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2016 NFL Kick & Punt Returns

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Super Bowl Champion: New England Patriots

AP MVP: Matt Ryan

AP Offensive Rookie of the Year: Dak Prescott

AP Defensive Rookie of the Year: Joey Bosa

AP Offensive Player of the Year: Matt Ryan

AP Defensive Player of the Year: Khalil Mack

Passing Leader: Drew Brees, 5208 Yds

Rushing Leader: Ezekiel Elliott, 1631 Yds

Receiving Leader: T.Y. Hilton, 1448 Yds

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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	Tavon Austin	LAR	26	WR	15	15	44	336	0	47	7.6	1	5	0	5	5.0	1009
2	Tyreek Hill*+	KAN	22	WR	16	1	39	592	2	95	15.2	14	384	1	86	27.4	1836
3	Jalen Richard	OAK	23	RB	16	0	34	306	0	47	9.0	17	402	0	50	23.6	1391
4	Marc Mariani	TEN	29	WR	16	0	29	235	0	18	8.1	26	560	0	37	21.5	810
5	Tyler Lockett	SEA	24	WR	15	9	29	243	0	62	8.4	23	606	0	46	26.3	1560
6	Dwayne Harris*	NYG	29	WR	16	1	29	170	0	17	5.9	22	533	0	46	24.2	716
7	Ted Ginn Jr.	CAR	31	WR	16	8	29	202	0	19	7.0	18	391	0	59	21.7	1443
8	Alex Erickson	CIN	24	WR	16	0	28	195	0	24	7.0	29	810	0	84	27.9	1076
9	Tyler Ervin	HOU	23	RB	12	0	27	261	0	57	9.7	14	263	0	33	18.8	545
10	Jamison Crowder	WAS	23	WR	16	9	27	328	1	85	12.1			0			1173
11	Brandon Tate	BUF	29	WR	15	1	26	301	0	43	11.6	29	662	0	45	22.8	1128
12	Devin Hester	2TM	34	WR	12	0	25	180	0	28	7.2	19	466	0	60	24.5	646
13	Lucky Whitehead	DAL	24	WR	15	1	25	195	0	39	7.8	17	394	0	33	23.2	719
14	Jordan Norwood	DEN	30	WR	14	6	25	204	0	17	8.2	3	65	0	27	21.7	501
15	Eric Weems	ATL	31	WR	16	0	24	273	0	73	11.4	17	391	0	42	23.0	664
16	Adam Humphries	TAM	23	WR	15	4	24	237	0	25	9.9	4	47	0	17	11.8	924
17	Jeremy Kerley	SFO	28	WR	16	13	21	158	0	26	7.5	2	32	0	20	16.0	857
18	Marcus Sherels	MIN	29	DB	11	0	21	292	2	79	13.9	2	35	0	18	17.5	327
19	Rashad Greene	JAX	24	WR	8	0	21	131	0	42	6.2			0			163
20	Andre Roberts	DET	28	WR	16	1	20	246	2	85	12.3	33	747	0	42	22.6	1181
21	Jakeem Grant	MIA	24	WR	16	0	20	165	1	74	8.3	19	439	0	45	23.1	605
22	Eddie Royal	CHI	30	WR	9	1	19	166	1	65	8.7			0			535
23	Jalin Marshall	NYJ	21	WR	10	1	18	100	0	19	5.6	13	324	0	65	24.9	586
24	Danny Amendola	NWE	31	WR	12	4	18	121	0	30	6.7	5	129	0	73	25.8	493
25	Bryan Walters	JAX	29	WR	10	3	17	86	0	14	5.1	2	39	0	23	19.5	360
26	John Brown	ARI	26	WR	15	6	17	119	0	32	7.0	1	51	0	51	51.0	697
27	Duke Johnson	CLE	23	RB	16	1	17	112	0	18	6.6	1	19	0	19	19.0	1003
28	Darren Sproles*	PHI	33	RB	15	5	17	224	0	66	13.2	1	19	0	19	19.0	1108
29	Jarvis Landry*	MIA	24	WR	16	16	16	163	0	20	10.2			0			1316
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
30	Isaiah Burse	SDG	25	WR	9	1	15	96	0	21	6.4	9	188	0	30	20.9	284
31	Julian Edelman	NWE	30	WR	16	13	15	135	0	23	9.0	3	44	0	19	14.7	1342
