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ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON KICKOFF RETURNS
ALL-TIME LEADERS IN KICKOFF RETURNS (BY AVERAGE)
Player Years KR Yards Avg Lg TD
1. Abe Woodson 1958-1964 (7) 166 4,873 29.4 105t 5
2. Joe Arenas 1951-1957 (7) 139 3,798 27.3 96 1
3. Allen Rossum 2008-2009 (2) 54 1,411 26.1 104t 1
4. Lenny Lyles 1959-1960 (2) 42 1,091 26.0 97t 1
5. Vic Washington 1971-1973 (3) 84 2,178 25.9 98t 1
6. Mike Holmes 1974-1975 (2) 27 671 24.9 57 0
7. J.D. Smith 1956-1964 (9) 36 882 24.5 39 0
8. Amos Lawrence 1981-1982 (2) 26 627 24.1 92t 1
9. James Owens 1979-1980 (2) 72 1,728 24.0 101t 2
10. Kermit Alexander 1963-1969 (7) 137 3,271 23.9 56 0
*minimum 25 returns
BEST KICKOFF RETURN AVERAGE IN SINGLE SEASON
Player Year KR Yards Avg Lg TD
1. Joe Arenas 1953 16 551 34.4 82 0
2. Abe Woodson 1963 29 935 32.2 103t 3
3. Abe Woodson 1962 37 1,157 31.3 79 0
4. Lenny Lyles 1960 17 526 30.9 97t 1
5. Joe Arenas 1956 27 801 29.7 96 1
6. Abe Woodson 1960 17 498 29.3 64 0
7. Abe Woodson 1961 27 782 29.0 98t 1
8. Vic Washington 1972 27 771 28.6 98t 1
9. Abe Woodson 1964 32 880 27.5 70 0
10. Joe Arenas 1957 24 657 27.4 64 0
*minimum 1.25 ret/game
Led NFL Led Conference
TOP SINGLE-GAME KICKOFF RETURN PERFORMANCES
MOST KICKOFF RETURN YARDS IN SINGLE GAME
Player Game Yards
1. Abe Woodson vs. Det. (11/11/62) 210
2. Abe Woodson at Det. (9/23/62) 205
3. Lenny Lyles vs. Bal. (12/18/60) 202
4. Maurice Hicks vs. SD (10/15/06) 195
5. Allen Rossum vs. Phi. (10/12/08) 194
MOST KICKOFF RETURNS IN SINGLE GAME
Player Game Returns
1. Maurice Hicks vs. SD (10/15/06) 9
Allen Rossum vs. Phi. (10/12/08) 9
3. Maurice Hicks at Was. (1023/05) 8
4. (15 times) Last: Ted Ginn Jr. at SD (12/16/10) 7
BEST KICKOFF RETURN AVERAGE IN SINGLE GAME
Player Game Avg
1. Lenny Lyles vs. Bal. (12/18/60) 67.3
2. Doug Cunningham vs. NO (10/22/67) 53.0
3. Abe Woodson vs. Min. (9/29/63) 51.0
4. Allen Rossum vs. Arz. (11/10/08) 46.5
5. Amos Lawrence vs. LA Rams (11/22/81) 46.0
Abe Woodson vs. NYG (11/17/63) 46.0
*minimum of 3 kickoff returns
MOST KICKOFF RETURNS FOR A TOUCHDOWN IN SINGLE GAME
Player Game TD
1. (21 times) Last: Ted Ginn Jr. vs. Sea. (9/11/11) 1
MOST KICKOFF RETURNS, Career
Player
KR
1. Dexter Carter .....................................217
2. Maurice Hicks ....................................185
3. Abe Woodson .....................................166
4. Joe Arenas .........................................139
5. Kermit Alexander ...............................137
6. Ted Ginn Jr. ........................................87
7. Vic Washington ....................................84
8. Carl Monroe .........................................76
9. James Owens ......................................72
10. Paul Hofer ............................................68
Doug Cunningham ...............................68
MOST KICKOFF RETURN YARDS, Career
Player
Yards
1. Abe Woodson ..................................4,873
2. Dexter Carter ..................................4,707
3. Maurice Hicks .................................4,242
4. Joe Arenas ......................................3,798
5. Kermit Alexander ............................3,271
6. Vic Washington ...............................2,178
7. Ted Ginn Jr. ...................................2,045
8. James Owens .................................1,728
9. Carl Monroe ....................................1,660
10. Doug Cunningham ..........................1,613
MOST KICKOFF RETURN TDs, Career
Player
TD
1. Abe Woodson .........................................5
2. Dexter Carter .........................................2
James Owens ........................................2
Dave Williams ........................................2
5. (10 times) Last: Ted Ginn Jr. .................1
MOST KICKOFF RETURNS, Season
Player
KR
1. Maurice Hicks (2007)...........................63
2. Maurice Hicks (2006)...........................57
3. Vinny Sutherland (2001).......................50
4. Dexter Carter (1994) ............................48
5. Ted Ginn Jr. (2010).............................47
Allen Rossum (2008)............................47
7. Dexter Carter (1996) ............................41
Dexter Carter (1990) ............................41
James Owens (1979)...........................41
MOST KICKOFF RETURN TDs, Season
Player
TD
1. Abe Woodson (1963)..............................3