1996 NFL Kick & Punt Returns

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Kick & Punt Returns

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Kick & Punt Returns Table
					Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1	Tyrone Hughes	NOR	26	KR/PR	16	1	30	152	0	16	5.1	70	1791	0	58	25.6	1943
2	Glyn Milburn	DET	25	KR/PR	16	0	34	284	0	33	8.4	64	1627	0	65	25.4	1911
3	Dave Meggett*	NWE	30	KR/PR	16	1	52	588	1	60	11.3	34	781	0	54	23.0	1783
4	Desmond Howard	GNB	26	KR/PR	16	0	58	875	3	92	15.1	22	460	0	40	20.9	1430
5	Brian Mitchell	WAS	28	KR/PR	16	2	23	258	0	71	11.2	56	1258	0	50	22.5	1995
6	Dexter Carter	SFO	29	KR/PR	16	0	36	317	0	52	8.8	41	909	0	71	22.2	1292
7	Jermaine Lewis	BAL	22	KR/PR	16	1	36	339	0	46	9.4	41	883	0	44	21.5	1297
8	Eric Metcalf	ATL	28	KR/PR/WR	16	11	27	296	0	39	11.0	49	1034	0	55	21.1	1937
9	Mel Gray	HOU	35	KR/PR	14	0	22	205	0	40	9.3	50	1224	0	88	24.5	1429
10	Winslow Oliver	CAR	23	PR	16	0	52	598	1	84	11.5	7	160	0	33	22.9	1085
11	Bobby Engram	CHI	23	PR	16	2	31	282	0	34	9.1	25	580	0	45	23.2	1251
12	Andre Coleman	SDG	24	KR/WR	16	10						55	1210	0	57	22.0	1696
13	Leeland McElroy	ARI	22	KR/rb	16	6						54	1148	0	92	21.3	1494
14	Derrick Witherspoon	PHI	25	KR	16	0						53	1271	2	97	24.0	1271
15	Eddie Kennison	STL	23	PR/WR	15	14	29	423	2	78	14.6	23	454	0	44	19.7	1801
16	Eric Moulds	BUF	23	KR/wr	16	5						52	1205	1	97	23.2	1528
17	Tamarick Vanover	KAN	22	KR/PR/wr	13	6	17	116	0	24	6.8	33	854	1	97	25.9	1217
18	Vaughn Hebron	DEN	26	KR	16	0						45	1099	0	59	24.4	1404
19	Aaron Bailey	IND	25	KR	14	2						43	1041	1	95	24.2	1343
20	Steve Broussard	SEA	29	KR	12	0						43	979	0	86	22.8	1111
21	David Dunn	CIN	24	KR	16	0	7	54	0	20	7.7	35	782	1	90	22.3	1345
22	Nilo Silvan	TAM	23	KR/PR	7	0	14	113	0	17	8.1	28	626	0	54	22.4	739
23	Kelvin Martin	DAL	31	PR	16	1	41	373	0	22	9.1						753
24	Marcus Dowdell	ARI	26	PR	15	0	34	297	0	35	8.7	5	122	0	31	24.4	737
25	Mark Seay	PHI	29	PR	16	0	35	305	0	56	8.7	4	51	0	22	12.8	616
26	Andre Hastings	PIT	26	PR/WR	16	10	37	242	0	33	6.5	1	42	0	42	42.0	1094
27	Darrien Gordon	SDG	26	lcb/PR	16	6	36	537	1	81	14.9						592
28	David Palmer	MIN	24	PR	11	1	22	216	1	69	9.8	13	292	0	60	22.5	557
29	Michael Bates*+	CAR	27	KR	14	0						33	998	1	93	30.2	998
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
30	Tim Brown*	OAK	30	PR/WR	16	16	32	272	0	36	8.5	1	24	0	24	24.0	1435
31	Chris Hudson	JAX	25	FS/PR	16	16	32	348	0	60	10.9						373
32	Roell Preston	ATL	24	wr	15	2						32	681	0	50	21.3	889
33	Ronnie Harris	SEA	26	PR	15	0	19	194	0	35	10.2	12	240	0	29	20.0	460
34	J.T. Thomas	STL	25	KR	16	1						30	643	0	43	21.4	688
35	Troy Brown	NWE	25		16	0						29	634	0	51	21.9	856
