1997 NFL Kick & Punt Returns

Kick & Punt Returns

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

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	Glyn Milburn	DET	26		16	1	47	433	0	40	9.2	55	1315	0	69	23.9	1825
2	Kevin Williams	ARI	26		16	0	40	462	0	50	11.6	59	1458	0	63	24.7	2191
3	Eric Guliford	NOR	28		16	2	47	498	0	32	10.6	43	1128	1	102	26.2	1986
4	Desmond Howard	OAK	27		15	0	27	210	0	32	7.8	61	1318	0	45	21.6	1558
5	Tamarick Vanover	KAN	23		16	0	35	383	1	82	10.9	51	1308	1	94	25.6	1833
6	Brian Mitchell	WAS	29		16	1	38	442	1	63	11.6	47	1094	1	97	23.3	2081
7	Tyrone Hughes	CHI	27		14	0	36	258	0	19	7.2	43	1008	0	58	23.4	1337
8	Dave Meggett	NWE	31		16	2	45	467	0	47	10.4	33	816	0	61	24.7	1546
9	Jermaine Lewis	BAL	23	WR	14	7	28	437	2	89	15.6	41	905	0	51	22.1	2025
10	David Palmer	MIN	25		16	0	34	444	0	57	13.1	32	711	0	62	22.2	1384
11	Leon Johnson	NYJ	23		16	1	51	619	1	66	12.1	12	319	1	101	26.6	1238
12	Eric Metcalf*+	SDG	29		16	1	45	489	3	85	10.9	16	355	0	63	22.2	1415
13	Karl Williams	TAM	26	wr	16	7	46	597	1	63	13.0	15	277	0	28	18.5	1365
14	Bill Schroeder	GNB	26		15	1	33	342	0	46	10.4	24	562	0	40	23.4	919
15	Aaron Bailey	IND	26		13	4	1	19	0	19	19.0	55	1206	0	61	21.9	1574
16	Will Blackwell	PIT	22		14	0	23	149	0	15	6.5	32	791	1	97	24.7	1122
17	Todd Kinchen	ATL	28		16	0	52	446	0	38	8.6	1	18	0	18	18.0	730
18	Steve Broussard	SEA	30		16	1						50	1076	0	43	21.5	1637
19	Herschel Walker	DAL	35	fb	16	6						50	1167	0	49	23.3	1336
20	David Thompson	STL	22		11	0						49	1110	0	56	22.7	1140
21	Michael Bates*	CAR	28		16	0	1	8	0	8	8.0	47	1281	0	56	27.3	1289
22	Duce Staley	PHI	22		16	0						47	1139	0	57	24.2	1190
23	Amani Toomer	NYG	23		16	0	47	455	1	53	9.7						718
24	Reggie Barlow	JAX	24		16	0	36	412	0	52	11.4	10	267	1	92	26.7	753
25	Eric Moulds	BUF	24	WR	16	8	2	20	0	10	10.0	43	921	0	53	21.4	1294
26	Vaughn Hebron	DEN	27		16	1						43	1009	0	46	23.5	1267
27	Chuck Levy	SFO	25		14	0	6	109	1	73	18.2	36	793	0	59	22.0	1060
28	Darrien Gordon	DEN	27	RCB	16	16	40	543	3	94	13.6						607
29	Byron Hanspard	ATL	21		16	0						40	987	2	99	24.7	1375
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
30	Iheanyi Uwaezuoke	SFO	24		14	0	34	373	0	36	11.0	6	131	0	25	21.8	669
31	Derrick Mason	TEN	23		16	2	13	95	0	29	7.3	26	551	0	54	21.2	825
32	Kenny Bynum	SDG	23		13	0						38	814	0	57	21.4	915
33	Ronnie Harris	SEA	27		13	0	21	144	0	19	6.9	14	318	0	34	22.7	543
34	Eddie Kennison	STL	24	WR	14	9	34	247	0	43	7.3	1	14	0	14	14.0	678
35	Eric Bieniemy	CIN	28		16	0						34	789	1	102	23.2	1135
36	Deion Sanders *+	DAL	30	RCB	13	12	33	407	1	83	12.3	1	18	0	18	18.0	495
37	Andre Coleman	2TM	25		10	0	5	5	0	5	1.0	27	552	0	29	20.4	557
38	Willie Jackson	JAX	26		16	1						32	653	0	38	20.4	873
39	Aaron Glenn*	NYJ	25	LCB	16	16						28	741	1	96	26.5	746
40	Mel Gray	2TM	36		14	0	19	161	0	30	8.5	9	193	0	33	21.4	354
41	Charles Jordan	MIA	28		14	1	26	273	0	38	10.5	1	6	0	6	6.0	762