32	Antonio Brown*+	PIT	28	WR	15	15	15	140	0	33	9.3	1	23	0	23	23.0	1456
33	Tommylee Lewis	NOR	24	WR	12	1	14	160	0	59	11.4	8	152	0	26	19.0	399
34	Patrick Peterson*	ARI	26	LCB	16	16	13	81	0	17	6.2	1	11	0	11	11.0	119
35	Chester Rogers	IND	22	WR	14	2	13	119	0	30	9.2			0			392
36	Cyrus Jones	NWE	23	DB	10	1	11	46	0	13	4.2	8	180	0	43	22.5	226
37	Kalif Raymond	DEN	22	WR	4	0	11	111	0	25	10.1	6	137	0	40	22.8	248
38	Will Fuller	HOU	22	WR	14	13	11	165	1	67	15.0	2	31	0	19	15.5	828
39	Micah Hyde	GNB	26	DB	16	11	11	64	0	19	5.8			0			75
40	Adam Jones	CIN	33	RCB	16	16	10	51	0	15	5.1	4	79	0	23	19.8	132
41	Odell Beckham Jr.*	NYG	24	WR	16	16	10	66	0	19	6.6			0			1442
42	Trevor Davis	GNB	23	WR	11	0	9	115	0	55	12.8	3	64	0	26	21.3	203
43	Travis Benjamin	SDG	27	WR	14	8	9	59	0	18	6.6			0			733
44	Dexter McCluster	SDG	27	WR	6	0	8	57	0	16	7.1	9	182	0	30	20.2	277
45	Mario Alford	CLE	24	WR	3	0	8	68	0	17	8.5	8	190	0	36	23.8	258
46	Brittan Golden	ARI	28	WR	12	1	7	30	0	8	4.3	11	266	0	49	24.2	398
47	Quan Bray	IND	23	WR	6	0	7	58	0	20	8.3	9	231	0	39	25.7	332
48	T.J. Carrie	OAK	26	DB	16	3	7	74	0	18	10.6			0			88
49	Eli Rogers	PIT	24	WR	13	8	7	45	0	15	6.4			0			645
50	Nick Marshall	NYJ	24	DB	8	0	6	39	0	27	6.5	12	168	0	28	14.0	221
51	Bobby Rainey	NYG	29	RB	15	0	6	39	0	15	6.5	8	204	0	38	25.5	459
52	Marcus Murphy	NOR	25	RB	3	0	6	57	0	22	9.5	7	105	0	26	15.0	165
53	Adam Thielen	MIN	26	WR	16	10	6	8	0	9	1.3	1	19	0	19	19.0	1009
54	Stefon Diggs	MIN	23	WR	13	11	6	45	0	19	7.5			0			958
55	Pharoh Cooper	LAR	21	WR	10	3	5	5	0	6	1.0	14	323	0	51	23.1	434
56	Michael Campanaro	BAL	25	WR	3	0	5	63	0	17	12.6			0			135
57	Vernon Hargreaves III	TAM	21	LCB	16	16	5	29	0	12	5.8			0			29
58	Cre'von LeBlanc	CHI	22	RCB	13	9	5	43	0	13	8.6			0			67
59	Randall Cobb	GNB	26	WR	13	10	4	54	0	23	13.5			0			697
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
60	Cole Beasley	DAL	27	WR	16	6	3	3	0	3	1.0			0			843
61	Marqise Lee	JAX	25	WR	16	6	2	3	0	3	1.5	18	545	1	100	30.3	1434
62	Kenjon Barner	PHI	27	RB	13	0	2	22	0	22	11.0	9	277	0	61	30.8	470
63	Reggie Bush	BUF	31	RB	13	0	2	13	0	13	6.5	5	103	0	35	20.6	203
64	Bralon Addison	CHI	23	WR	2	0	2	3	0	3	1.5	1	18	0	18	18.0	36
65	Lardarius Webb	BAL	31	FS	16	16	2	3	0	3	1.5	1	8	0	8	8.0	11
66	Joe Haden	CLE	27	LCB	13	13	2	18	0	13	9.0			0			27
67	Jordan Poyer	CLE	25	FS	6	6	2	2	0	2	1.0			0			2
68	Cordarrelle Patterson*+	MIN	25	WR	16	8	1	9	0	9	9.0	25	792	1	104	31.7	1297
69	Jeremy Ross	2TM	28	WR	6	1	1	10	0	10	10.0	11	224	0	28	20.4	271
70	Will Blackmon	WAS	32	FS	15	6	1	16	0	16	16.0	4	109	0	45	27.3	204
71	Josh Ferguson	IND	23	RB	16	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	4	80	0	24	20.0	236
72	Braxton Miller	HOU	24	WR	10	6	1	1	0	1	1.0	3	41	0	17	13.7	141
73	Bryce Callahan	CHI	25	DB	11	10	1	3	0	3	3.0	2	17	0	17	8.5	20
