Sentences with phrase «of kickoff returns»

Maryland jumped on Virginia quickly, taking a 17 - 0 lead just over 10 minutes into the game on the strength of a kickoff return for a touchdown by Stefon Diggs, and a 20 - yard scoring pass from Hills to Justus Pickett.

Not exact matches

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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.

A guy who has never returned any kick for a TD, who has all of 2 kickoff returns and 7 punt returns this season.

Jeff Park of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan scored 10 touchdowns (two receiving, seven rushing, one returning a kickoff) as the Bedford Road Redmen blasted crosstown rival Nutana 101 - 6.

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.

The kickoff stopped at the 4, and instead of fielding it and trying to return it, he put a foot out of bounds and then fielded the ball.

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.

They returned for the kickoff of their final eight regular season games expecting a surge, but left perplexed.

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.

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.

That they did it almost entirely without their offense (Saquon Barkley returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown, then the Nittany Lions scored on a short field following a fumble recovery) turned out to be a bit of a foreboding tale.

Senior Ethan Titus returned the season opening kickoff 85 yards, untouched, carrying the ball like a torch 20 yards out of the end zone.

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 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.

However, there is one simple edit eliminating a lot of opportunities for the kind of long, high - speed runs taken at targets that also happen to be running a long way at high speed: Cutting the kickoff and punt return from the game completely.

About Harris taking a middle kickoff return and speeding through the heart of the Dallas coverage for 100 yards.

Joe Jarzynka, WR - KR, Washington The 5» 7», 175 - pound senior, a former walk - on, was Mr. Everything for the Huskies last season, returning 16 kickoffs and 45 punts for 731 yards and a touchdown, and making 19 of 22 PAT attempts and six of eight field goal tries.

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.

He completed a touchdown pass, and had three kickoff returns of 90 yards or more (scoring on two of them).

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.

He was the focus of California's defense all night long, and although he never got to show off his kickoff return skills (all touchbacks), the multi-skilled athlete did everything he could to keep the Lions» storybook season alive.

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:

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.

But the Vols» hopes dimmed on the opening play of the second half, when Tennessee's Nilo Silvan fumbled on the kickoff return and Florida's Kedra Malone fell on the ball at the Vols» 30.

On the first kickoff of the National Championship, Clemson's blocking opens up a 43 - yard return.

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 the weekend's biggest upset.

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.

The bad news is that the other aspects of special teams — place - kicking, kickoffs, punt returns — were somewhere between bad and awful.

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.

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.

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 league.

The N.F.L. and other leagues have tried to reduce the number of kick returns by, for instance, moving kickoffs up to produce more touchbacks.

And yet, the game will be remembered for Barkley's neat pair of Heisman moments: Throwing for a touchdown, and returning the opening kickoff 98 yards for another score.

He had the biggest play of the game on the first play, a 97 - yard kickoff return for a touchdown.

Of those kickoffs, 40.4 % were returned.

And they have experiences in their life of intuition all the time that we can draw on, from the football player who gets the kickoff and is returning it and, «How did you know where to run?»

That's why we have done things like reduce contact to twenty - five percent of practice time, eliminate kickoffs for our youngest divisions and require that any player who suffers a suspected head injury receive medical clearance from a concussion specialist before returning to play.

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