Sentences with phrase «kickoff return in»

New England Patriots Brandon Bolden upends Los Angeles Chargers» Austin Ekeler on a kickoff return in the third quarter at Gillette Stadium on Sunday, October 29, 2017.

I had a 3 - yard carry in college and a 16 - yard kickoff return in the NFL.

I also had a 16 - yard kickoff return in the NFL.

A 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

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.

Not exact matches

In a preseason game against Hollywood Hills his junior season, Ridley scored a 70 - yard touchdown on a slant and returned a kickoff for another touchdown.

Nicknamed Goodbye for the way he blows by defenders, he electrified the crowd with an 89 - yard kickoff return touchdown in the Golden Panthers» 34 — 32 win over Toledo in the Little Caesars Bowl.

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.

Meanwhile, D'Ernest Johnson was tremendous in the return game and created a potential field position advantage that USF's punt and kickoff teams frequently gave away.

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.

In his last year at New Mexico State only 18 of his 47 kickoffs were returned.

Stanford ranked third in Special Teams S&P +, thanks to A-grade efforts from Jake Bailey in kickoffs and punting, Conrad Ukropina in place - kicking, and Christian McCaffrey in kick returns.

They just recovered a surprise onside kick and had a kickoff return for a TD in the National Championship.

In the wake of the Penn State game, Meyer was forced to evaluate the kick coverage phase, particularly after Saquon Barkley returned the opening kickoff for a TD last week.

But the Ravens, thanks in large part to a Jacoby Jones kickoff return for a touchdown, still hold a 24 - 20 lead.

He played quarterback and safety, and returned six kickoffs for touchdowns in 1992, his junior year.

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.

KANSAS CITY (4 -1-0) moved into a first - place tie with San Diego in the Western Division by defeating Denver (1 -4-0) 37 - 10 despite a 100 - yard kickoff return by the Broncos» Nemiah Wilson and the presence of Quarterback Tobin Rote in the Denver lineup after two seasons of retirement.

Trindon Holliday now has the longest Punt Return TD AND longest Kickoff Return TD in NFL postseason history.

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.

Two - time Pro Bowl player has returned nine kicks for touchdowns (five kickoffs, four punts) in last three seasons.

FROM ELIAS: Trindon Holliday is the 1st player with a Kickoff Return TD and Punt Return TD in the same game in NFL postseason history

He had a huge punt return in the first half, and to open the second half he houses this kickoff to give the Broncos their lead back.

Alabama and Clemson have been exchanging haymakers for hours in the College Football Playoff Championship, but the Tide may have put this game on ice thanks to Kenyan Drake's 95 - yard kickoff return to make it 38 - 27 with 7:31 remaining.

First, De'Anthony Thomas returned a punt for 80 - yards in his debut and now Josh Huff took back a kickoff for a 102 - yard touchdown for the Philadelphia Eagles.

First, De'Anthony Thomas returned a punt for 80 - yards in his debut and now Josh Huff took back a kickoff for a...

The return game was very much all - or - nothing, but Joey Slye emerged as mostly automatic weapon in both kickoffs and place - kicking.

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.

Everybody's back in this unit, at least if popular kickoffs guy Joey Julius returns after getting treatment for an eating disorder.

The Tigers ranked second in kick return success rate (Tony Pollard averaged 28.1 yards per return with two scores), fourth in kickoff success rate (68 percent of Jake Elliott's kicks were touchbacks), fifth in punt success rate (Spencer Smith averaged a booming 45.1 yards per kick), and 16th in field goal efficiency (Elliott made an incredible 12 of 15 field goals longer than 40 yards).

The Clarets host a Crystal Palace side still buoyed by Neil Warnock's return, with Eagles fans hoping that Wilfried Zaha will shine at Selhurst Park in this Saturday 3 pm kickoff.

In the previous week Brown had returned a kickoff 97 - yards for the TD.

Kickoffs were an issue, and Papi White wasn't amazingly productive in punt returns, but Michael Farkas» punts were unreturnable (he combined a 40.9 - yard average over 69 kicks with 28 fair catches and 26 punts inside the 20), kick returns were steady, and place - kicker Louie Zervos was a major weapon.

This was Michigan's first kickoff returned for a touchdown since Daryl Stonum did it way back in 2009.

The NFL has already toyed with reducing returns, moving kickoffs to the 35 - yard line in 2011, and then in 2016 testing a rule moving all touchbacks to the 25 - yard line instead of the 20.

This happened after the Cowboys staged a mini-comeback... only to allow a kickoff return TD in the fourth quarter.

The Bills» special teams coach last season, DeHaven had watched his kickoff coverage unit allow the Titans to pull off a wacky return for the winning touchdown in the game's final seconds.

In the Cougars» 55 - 21 win over Alhambra, Fadelli broke loose for three rushing touchdowns, a 73 - yard screen pass turned score and an 87 - yard kickoff return for a touchdown that got the game started.

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.

Halfback Ollie Matson, regarded by most pro coaches as the best runner in the business, returned a kickoff 105 yards for a touchdown and gained 69 yards in six tries from scrimmage as the Cardinal split - T attack continues to pick up momentum.

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.

It was only appropriate that Hester — the best return man the game has ever seen — housed the first kickoff he saw in the biggest game of his life:

Jones became the first player in NCAA history to return two kickoffs for touchdowns in the same game earlier this season.

The Bears averaged 7.8 yards per play to ISU's 2.9, Bryce Petty passed for a breezy 343 yards in 31 throws, and in particularly cruel fashion, when the Cyclones finally scored in the final minute of the game, Baylor returned the ensuing kickoff for a touchdown.

In high school, the 290 - pound Agim took direct snaps at QB and returned kickoffs for TDs.

Billy averaged 5 1/2 yards a carry, gaining 583 yards from scrimmage, and led the conference in kickoff returns, but he is the first to admit that there was an awful lot he needed to learn about playing football.

Meanwhile, Braden Mann is a touchback machine in kickoffs, and Shane Tripucka averaged 42.9 yards per punt with minimal returns.

The Minutemen ranked a ghastly 125th in Special Teams S&P +; Logan Laurent and Mike Caggiano combined to make just six of 10 under - 40 field goals, only 14 percent of Caggiano's kickoffs reached the end zone, and while Laurent's punts were long enough (41.6 yard average), opponents were able to return enough of them to render the Minutemen just 95th in punt success rate.

In 2015, the Jacksonville Jaguars returned 24 percent of kickoffs out of the end zone, and had the seventh - worst average starting field position in the leaguIn 2015, the Jacksonville Jaguars returned 24 percent of kickoffs out of the end zone, and had the seventh - worst average starting field position in the leaguin the league.