74	T.Y. Hilton*	IND	27	WR	16	16	1	5	0	5	5.0	2	5	0	5	2.5	1458
75	D.J. Alexander*	KAN	25	LB	16	1	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			0
76	Antwon Blake	TEN	26	DB	16	1	1	1	0	1	1.0			0			-1
77	Aaron Burbridge	SFO	23	WR	16	3	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			88
78	Jairus Byrd	NOR	30	FS	16	15	1	2	0	2	2.0			0			37
79	Patrick Chung	NWE	29	SS	16	16	1	7	0	7	7.0			0			11
80	Brandin Cooks	NOR	23	WR	16	12	1	2	0	2	2.0			0			1205
81	Quinton Dunbar	WAS	24	DB	14	2	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			31
82	Marwin Evans	GNB	23	DB	16	0	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			0
83	De'Vante Harris	NOR	23	DB	10	0	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			1
84	Dontae Johnson	SFO	25	DB	15	0	1	25	0	25	25.0			0			25
85	Chandler Jones	ARI	26	LOLB	16	16	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			0
86	Damarious Randall	GNB	24	LCB	10	9	1	2	0	2	2.0			0			93
87	Darryl Roberts	NYJ	26	DB	12	2	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			0
88	Richard Sherman*	SEA	28	LCB	16	16	1	6	0	6	6.0			0			57
89	Buster Skrine	NYJ	27	LCB	14	14	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			51
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
90	Aqib Talib*+	DEN	30	LCB	13	13	1	1	0	1	1.0			0			87
91	Tramon Williams	CLE	33	LCB	12	7	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			0
92	Deonte Thompson	CHI	27	WR	16	6			0			35	804	0	64	23.0	1053
93	Benny Cunningham	LAR	26	RB	11	0			0			22	599	0	61	27.2	791
94	JaCorey Shepherd	SFO	23	DB	11	0			0			21	456	0	41	21.7	456
95	Ty Montgomery	GNB	23	RB	15	6			0			18	366	0	40	20.3	1171
96	Chris Thompson	WAS	26	RB	16	0			0			17	360	0	28	21.2	1065
97	Jordan Todman	IND	26	RB	16	0			0			16	478	1	99	29.9	537
98	De'Anthony Thomas	KAN	23	RB	12	0			0			15	338	0	41	22.5	402
99	Kenyan Drake	MIA	22	RB	16	1			0			13	397	1	96	30.5	622
100	Corey Grant	JAX	25	RB	11	1			0			13	268	0	32	20.6	467
101	Josh Huff	2TM	25	WR	10	2			0			13	324	1	98	24.9	452
102	Fitzgerald Toussaint	PIT	26	RB	16	0			0			13	278	0	33	21.4	369
103	Fozzy Whittaker	CAR	27	RB	16	0			0			12	275	0	47	22.9	766
104	Travaris Cadet	NOR	27	RB	15	1			0			10	144	0	25	14.4	444
105	Knile Davis	2TM	25	RB	11	0			0			10	207	0	30	20.7	260
106	Andre Ellington	ARI	27	RB	16	0			0			10	163	0	25	16.3	344
107	Ryan Smith	TAM	23	DB	14	0			0			10	169	0	24	16.9	169
108	Akeem Hunt	HOU	23	RB	8	0			0			9	194	0	39	21.6	332
109	Ricardo Louis	CLE	22	WR	16	3			0			9	164	0	24	18.2	370
110	Wendell Smallwood	PHI	22	RB	13	3			0			9	261	1	86	29.0	628
111	Mike Thomas	LAR	22	WR	15	0			0			9	180	0	41	20.0	217
112	George Atkinson	CLE	24	RB	16	0			0			8	137	0	21	17.1	171
113	Taiwan Jones	OAK	28	RB	13	0			0			8	112	0	21	14.0	147