42	Tyrone Poole	CAR	25	RCB	16	16	26	191	0	40	7.3	1	5	0	5	5.0	207
43	Greg Myers	CIN	25	FS	16	14	26	201	0	18	7.7						226
44	Reidel Anthony	TAM	21	WR	16	13						25	592	0	51	23.7	1124
45	Irving Spikes	MIA	27		12	1						24	565	0	48	23.5	815
46	Darick Holmes	BUF	26		13	0						23	430	0	36	18.7	642
47	Jeff Burris	BUF	25	LCB	14	14	21	198	0	32	9.4	1	10	0	10	10.0	227
48	Erric Pegram	2TM	28		15	0						22	382	0	50	17.4	567
49	Nate Jacquet	IND	22		5	0	13	96	0	17	7.4	8	156	0	27	19.5	252
50	Fabien Bownes	CHI	25		16	0						19	396	0	36	20.8	542
51	David Dunn	CIN	25	wr	14	5						19	487	0	85	25.6	901
52	Tyree Davis	SEA	27		13	1	16	104	0	28	6.5	2	25	0	23	12.5	177
53	James Roe	BAL	24		12	4	8	72	0	14	9.0	9	189	0	33	21.0	385
54	Brian Stablein	IND	27		16	0	17	133	0	20	7.8						386
55	Rodney Thomas	TEN	24		16	1						17	346	0	33	20.4	767
56	Mark Seay	PHI	30		12	2	16	172	0	42	10.8						359
57	Moe Williams	MIN	23		14	0						16	388	0	74	24.3	461
58	Derrick Cullors	NWE	25		15	1						15	386	1	86	25.7	495
59	Jerris McPhail	MIA	25		14	1						15	314	0	39	20.9	726
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
60	Latario Rachal	SDG	24		14	0						15	336	0	30	22.4	336
61	Thomas Lewis	NYG	25		4	2						14	364	0	84	26.0	448
62	Derrick Mayes	GNB	23		12	3	14	141	0	26	10.1						431
63	Winslow Oliver	CAR	24		6	0	14	111	0	26	7.9						158
64	Steve Tasker	BUF	35		14	0	12	113	0	47	9.4	1	12	0	12	12.0	125
65	Warrick Dunn*	TAM	22	RB	16	10	5	48	0	25	9.6	6	129	0	30	21.5	1617
66	Corey Harris	MIA	28	FS	16	7						11	224	0	34	20.4	224
67	Kevin Mathis	DAL	23		16	3	11	91	0	45	8.3						91
68	Mike Adams	PIT	23		6	0						10	215	0	31	21.5	254
69	James Hundon	CIN	26		16	0						10	169	0	28	16.9	454
70	Mike Logan	JAX	23		11	0						10	236	0	39	23.6	236
71	Brock Marion	DAL	27	FS	16	16						10	311	0	49	31.1	324
72	Eric Smith	CHI	26		7	0						10	196	0	28	19.6	230
73	Freddie Solomon	PHI	25	wr	15	5	10	55	0	14	5.5						510
74	Robert Tate	MIN	24		4	0						10	196	0	36	19.6	196
75	Dedric Ward	NYJ	23		11	1	8	55	0	12	6.9	2	10	0	11	5.0	302
76	Troy Davis	NOR	22	rb	16	7						9	173	0	29	19.2	529
77	Tim Hall	OAK	23		16	0						9	182	0	34	20.2	311
78	Derrick Witherspoon	PHI	26		3	0						9	171	0	28	19.0	171
79	Mitchell Galloway	BUF	23		3	0	2	15	0	15	7.5	6	130	0	30	21.7	145
80	Qadry Ismail	MIA	27		3	0						8	166	0	27	20.8	166
81	David Patten	NYG	23		16	3						8	123	0	26	15.4	351
82	Roell Preston	GNB	25		1	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	7	211	0	43	30.1	211
83	Ricky Proehl	CHI	29	WR	15	10	8	59	0	14	7.4						812
84	Jermaine Ross	STL	26		4	0	2	12	0	6	6.0	6	130	0	42	21.7	179
85	Darren Sharper	GNB	22		14	0	7	32	0	23	4.6	1	3	0	3	3.0	139
86	Ray Ethridge	BAL	29		2	0	5	21	0	16	4.2	2	37	0	22	18.5	58
87	Don Beebe	GNB	33		10	0						6	134	0	39	22.3	162
88	Kevin Bouie	ARI	26		5	0						6	136	0	27	22.7	162
89	Corey Dillon	CIN	23	RB	16	6						6	182	0	58	30.3	1574
