on his first punt return, he made about four or five moves in a five-yard area before finding daylight.