36	Carl Kidd	OAK	23	KR	16	0	0	47	0	47		29	622	0	48	21.4	670
37	Amani Toomer	NYG	22	PR	7	1	18	298	2	87	16.6	11	191	0	25	17.4	501
38	Wayne Chrebet	NYJ	23	PR/WR	16	9	28	139	0	15	5.0						1048
39	Qadry Ismail	MIN	26	KR	16	2						28	527	0	32	18.8	878
40	Irving Spikes	MIA	26	KR	15	1						28	681	0	59	24.3	1078
41	Jeff Burris	BUF	24	LCB/PR	15	15	27	286	0	45	10.6						314
42	Jack Jackson	CHI	24	KR	12	0						27	619	0	60	22.9	658
43	Corey Sawyer	CIN	25	PR	15	2	15	117	0	62	7.8	12	241	0	33	20.1	358
44	Herschel Walker	DAL	34	KR	16	1						27	779	0	89	28.9	951
45	Karl Williams	TAM	25		16	0	13	274	1	88	21.1	14	383	0	63	27.4	900
46	Randy Jordan	JAX	26	KR	15	0						26	553	0	73	21.3	553
47	Todd Kinchen	DEN	27	PR	7	0	26	300	0	40	11.5						327
48	Napoleon Kaufman	OAK	23	RB	16	9						25	548	0	39	21.9	1565
49	Marvin Marshall	TAM	24		5	0	13	95	0	29	7.3	12	264	0	37	22.0	386
50	Jerome Woods	KAN	23		16	0						25	581	0	66	23.2	581
51	Henry Bailey	NYJ	23	KR	8	0						24	470	0	34	19.6	531
52	Rod Smith	DEN	26	wr	10	1	23	283	0	36	12.3	1	29	0	29	29.0	550
53	Reggie Cobb	NYJ	28		15	0						23	488	0	34	21.2	596
54	Tyrone Wheatley	NYG	24	KR	14	0						23	503	0	43	21.9	936
55	Kevin Williams	DAL	25	WR	10	9	2	17	0	9	8.5	21	471	0	39	22.4	822
56	O.J. McDuffie	MIA	27	PR/WR	16	16	22	212	0	19	9.6						1137
57	Jahine Arnold	PIT	23	KR	9	0	2	6	0	5	3.0	19	425	0	30	22.4	504
58	Randy Baldwin	BAL	29		9	0						20	405	0	34	20.3	405
59	Russell Copeland	BUF	25		11	0	14	119	0	19	8.5	6	136	0	47	22.7	340
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
60	Conrad Hamilton	NYG	22	db	15	1						19	382	0	29	20.1	411
61	Marvin Harrison	IND	24	PR/WR	16	15	18	177	0	31	9.8						1028
62	Bucky Brooks	2TM	25		8	1						17	412	0	36	24.2	412
63	Erric Pegram	PIT	27	rb	12	4						17	419	1	91	24.6	1040
64	Mark Stock	IND	30		14	0	5	13	0	9	2.6	12	254	0	28	21.2	291
65	Don Beebe	GNB	32	wr	16	6						15	403	1	90	26.9	1102
66	Joey Galloway	SEA	25	WR	16	16	15	158	1	88	10.5						1272
67	Amp Lee	MIN	25	rb	16	3	10	84	0	18	8.4	5	85	0	23	17.0	752
68	Jerris McPhail	MIA	24	rb	9	1						15	335	0	40	22.3	645
69	Alex Van Dyke	NYJ	22	wr	15	1						15	289	0	37	19.3	407
70	Thomas Lewis	NYG	24	WR	13	11	10	36	0	8	3.6	4	107	0	47	26.8	837
71	Chris Penn	KAN	25	WR	16	16	14	148	0	20	10.6						776
72	Ray Buchanan	IND	25	LCB	13	13	12	201	0	82	16.8	1	20	0	20	20.0	253
73	Arthur Marshall	NYG	27		5	0	13	144	0	36	11.1						144
74	Daryl Hobbs	OAK	28	wr	16	1	10	84	0	35	8.4	1	14	0	14	14.0	521
75	James Hundon	CIN	25		5	0	1	-7	0	-7	-7.0	10	237	0	31	23.7	244
76	Earnest Hunter	2TM	26		11	0						10	198	0	29	19.8	405
77	LeShon Johnson	ARI	25	RB	15	8						10	198	0	27	19.8	1008