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
90	Jay Graham	BAL	22		13	3						6	115	0	24	19.2	465
91	Aaron Hayden	GNB	24		14	0						6	141	0	35	23.5	300
92	Alex Van Dyke	NYJ	23		5	0						6	138	0	30	23.0	191
93	Juran Bolden	ATL	23		14	1						5	106	0	34	21.2	106
94	Dorian Brew	2TM	23		9	0						5	88	0	24	17.6	88
95	Derek Loville	DEN	29		16	0						5	136	0	61	27.2	270
96	Harold Morrow	MIN	24		16	0						5	99	0	42	19.8	99
97	J.T. Thomas	STL	26		4	0						5	97	0	24	19.4	122
98	Terrell Buckley	MIA	26	LCB	16	16	4	58	0	26	14.5						107
99	Keith Burns	DEN	25		16	0						4	45	0	18	11.3	45
100	Chris Canty	NWE	21		16	1						4	115	0	63	28.8	124
101	Chris Darkins	GNB	23		14	0						4	68	0	20	17.0	68
102	Malcolm Floyd	2TM	25		5	0	4	15	0	8	3.8						54
103	Courtney Hawkins	PIT	28		15	3	4	68	0	30	17.0						640
104	Amp Lee	STL	26		16	1						4	71	0	19	17.8	1000
105	Marc Logan	WAS	32		15	1						4	70	0	24	17.5	81
106	Ernie Mills	CAR	29	wr	10	5						4	65	0	33	16.3	192
107	Nate Singleton	BAL	29		4	0						4	64	0	19	16.0	64
108	Gunnard Twyner	2TM	24		4	0						4	72	0	24	18.0	117
109	Antwuan Wyatt	PHI	22		1	0	2	-2	0	0	-1.0	2	50	0	30	25.0	48
110	Kevin Alexander	NYG	22	WR	14	8						3	30	0	15	10.0	306
111	Mike Archie	TEN	25		5	0	1	5	0	5	5.0	2	24	0	15	12.0	29
112	Brett Bech	NOR	26		10	0						3	47	0	30	15.7	97
113	Aaron Craver	SDG	29	fb	15	5						3	68	0	27	22.7	165
114	Stephen Davis	WAS	23	rb	14	6						3	62	0	28	20.7	763
115	Bobby Engram	CHI	24	WR	11	11	1	4	0	4	4.0	2	27	0	20	13.5	430
116	Scott Greene	CAR	25	FB	16	14						3	18	0	8	6.0	452
117	Jimmie Johnson	PHI	31	TE	16	11						3	22	0	15	7.3	199
118	Terry Kirby	SFO	27		16	3						3	124	1	101	41.3	821
119	Walter Rasby	CAR	25		14	2						3	32	0	12	10.7	33
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
120	Cedric Smith	ARI	29		16	3						3	50	0	21	16.7	75
121	Dwight Stone	CAR	33		16	0						3	76	0	37	25.3	76
122	Kevin Turner	PHI	28	FB	16	10						3	48	0	22	16.0	587
123	John Allred	CHI	23		15	4						2	21	0	11	10.5	91
124	Joe Aska	OAK	25		7	0						2	46	0	26	23.0	56
125	Ben Bordelon	SDG	23		16	2						2	0	0	0	0.0	0
126	Tony Carter	CHI	25	FB	16	10						2	34	0	19	17.0	242
127	Jason Dunn	PHI	24		15	4						2	32	0	16	16.0	125
128	Jerry Ellison	TAM	26		16	0						2	61	0	49	30.5	79
129	Scott Galbraith	DAL	30		16	0						2	24	0	13	12.0	40
130	Chris Gedney	ARI	27		16	3						2	26	0	16	13.0	302
131	Rodney Harrison	SDG	25	SS	16	16	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	40	1	40	40.0	115
132	Chris Hetherington	IND	25		16	0						2	23	0	23	11.5	23
133	Brian Kozlowski	ATL	27	te	16	5						2	49	0	26	24.5	148
134	Fred McCrary	NOR	25		7	0						2	26	0	15	13.0	58
135	O.J. McDuffie	MIA	28	WR	16	16	2	4	0	3	2.0						950
136	Sam Mills	CAR	38	LILB	16	16						2	12	0	12	6.0	30
137	Pete Mitchell	JAX	26	TE	16	12						2	17	0	12	8.5	397
138	Lorenzo Neal	NYJ	27		16	3						2	22	0	22	11.0	90
139	Terrell Owens	SFO	24	WR	16	15						2	31	0	23	15.5	967