114	Cody Latimer	DEN	24	WR	12	1			0			8	200	0	46	25.0	276
115	Tracy Howard	CLE	22	DB	15	3			0			7	111	0	21	15.9	111
116	Chris Moore	BAL	23	WR	15	0			0			7	162	0	34	23.1	227
117	C.J. Spiller	2TM	29	RB	6	0			0			7	142	0	24	20.3	210
118	Rex Burkhead	CIN	26	RB	16	1			0			6	114	0	26	19.0	603
119	Sammie Coates	PIT	23	WR	14	5			0			6	150	0	44	25.0	599
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
120	Chris Davis	SFO	26	DB	4	0			0			6	129	0	26	21.5	129
121	Jeff Janis	GNB	25	WR	16	1			0			6	119	0	28	19.8	250
122	Joe Webb	CAR	30	WR	14	0			0			6	131	0	37	21.8	134
123	Nelson Agholor	PHI	23	WR	15	14			0			5	92	0	27	18.4	471
124	Cobi Hamilton	PIT	26	WR	11	8			0			5	83	0	20	16.6	317
125	Paul Richardson	SEA	24	WR	15	0			0			5	105	0	32	21.0	398
126	Antonio Andrews	TEN	24	RB	16	0			0			4	37	0	17	9.3	52
127	Kapri Bibbs	DEN	23	RB	12	0			0			4	79	0	26	19.8	283
128	Griff Whalen	SDG	26	WR	8	0			0			4	56	0	25	14.0	78
129	James Develin	NWE	28	RB	16	4			0			3	35	0	15	11.7	53
130	Justin Gilbert	PIT	25	DB	12	0			0			3	69	0	32	23.0	69
131	Justin Hardy	ATL	25	WR	16	3			0			3	52	0	32	17.3	255
132	Maurice Harris	WAS	24	WR	10	0			0			3	47	0	26	15.7	113
133	Tim Hightower	NOR	30	RB	16	1			0			3	61	0	31	20.3	809
134	Craig Mager	SDG	24	LCB	11	8			0			3	63	0	23	21.0	71
135	Christine Michael	2TM	26	RB	15	7			0			3	64	0	30	21.3	754
136	Matthew Slater*+	NWE	31	WR	13	0			0			3	52	0	19	17.3	57
137	Damien Williams	MIA	24	RB	15	0			0			3	32	0	17	10.7	396
138	Kendall Wright	TEN	27	WR	11	4			0			3	32	0	15	10.7	463
139	Arrelious Benn	JAX	28	WR	15	0			0			2	16	0	16	8.0	132
140	Ka'Deem Carey	CHI	24	RB	12	0			0			2	38	0	22	19.0	219
141	Mike Davis	SFO	23	RB	8	1			0			2	18	0	12	9.0	93
142	Lance Dunbar	DAL	26	RB	13	0			0			2	32	0	16	16.0	185
143	Jerome Felton	BUF	30	RB	15	4			0			2	18	0	11	9.0	88
144	Dion Lewis	NWE	26	RB	7	5			0			2	35	0	23	17.5	412
145	Cassius Marsh	SEA	24	DE	16	1			0			2	17	0	10	8.5	17
146	Byron Marshall	PHI	22	RB	3	0			0			2	36	0	23	18.0	110
147	Keshawn Martin	SFO	26	WR	1	0			0			2	37	0	20	18.5	37
148	Devin McCourty*	NWE	29	FS	16	16			0			2	9	0	9	4.5	12
149	David Morgan	MIN	23	TE	12	0			0			2	29	0	18	14.5	33
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
150	Raheem Mostert	2TM	24	RB	3	0	0	33	0	33		2	35	0	26	17.5	74
151	JJ Nelson	ARI	24	WR	15	6			0			2	53	0	39	26.5	704
152	Nick O'Leary	BUF	24	RB	16	7			0			2	27	0	14	13.5	141
153	Aldrick Robinson	ATL	28	WR	16	1			0			2	27	0	16	13.5	350
154	Dwayne Washington	DET	22	RB	12	2			0			2	46	0	25	23.0	373
155	James White	NWE	24	RB	16	4			0			2	28	0	18	14.0	745
156	Matt Asiata	MIN	29	RB	16	6			0			1	11	0	11	11.0	676
157	Josh Bellamy	CHI	27	WR	16	2			0			1	15	0	15	15.0	334
158	Austin Blythe	IND	24	C	8	1			0			1	10	0	10	10.0	10
