1986 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	Gerald McNeil	CLE	24		16	0	40	348	1	84	8.7	47	997	1	100	21.2	1366
2	Vai Sikahema*	STL	24		16	0	43	522	2	71	12.1	37	847	0	44	22.9	1530
3	Fulton Walker	RAI	28		14	0	49	440	1	70	9.0	23	368	0	27	16.0	808
4	Bobby Joe Edmonds*+	SEA	22		15	0	34	419	1	75	12.3	34	764	0	46	22.5	1172
5	Walter Stanley	GNB	24		16	4	33	316	1	83	9.6	28	559	0	55	20.0	1617
6	Lew Barnes	CHI	24		16	0	57	482	0	35	8.5	3	94	1	85	31.3	630
7	Willie Drewrey	HOU	23		15	0	34	262	0	25	7.7	25	500	0	32	20.0	1061
8	Jeff Smith	KAN	24		15	0	29	245	0	48	8.4	29	557	0	29	19.2	1270
9	Phil McConkey	2TM	29		16	0	32	253	0	22	7.9	24	471	0	27	19.6	1003
10	Ken Jenkins	WAS	27		12	0	28	270	0	39	9.6	27	554	0	37	20.5	824
11	Rufus Bess	MIN	30		16	0	23	162	0	15	7.0	31	705	0	43	22.7	879
12	Robert Lavette	DAL	23		16	0	18	92	0	28	5.1	36	699	0	37	19.4	828
13	Gary Anderson *	SDG	25	RB	16	12	25	227	0	30	9.1	24	482	0	35	20.1	2022
14	Craig Ellis	MIA	25		9	0	24	149	0	17	6.2	25	541	0	41	21.6	696
15	Herman Hunter	DET	25		16	0						49	1007	0	54	20.6	1247
16	Tim McGee	CIN	22		16	0	3	21	0	9	7.0	43	1007	0	94	23.4	1314
17	Irving Fryar	NWE	24	WR	14	13	35	366	1	59	10.5	10	192	0	33	19.2	1375
18	Pete Mandley	DET	25		16	0	43	420	1	81	9.8	2	37	0	37	18.5	563
19	Gerald Willhite	DEN	27	FB	16	12	42	468	1	70	11.1	3	35	0	23	11.7	1397
20	Don Griffin	SFO	22	RCB	16	15	38	377	1	76	9.9	5	97	0	28	19.4	474
21	Kurt Sohn	NYJ	29		15	1	35	289	0	27	8.3	7	124	0	36	17.7	531
22	Stephen Starring	NWE	25		14	2	6	18	0	12	3.0	36	802	0	52	22.3	1110
23	Robbie Martin	IND	28		7	0	17	109	0	25	6.4	21	385	0	27	18.3	535
24	Ron Brown	RAM	25	WR	14	12						36	794	0	55	22.1	1195
25	Rick Woods	PIT	27		15	0	33	294	0	41	8.9	1	17	0	17	17.0	337
26	Mickey Sutton	RAM	26		16	0	28	234	0	32	8.4	5	91	0	0	18.2	350
27	Albert Bentley	IND	26		12	3						32	687	0	37	21.5	1277
28	Phil Freeman	TAM	24	wr	15	6						31	582	0	33	18.8	811
29	Mel Gray	NOR	25		16	0						31	866	1	101	27.9	940
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
30	Gordon Banks	DAL	28	wr	16	5	27	160	0	20	5.9	1	56	0	56	56.0	418
31	Bobby Humphery	NYJ	25		16	1						28	655	1	96	23.4	655
32	Stefon Adams	RAI	23		16	0						27	573	0	51	21.2	605
33	Charles Crawford	PHI	22	rb	16	5						27	497	0	36	18.4	585
34	Floyd Dixon	ATL	22	WR	16	12	26	151	0	16	5.8	1	13	0	13	13.0	848
35	Lionel James	SDG	24		7	1	9	94	0	21	10.4	18	315	0	31	17.5	806
36	Eric Martin	NOR	25	WR	16	11	24	227	0	39	9.5	3	64	0	27	21.3	966