140	Ron Rivers	DET	26		16	0						2	34	0	23	17.0	200
141	Michael Roan	TEN	25	TE	14	13						2	20	0	12	10.0	179
142	Kenny Shedd	OAK	26		16	0						2	38	0	23	19.0	178
143	Olanda Truitt	OAK	26		14	0						2	51	0	30	25.5	142
144	Charles Way	NYG	25	FB	16	16						2	46	0	30	23.0	1048
145	Stepfret Williams	DAL	24		16	0	2	14	0	14	7.0						322
146	Derrick Alexander	BAL	26	WR	15	13	1	34	0	34	34.0						1043
147	Mike Alstott *+	TAM	24	FB	15	15						1	0	0	0	0.0	843
148	Kimble Anders*	KAN	31	FB	15	14						1	0	0	0	0.0	850
149	Jamie Asher	WAS	25	TE	16	13						1	17	0	17	17.0	491
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
150	Fred Baxter	NYJ	26	TE	16	9						1	0	0	0	0.0	276
151	Frank Beede	SEA	24	rg	16	6						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
152	Greg Biekert	OAK	28	MLB	16	16						1	16	0	16	16.0	16
153	Larry Bowie	WAS	24	FB	15	12						1	15	0	15	15.0	503
154	Reggie Brown	SEA	24		11	0						1	16	0	16	16.0	16
155	Tim Brown*	OAK	31	WR	16	16						1	7	0	7	7.0	1434
156	John Burrough	ATL	25		16	1						1	6	0	6	6.0	6
157	Earnest Byner	BAL	35	rb	16	5						1	0	0	0	0.0	441
158	Mark Carrier	DET	29	FS	16	16	1	0	0	0	0.0						94
159	Ki-Jana Carter	CIN	24	rb	15	10						1	9	0	9	9.0	630
160	Byron Chamberlain	DEN	26		10	0						1	13	0	13	13.0	31
161	Wayne Chrebet	NYJ	24		16	1						1	5	0	5	5.0	804
162	Willie Clark	PHI	25		16	2						1	39	1	39	39.0	39
163	Tony Cline	BUF	26		10	1						1	0	0	0	0.0	29
164	Ben Coates*	NWE	28	TE	16	16						1	20	0	20	20.0	757
165	Rob Coons	BUF	28		12	0						1	12	0	12	12.0	12
166	Phillip Daniels	SEA	24	RDE	13	10						1	-2	0	-2	-2.0	-2
167	Travis Davis	JAX	24	SS	16	16						1	9	0	9	9.0	42
168	Tyronne Drakeford	SFO	26		16	2						1	24	0	24	24.0	39
169	Mike Dulaney	CHI	27		7	0	1	0	0	0	0.0						0
170	Anthony Edwards	ARI	31		16	1	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0						202
171	Marc Edwards	SFO	23		15	1						1	30	0	30	30.0	95
172	Chad Fann	SFO	27		11	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	78
173	Jason Ferguson	NYJ	23		13	1						1	1	0	1	1.0	1
174	Frank Garcia	CAR	25	C	16	16						1	11	0	11	11.0	11
175	Ron George	MIN	27		16	0						1	10	0	10	10.0	10
176	Darrell Green*	WAS	37	RCB	16	16						1	9	0	9	9.0	92
177	Harold Green	ATL	29		16	1						1	23	0	23	23.0	461
178	Clif Groce	IND	25		7	0						1	15	0	15	15.0	81
179	Ty Hallock	JAX	26	FB	15	7						1	6	0	6	6.0	158
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
180	Bobby Hamilton	NYJ	26		16	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
181	Ronnie Harmon	2TM	33		12	0						1	16	0	16	16.0	249
182	Anthony Harris	MIA	24	LLB	16	16						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
183	Andre Hastings	NOR	27	WR	16	16	1	-2	0	-2	-2.0						755
184	Dwight Hollier	MIA	28		16	3						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
185	Rob Holmberg	OAK	26		16	0						1	15	0	15	15.0	15
186	Priest Holmes	BAL	24		7	0						1	14	0	14	14.0	14
