In the winning locker room, Patriots running back Dion Lewis — after becoming the first player in NFL history to score a receiving touchdown, rushing touchdown, and
kick return touchdown in a playoff game — assessed his performance.
He also had a 100 - yard
kick return touchdown and a 99 - yard interception return in Troy's season finale to win a share of the Sun Belt title.
ASU ran the ball well enough to make this a game, and the Sun Devils actually cut a 27 - 6 Tech lead to 27 - 20 early in the second half, but the Tech defense (three points on ASU's final six possessions) and special teams (
kick return touchdown) took it from there.
And in a bowl loss to Appalachian State, they were dominant on a per - play basis (6.9 yards per play to 5.1) but gave up
a kick return touchdown and allowed App State to play keep - away (total snaps: ASU 82, UT 54) in a three - point loss.
Watch closely as the most exciting play in football —
the kick return touchdown — disappears.
Indiana held him to 56 yards on 20 carries but allowed 51 receiving yards and
a kick return touchdown.
No more T.J. Logan (four career
kick return touchdowns).
Not exact matches
He has 2,133 career
kick return yards with four
touchdowns.
The
return game was solid, and
kick returner Jerod Davis (26.6 average, one
touchdown)
returns, so that's something.
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returns a
kick for a
touchdown to retake lead in 4th quarter
He looked plenty fast in those
kick / punt
return touchdowns.
Lewis was superb in the team's Divisional round victory over the Texans, becoming the first player to score
kick return, rushing, and receiving
touchdowns in a playoff game.
David Johnson, the running back / receiver hybrid type in Arizona, has already scored four
touchdowns this year — one
kick return, one rushing and two receiving — if he continues with this pace it might be hard to ignore that kind of production.
McCaffrey was certainly more versatile — Derrick Henry led the country with 339 rushing attempts this season, but he only caught 10 passes for 97 yards compared to McCaffrey's 41 for 540 this season, to say nothing of punt and
kick returns (McCaffrey also passed for 39 yards and a pair of
touchdowns).
Including a delightful Celebration Bowl between NC A&T and Alcorn State — a 41 - 34 A&T win — there were eight
return touchdowns (three punt
returns, a
kick return, three interception
returns, and a fumble
return) and 10
touchdowns on gains of 30 - plus yards in Saturday's six bowls.
Two - time Pro Bowl player has
returned nine
kicks for
touchdowns (five kickoffs, four punts) in last three seasons.
He came into the season as a two - time Mountain West Special Teams Player of the Year, with five
kick returns for
touchdowns.
He also
returned a
kick for a
touchdown.
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returns a
kick for a
touchdown to retake lead in 4th quarter
Jacoby Jones
kicked off the second half action with a 108 - yard kickoff
return for a
touchdown, putting the Ravens ahead 28 - 6.
Before Southern coaches and players rushed the field celebrating an end - of - game goal line stand, the two teams would combine for almost 1,000 yards, three 100 - yard receivers, a 100 - yard rusher, 16 plays of 20 - plus yards, and nearly every possible special teams event: blocked
kicks,
return touchdowns, a muffed
kick return, a long punt
return, a punt snap hitting an upback in the face, a surprise onsides
kick, and one of the worst fake field goal attempts you'll ever see.
Before it happened, I said out loud, and everyone heard it, «He's gonna miss this
kick, and Auburn is gonna
return it for a
touchdown.»
In the first meeting with Pittsburg, Rivers rushed for 157 yards and two TDs while also completing a 9 - yard
touchdown pass early in the game and a 97 - yard momentum - changing
kick return for a score in the third quarter.
He also punted,
kicked field goals and extra points,
returned kicks and completed 14 of 19 passes, four for
touchdowns.
But Parrish
returned the following
kick - off for a
touchdown and Cincinnati, inspired, went on to win 43 - 14.
«The only thing in my mind on the last play was to
return that
kick for a
touchdown.
He
returns punts and
kick - offs, as does Wallace, and has caught 22 passes for 666 yards (30 yards a catch) and seven
touchdowns.
Then, in quick order, Safety Nick Rassas intercepted a pass and ran it back 92 yards for a
touchdown, Ken Ivan
kicked a 23 - yard field goal and Rassas, on the loose again,
returned a punt 72 yards.
He averaged nearly 25 yards per
kick return in his college career,
returning a pair for
touchdowns.
In 2012, LSU
kick returners Michael Ford, Odell Beckham, Jr., and Jarvis Landry are averaging a still - competent 22.9 yards per
return, and Beckham is averaging 9.3 yards per punt
return with one
touchdown.
Lastly, he served the Patriots» primary
kick returner with 23
returns for 570 yards and one
touchdown.
I'm noticing on special teams that Freedom is
kicking swift
kicks to avoid
return specialist, Liberty's # 84 Thomas Vi, as he has been known to
return kicks for
touchdowns.
In Saturday's 24 - 23 win over Syracuse, Daniels
returned a
kick for the first time — 100 yards for a
touchdown...
In the last two seasons, 0.75 % of
returned kicks ended in
touchdowns.
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kick returner in NFL history, with 20
kick returns for
touchdowns... Forte led the Bears in rushing from 2008 - 15.
He also had 20
kick returns for 635 yards and 2
touchdowns and 15 punt
returns for 233 yards and 1
touchdown.