78	Derek Loville	SFO	28	rb	12	6						10	229	0	35	22.9	596
79	Ray Ethridge	BAL	28	wr	14	1	1	3	0	3	3.0	8	171	0	29	21.4	198
80	Jeff Hill	CIN	24		10	0						9	173	0	29	19.2	173
81	Greg Myers	CIN	24		14	0	9	51	0	12	5.7						61
82	William Bell	WAS	25		16	0						8	130	0	27	16.3	153
83	Ernie Mills	PIT	28	wr	9	3						8	146	0	27	18.3	267
84	Ronald Moore	NYJ	26		16	0						8	118	0	28	14.8	119
85	Kendricke Bullard	JAX	24		12	0						7	157	0	36	22.4	157
86	Kirby Dar Dar	MIA	24		11	0						7	132	0	25	18.9	132
87	Malcolm Floyd	HOU	24		16	0	7	74	0	32	10.6						219
88	Corey Harris	SEA	27	RCB	16	16						7	166	0	41	23.7	219
89	Willie Jackson	JAX	25	wr	16	2						7	149	0	27	21.3	637
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
90	Ricky Bell	JAX	22		12	0						6	119	0	28	19.8	119
91	Ron Carpenter	NYJ	26		2	0						6	107	0	21	17.8	107
92	Charlie Garner	PHI	24	rb	15	1						6	117	0	28	19.5	555
93	Charles Johnson	PIT	24	WR	16	12						6	111	0	31	18.5	1119
94	Harold Morrow	MIN	23		8	0						6	117	0	26	19.5	117
95	Brian Stablein	IND	26		16	0	6	56	0	30	9.3						248
96	Anthony Edwards	ARI	30	wr	16	1	5	46	0	20	9.2						349
97	Rocket Ismail	CAR	27	wr	13	5						5	100	0	30	20.0	394
98	Dorsey Levens	GNB	26	rb	16	1						5	84	0	29	16.8	876
99	Herman O'Berry	STL	25		9	0	5	16	0	8	3.2						16
100	Freddie Solomon	PHI	24		12	0	5	27	0	9	5.4						152
101	Bryan Still	SDG	22		16	0	1	1	0	1	1.0	4	113	0	37	28.3	256
102	Rodney Thomas	HOU	23		16	0						5	80	0	35	16.0	359
103	Jamal Anderson	ATL	24	RB	16	12						4	80	0	27	20.0	1608
104	Reggie Brown	SEA	23		7	0						4	51	0	24	12.8	51
105	Terrell Buckley	MIA	25	LCB	16	16	3	24	0	13	8.0	1	48	0	48	48.0	236
106	Earnest Byner	BAL	34	RB	16	8						4	61	0	19	15.3	965
107	Keith Crawford	STL	26	wr	16	0						4	47	0	19	11.8	47
108	Mike Dulaney	CHI	26		16	0						4	63	0	20	15.8	64
109	Ronnie Harmon	HOU	32	wr	16	6						4	69	0	20	17.3	688
110	Charles Jordan	MIA	27		6	0						4	81	0	22	20.3	233
111	Lawrence Phillips	STL	21	RB	15	11						4	74	0	35	18.5	734
112	Ryan Terry	ARI	25		5	0						4	84	0	30	21.0	84
113	Richard Brown	MIN	31		14	0						3	35	0	12	11.7	35
114	Byron Chamberlain	DEN	25		11	0						3	49	0	21	16.3	178
115	Brock Marion	DAL	26	FS	10	10						3	68	0	37	22.7	113
116	Terance Mathis	ATL	29	WR	16	16	3	19	0	10	6.3						790
117	James McKnight	SEA	24		16	0						3	86	0	55	28.7	159
118	Terrell Owens	SFO	23	WR	16	10						3	47	0	18	15.7	567
119	Tyrone Poole	CAR	24	RCB	15	15	3	26	0	12	8.7						61
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
120	Brian Saxton	NYG	24	te	16	2						3	31	0	12	10.3	62
121	Kenny Shedd	OAK	25	wr	16	1						3	51	0	19	17.0	138
122	Nate Singleton	SFO	28		2	0	2	32	0	21	16.0	1	10	0	10	10.0	53