159	Nick Boyle	BAL	23	TE	6	0			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	44
160	Bashaud Breeland	WAS	24	LCB	14	14			0			1	18	0	18	18.0	50
161	Damiere Byrd	CAR	23	WR	1	0			0			1	31	0	31	31.0	47
162	Geremy Davis	SDG	24	WR	3	0			0			1	9	0	9	9.0	9
163	Ryan Davis	DAL	27	LB	9	0			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
164	Seth Devalve	CLE	23	TE	12	2			0			1	13	0	13	13.0	140
165	Patrick DiMarco	ATL	27	RB	16	8			0			1	14	0	14	14.0	66
166	Quincy Enunwa	NYJ	24	WR	16	13			0			1	54	0	54	54.0	923
167	Zach Ertz	PHI	26	TE	14	12			0			1	8	0	8	8.0	824
168	Gavin Escobar	DAL	25	TE	16	1			0			1	5	0	5	5.0	35
169	D.J. Foster	NWE	23	WR	3	0			0			1	30	0	30	30.0	56
170	Mike Gillislee	BUF	26	RB	15	1			0			1	19	0	19	19.0	646
171	MarQueis Gray	MIA	27	TE	16	7			0			1	11	0	11	11.0	185
172	Demetrius Harris	KAN	25	WR	16	11			0			1	19	0	19	19.0	169
173	DuJuan Harris	SFO	28	RB	10	1			0			1	18	0	18	18.0	271
174	Hunter Henry	SDG	22	TE	15	10			0			1	10	0	10	10.0	488
175	Mark Herzlich	NYG	29	LB	14	0			0			1	2	0	2	2.0	2
176	Julian Howsare	NYJ	24	LB	2	0			0			1	15	0	15	15.0	15
177	Charles James	2TM	26	DB	13	0			0			1	18	0	18	18.0	18
178	Charles Johnson	MIN	27	WR	16	7			0			1	16	0	16	16.0	250
179	Paul Lasike	CHI	26	RB	10	3			0			1	5	0	5	5.0	16
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
180	Darren McFadden	DAL	29	RB	3	1			0			1	30	0	30	30.0	134
181	J.D. McKissic	SEA	23	RB	1	0			0			1	22	0	22	22.0	40
182	Alfred Morris	DAL	28	RB	14	0			0			1	12	0	12	12.0	266
183	Quinton Patton	SFO	26	WR	14	14			0			1	11	0	11	11.0	419
184	Niles Paul	WAS	27	WR	8	1			0			1	14	0	14	14.0	41
185	Jay Prosch	HOU	24	RB	15	1			0			1	10	0	10	10.0	25
186	Chase Reynolds	LAR	29	RB	16	0			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	4
187	Denard Robinson	JAX	26	WR	13	1			0			1	13	0	13	13.0	179
188	Richard Rodgers	GNB	24	TE	16	6			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	271
189	Rashad Ross	WAS	26	WR	5	0			0			1	22	0	22	22.0	30
190	Cecil Shorts	TAM	29	WR	9	5			0			1	19	0	19	19.0	171
191	Chris Smith	JAX	24	DE	6	0			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
192	Rod Smith	DAL	24	RB	7	0			0			1	19	0	19	19.0	23
193	Torrey Smith	SFO	27	WR	12	12			0			1	13	0	13	13.0	280
194	Laquon Treadwell	MIN	21	WR	9	1			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	15
195	Paul Turner	PHI	23	WR	4	2			0			1	11	0	11	11.0	137
196	DeAndre Washington	OAK	23	RB	14	2			0			1	20	0	20	20.0	602
197	Kenny Wiggins	SDG	28	T	13	1			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
198	Brandon Williams	SEA	29	TE	16	1			0			1	12	0	12	12.0	48
199	Luke Willson	SEA	26	TE	11	6			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	129
200	Albert Wilson	KAN	24	WR	16	5			0			1	13	0	13	13.0	342

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