187	Danan Hughes	KAN	27		16	1						1	21	0	21	21.0	93
188	Greg Jackson	SDG	31		13	0	1	0	0	0	0.0						78
189	Raymond Jackson	BUF	24		9	0	1	0	0	0	0.0						0
190	Greg Jones	WAS	23		16	3						1	6	0	6	6.0	6
191	Henry Jones	BUF	30	SS	15	15	1	0	0	0	0.0						0
192	Jason Layman	TEN	24		14	0						1	5	0	5	5.0	5
193	Chad Levitt	OAK	22		10	2						1	12	0	12	12.0	39
194	Chad Lewis	PHI	26		16	3						1	11	0	11	11.0	105
195	Greg Manusky	KAN	31		16	1						1	16	0	16	16.0	16
196	Deems May	SEA	28		16	0						1	8	0	8	8.0	29
197	Tyrus McCloud	BAL	23		16	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
198	James McKnight	SEA	25	wr	12	6						1	14	0	14	14.0	651
199	Terry Mickens	GNB	26		11	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	2
200	Ronald Moore	2TM	27		13	4						1	17	0	17	17.0	329
201	Will Moore	JAX	27		11	0						1	36	0	36	36.0	46
202	Bam Morris	BAL	25	RB	11	8						1	23	0	23	23.0	973
203	Mike Morton	OAK	25	RLB	11	11						1	14	0	14	14.0	14
204	Leon Neal	IND	25		1	0						1	23	0	23	23.0	23
205	Dan Owens	ATL	30	RDT	15	15						1	9	0	9	9.0	25
206	Chris Parker	JAX	25		1	0						1	9	0	9	9.0	9
207	Marvcus Patton	WAS	30	MLB	16	16						1	10	0	10	10.0	15
208	Ed Perry	MIA	23		16	4						1	7	0	7	7.0	52
209	Aaron Pierce	NYG	28		16	4						1	10	0	10	10.0	57
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
210	Mark Pike	BUF	34		15	0						1	11	0	11	11.0	11
211	Kavika Pittman	DAL	23		15	0	1	0	0	0	0.0						0
212	Roosevelt Potts	2TM	26		8	1						1	16	0	16	16.0	47
213	Mike Prior	GNB	34		16	0	1	0	0	0	0.0						72
214	Errict Rhett	TAM	27		11	0						1	16	0	16	16.0	112
215	Marcus Robertson	TEN	28	FS	14	14	1	0	0	0	0.0						194
216	Matt Russell	DET	24		14	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
217	Detron Smith	DEN	23		16	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	51
218	Lamar Smith	SEA	27		12	2						1	14	0	14	14.0	589
219	Rod Smith	DEN	27	WR	16	16	1	12	0	12	12.0						1208
220	Phillippi Sparks	NYG	28	LCB	13	13						1	8	0	8	8.0	80
221	Mack Strong	SEA	26	FB	16	9						1	16	0	16	16.0	115
222	Jared Tomich	NOR	23		16	1						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
223	Tommy Vardell	DET	28	FB	16	10						1	15	0	15	15.0	355
224	Troy Vincent	PHI	27	LCB	16	16	1	-8	0	-8	-8.0						11
225	Mike Vrabel	PIT	22		15	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
226	Chris Walsh	MIN	29		14	0						1	10	0	10	10.0	124
227	Lamont Warren	IND	24		13	0						1	19	0	19	19.0	291
228	Ryan Wetnight	CHI	27		16	3						1	9	0	9	9.0	473
229	Steve White	TAM	24		15	1						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
230	Marcellus Wiley	BUF	23		16	0						1	12	0	12	12.0	52
231	Jay Williams	STL	26		16	2						1	10	0	10	10.0	10
232	Rod Woodson	SFO	32	LCB	14	14	1	0	0	0	0.0						81
233	Frank Wycheck	TEN	26	TE	16	16						1	3	0	3	3.0	751
234	Jeff Zgonina	STL	27		15	0						1	5	0	5	5.0	5

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