123	Lamont Warren	IND	23	rb	13	3						3	54	0	18	18.0	458
124	Derrick Alexander	BAL	25	WR	15	14	1	15	0	15	15.0	1	13	0	13	13.0	1127
125	Kevin Alexander	NYG	21		4	0						2	27	0	14	13.5	115
126	Kimble Anders*	KAN	30	FB	16	15						2	37	0	20	18.5	767
127	Mike Archie	HOU	24		2	0						2	24	0	13	12.0	24
128	Kyle Brady	NYJ	24	TE	16	16						2	26	0	16	13.0	170
129	Dale Carter*	KAN	27	LCB	14	14	2	18	0	15	9.0						134
130	Derrick Deese	SFO	26		16	0						2	20	0	12	10.0	20
131	Scott Greene	CAR	24		8	0						2	10	0	6	5.0	17
132	Rich Griffith	JAX	27	te	16	2						2	24	0	16	12.0	77
133	Mercury Hayes	NOR	23		7	0						2	30	0	17	15.0	138
134	William Henderson	GNB	25	FB	16	11						2	38	0	23	19.0	371
135	Craig Heyward	ATL	30	rb	15	5	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	18	0	18	18.0	507
136	Randal Hill	MIA	27	wr	14	5						2	4	0	4	2.0	413
137	Danan Hughes	KAN	26	wr	15	2						2	42	0	22	21.0	209
138	Terry Kirby	SFO	26	RB	14	10	1	3	0	3	3.0	1	22	0	22	22.0	1023
139	Greg Manusky	KAN	30	lb	16	1						2	32	0	17	16.0	32
140	James McKeehan	HOU	23		14	0						2	6	0	6	3.0	6
141	Todd McNair	KAN	31		16	0						2	21	0	16	10.5	234
142	Troy Sadowski	CIN	31	te	16	0						2	7	0	7	3.5	22
143	Brady Smith	NOR	23	de	16	4						2	14	0	8	7.0	14
144	Jimmy Smith	JAX	27	WR	16	9						2	49	0	29	24.5	1293
145	Steve Tasker	BUF	34	wr	8	5	2	18	0	12	9.0						421
146	Charles Way	NYG	24	FB	16	12						2	19	0	10	9.5	426
147	Charlie Williams	DAL	24		7	0						2	21	0	21	10.5	21
148	Frank Wycheck	HOU	25	TE/te	16	16						2	5	0	5	2.5	519
149	Mike Alstott	TAM	23	FB	16	16						1	14	0	14	14.0	948
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
150	Jamie Asher	WAS	24	TE	16	12						1	13	0	13	13.0	494
151	Joe Aska	OAK	24	rb	15	2						1	17	0	17	17.0	406
152	Myron Baker	CAR	25		16	0						1	11	0	11	11.0	11
153	Mike Barber	SEA	25	llb	13	7						1	12	0	12	12.0	12
154	Marco Battaglia	CIN	23		16	0						1	8	0	8	8.0	87
155	Duane Bickett	CAR	34		16	0						1	12	0	12	12.0	12
156	Barrett Brooks	PHI	24	LT	16	15						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
157	Derek Brown	NOR	25		11	0						1	10	0	10	10.0	94
158	Cris Carter*	MIN	31	WR	16	16						1	3	0	3	3.0	1166
159	Jeff Cothran	CIN	25	FB	11	11						1	11	0	11	11.0	104
160	Greg DeLong	MIN	23	TE	16	8						1	3	0	3	3.0	37
161	Omar Douglas	NYG	24		4	0						1	11	0	11	11.0	19
162	Vernon Edwards	SDG	24	de	5	1						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
163	Christian Fauria	SEA	25	TE	10	9						1	8	0	8	8.0	222
164	Cedric Figaro	STL	30		15	0	1	0	0	0	0.0						0
165	Antonio Freeman	GNB	24	WR	12	12						1	16	0	16	16.0	963
166	John Gerak	MIN	26	RG	14	10						1	13	0	13	13.0	13
