"Kickoff return" refers to a play in football where a team catches an opponent's kickoff and tries to run the ball back towards the opposite end of the field to gain as many yards as possible.
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Show - stopping sophomore wideout Jeremy Maclin, who last season set an NCAA record for all - purpose yards by a freshman, officially launched his Heisman campaign in the second quarter with a 99 -
yard kickoff return for a touchdown.
Cole - Robinson goes 4 for 7 for 95 yards and a touchdown, and Deandre House brings in an 80 - yard
kickoff return for a touchdown.
PITTSBURGH»S SPECIAL TEAMS A year after Notre Dame ran back three Panthers punts for touchdowns, the Irish's Allen Rossum and Jarious Jackson scored
on kickoff returns in a 45 - 21 win.
LSU had loaded up on big plays — a 100 - yard
kickoff return by Leonard Fournette, a 75 - yard pass from Anthony Jennings to John Diarse, an 89 - yard rush by Fournette * — while Notre Dame had ground out long touchdown drives: 15 plays and 66 yards, 11 plays and 75 yards, 10 plays and 59 yards.
Trindon Holliday now has the longest Punt Return TD AND longest
Kickoff Return TD in NFL postseason history.
And then there's special teams, where Iowa allows 9.8 yards per punt return and 23.6 yards
per kickoff return.
Nothing is more brutal watching at the stadium or at home than seeing close to 10 minutes of commercials broken up only by a kickoff resulting in a touchback (or even the 95 %
of kickoff returns that go nowhere).
Update, 10:38 p.m. ET: The game is being canceled after one play, a
long kickoff return by the Gators.
The Texans were off to a strong start vs. the Ravens after Danieal Manning's
opening kickoff return set up Houston for an early 3 - 0 lead.
But the Ravens, thanks in large part to a Jacoby
Jones kickoff return for a touchdown, still hold a 24 - 20 lead.
A big Mecole Hardman
kickoff return set UGA up at midfield, but the Tigers forced another three - and - out, including another stuffed run.
I love coaching,» says DeHaven, whose San Francisco special teams had a less - than - stellar start,
allowing kickoff returns of 57 and 48 yards in a 36 - 28 loss to the Falcons.
Tennessee did manage to pile up over 213 rushing yards and got a highlight - worthy
kickoff return from Cordarrelle Patterson to keep the game close, but it was the Bulldogs who stayed ahead of the Vols for most of the game.
The Hurricanes (closed +10 on the spread, +290 on the moneyline) eight - lateral game -
winning kickoff return was reminiscent of «The Play» and helped give Miami...
On the
ensuing kickoff return, Martin Hyppolite forced the ball out from Quron Pratt and into the waiting arms of teammate Brandon Steg.
Daniyel, a sophomore running back, defensive back, and special teams standout, increased his workload and contributions throughout the season to finish with 863 yards rushing on just 95 carries and added a pair of 90 - plus - yard
kickoff return scores.
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good kickoff return, and a 51 - yard strike down the right sideline gives Princeton a chance to cut into the lead before intermission.
Specifically, Georgia ranks fourth nationally in kickoff success rate, while Alabama is only No. 101 in
kickoff return success rate.
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spectacular kickoff return in the first quarter set up the Philadelphia Eagles» first world championship in 11 years, but a stubborn unyielding defense made the run count
Chris Moore's 87 - yard
kickoff return spurred a late touchdown that cut the Ravens» deficit to seven points and gave Baltimore hope midway through a struggle against the Bengals.
But on that
Gavin kickoff return, Florida State's Kermit Whitfield signaled to Gavin to down it in the end zone.
Two newcomers glowed — Jared Cook at tight end (five catches, 56 yards) and Cordarrelle Patterson (used as a runner, a receiver, and on
kickoff returns where he produced a timely 41 - yarder late in the game).
The current leader in the clubhouse for best offensive
lineman kickoff return is clearly Patriots OL Dan Connolly from Dec. 2010 against the Packers.
About Harris taking a
middle kickoff return and speeding through the heart of the Dallas coverage for 100 yards.
Texas fell behind by 14 - 3, but a Jordan
Shipley kickoff return and an injury to OU linebacker Ryan Reynolds helped the Horns turn the game around.
If the entire league had simply taken a knee on these 356
kickoffs it returned out of the endzone, it would have saved a combined 1,108 yards of field position.
The
wildest kickoff return in history began when Kevin Moen of Cal fielded a Stanford squib and ended, five laterals and a felled trombone player later, amid hysteria
He also managed a rushing score, a 99 - yard
kickoff return TD, punting duties and a pass completion in the Bulldogs» CIF State Bowl Championship victory.
One of the Terrapins» two touchdowns came on a 100 - yard
kickoff return by sophomore William Likely, though that only cut Stanford's lead to 28 points in the fourth quarter.
However, there were several exciting parts including De'Anthony Thomas»
opening kickoff return, the one point safety, and all the moments of cameramen taking shots of the Oregon Cheerleaders.
He had two
kickoff returns for touchdowns as a freshman, and the school distributed «CAN YOU D1GG IT?»
After Randall Cobb's overturned fumble on the Packers»
first kickoff return and Greg Jennings» fumble that wasn't in the first quarter, Giants fans were likely relieved to see another fumble pop out of a Packer's arms and into the clutches of a Giant, in this case Antrel Rolle.
Three first - half return touchdowns (Christion Jones punt return, Vinnie Sunseri interception return,
Jones kickoff return) gave Alabama a big enough lead against Virginia Tech that the Tide didn't have to take any chances in a 35 - 10 win.
Prior to the matchup of the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots last year, there had been a defensive touchdown in four of the six Super Bowls prior, and a 108 - yard
kickoff return from Jacoby Jones in Super Bowl XLVII, making «Yes» the winning bet in five of six years.
But over their next seven possessions, the Ducks scored just twice, and in taking advantage of a
long kickoff return and an interception, Washington State was able to keep the halftime gap small: after 30 minutes, Oregon led just 23 - 19.
Cleveland Brownsshrugged off 100 -
yard kickoff return by Green Bay's Al Carmichael, routedPackers 41 - 10 to share Eastern lead.
Jourdan Lewis took a huge hit from Penn State's kicker on
a kickoff return during Saturday's huge win over Penn State...