167	Mike Gisler	NWE	27		14	0						1	9	0	9	9.0	9
168	Aaron Glenn	NYJ	24	LCB	16	16						1	6	0	6	6.0	119
169	Jeff Gossett	OAK	39	P	12	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	9
170	Clif Groce	IND	24	FB	15	8						1	18	0	18	18.0	308
171	Terry Guess	NOR	22	wr	3	2	1	7	0	7	7.0						72
172	Rodney Harrison	SDG	24	SS	16	16						1	10	0	10	10.0	70
173	Courtney Hawkins	TAM	27	WR	16	16	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0						530
174	Chris Hetherington	IND	24		6	0						1	16	0	16	16.0	16
175	Leroy Hoard	3TM	28		11	7						1	19	0	19	19.0	644
176	Sale Isaia	BAL	24		9	0						1	2	0	2	2.0	2
177	Patrick Jeffers	DEN	23		4	0						1	18	0	18	18.0	18
178	Travis Jervey	GNB	24		16	0						1	17	0	17	17.0	123
179	Charlie Jones	SDG	24	wr	14	4	1	21	0	21	21.0						545
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
180	Donta Jones	PIT	24	lb	15	2	1	3	0	3	3.0						3
181	Brian Kinchen	BAL	31	TE	16	16						1	19	0	19	19.0	580
182	Brian Kozlowski	NYG	26		5	0						1	16	0	16	16.0	20
183	Aaron Laing	STL	25	te	12	8						1	15	0	15	15.0	131
184	Henry Lusk	NOR	24	te	16	3						1	16	0	16	16.0	226
185	Eric Lynch	DET	26		16	0						1	15	0	15	15.0	17
186	Aubrey Matthews	DET	34		16	0						1	10	0	10	10.0	51
187	Keenan McCardell*	JAX	26	WR	16	15	1	2	0	2	2.0						1131
188	J.J. McCleskey	2TM	26		10	0						1	18	0	18	18.0	18
189	Devon McDonald	ARI	27		16	0						1	16	0	16	16.0	16
190	Pete Metzelaars	DET	36	TE	15	11						1	1	0	1	1.0	147
191	Scott Miller	MIA	28	wr	12	1	1	15	0	15	15.0						131
192	Bam Morris	BAL	24	rb	11	7						1	3	0	3	3.0	982
193	Darren Perry	PIT	28	FS	16	16						1	8	0	8	8.0	123
194	Carl Pickens*	CIN	26	WR	16	16	1	2	0	2	2.0						1184
195	Alfred Pupunu	SDG	27	te	9	8						1	15	0	15	15.0	286
196	Ron Rivers	DET	25		15	0						1	8	0	8	8.0	122
197	Michael Roan	HOU	24	te	15	1						1	13	0	13	13.0	13
198	Leonard Russell	SDG	27	RB	15	15						1	10	0	10	10.0	896
199	Deion Sanders*+	DAL	29	RCB/wr	16	15	1	4	0	4	4.0						499
200	Jason Sehorn	NYG	25	RCB	16	15	1	0	0	0	0.0						61
201	Cedric Smith	ARI	28	fb	15	2						1	14	0	14	14.0	32
202	Lorenzo Styles	ATL	22		16	0						1	12	0	12	12.0	12
203	Dave Thomas	JAX	28	lcb	9	5	1	1	0	1	1.0						8
204	Zach Thomas	MIA	23	MLB	16	16						1	17	0	17	17.0	88
205	Jeff Thomason	GNB	27	te	16	1						1	20	0	20	20.0	65
206	Iheanyi Uwaezuoke	SFO	23		14	0						1	21	0	21	21.0	112
207	Frank Wainright	MIA	29		16	0						1	10	0	10	10.0	12
208	Keith Washington	DET	24		12	0						1	14	0	14	14.0	14
209	Robert Wilson	MIA	27		15	0						1	12	0	12	12.0	17
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
210	Jon Witman	PIT	24	rb	16	4						1	20	0	20	20.0	104

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