37	Allen Pinkett	HOU	22		16	3	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	26	519	0	48	20.0	991
38	Bill Brooks	IND	22	WR	16	12	18	141	0	18	7.8	8	143	0	24	17.9	1420
39	Lupe Sanchez	PIT	25		11	4						25	591	0	64	23.6	662
40	Sylvester Stamps	ATL	25		14	0	1	8	0	8	8.0	24	514	0	35	21.4	963
41	Ken Bell	DEN	22		16	0						23	531	0	42	23.1	558
42	Walter Broughton	BUF	24		8	0	12	53	0	13	4.4	11	243	0	39	22.1	361
43	Randall Morris	SEA	25		16	0						23	465	0	38	20.2	614
44	Donnie Elder	2TM	23		12	0						22	435	0	36	19.8	435
45	Thomas Sanders	CHI	24		16	1						22	399	0	44	18.1	641
46	Gene Lang	DEN	24		15	2						21	480	0	42	22.9	679
47	Dennis Gentry	CHI	27		15	2						20	576	1	91	28.8	917
48	Darryl Clack	DAL	23		16	0						19	421	0	51	22.2	458
49	Derrick Crawford	SFO	26		10	0	4	15	0	9	3.8	15	280	0	34	18.7	365
50	Bobby Futrell	TAM	23		16	0	14	67	0	12	4.8	5	115	0	30	23.0	182
51	Ron Pitts	BUF	24		10	0	18	194	1	49	10.8	1	7	0	5	7.0	201
52	Evan Cooper	PHI	24	RCB	16	13	16	139	0	58	8.7	2	42	0	24	21.0	201
53	Ronnie Harmon	BUF	22		14	2						18	321	0	32	17.8	678
54	Junior Tautalatasi	PHI	24		16	2						18	344	0	51	19.1	832
55	Gregg Garrity	PHI	26		12	0	17	187	1	76	11.0						414
56	Mike Martin	CIN	26		7	0	13	96	0	14	7.4	4	83	0	21	20.8	247
57	Jo-Jo Townsell	NYJ	26		14	1	4	52	0	28	13.0	13	322	1	93	24.8	387
58	Kevin Walker	TAM	23		4	0	9	27	0	10	3.0	8	146	0	26	18.3	173
59	Ron Davenport	MIA	24		16	2						16	285	0	37	17.8	776
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
60	Henry Ellard	RAM	25	WR	9	8	14	127	0	20	9.1	1	18	0	18	18.0	577
61	Napoleon McCallum	RAI	23	rb	15	5	7	44	0	13	6.3	8	183	0	59	22.9	866
62	Mark Collins	NYG	22	LCB	15	9	3	11	0	6	3.7	11	204	0	26	18.5	220
63	Keith Williams	ATL	22		12	0						14	255	0	32	18.2	437
64	Kenneth Davis	GNB	24	RB	16	6						12	231	0	35	19.3	892
65	Darrell Green*	WAS	26	LCB	16	15	12	120	0	23	10.0						129
66	Emile Harry	KAN	23		12	0	6	20	0	7	3.3	6	115	0	26	19.2	346
67	Stanford Jennings	CIN	24		16	0						12	257	0	41	21.4	397
68	Dana McLemore	2TM	26		6	0	10	67	0	23	6.7	2	39	0	22	19.5	106
69	Steve Tasker	2TM	24		9	0						12	213	0	24	17.8	213
70	Clarence Verdin	WAS	23		8	0						12	240	0	29	20.0	240
71	Elbert Watts	GNB	23		9	0						12	239	0	40	19.9	245
72	Charles White	RAM	28		16	0						12	216	0	28	18.0	349
73	Ray Horton	CIN	26		16	4	11	111	0	25	10.1						115
74	James Pruitt	MIA	22		16	0	11	150	1	71	13.6						385
75	Boyce Green	KAN	26	rb	16	7						10	254	1	97	25.4	705
76	Rueben Mayes*	NOR	23	RB	16	12						10	213	0	34	21.3	1662
77	Ken Stills	GNB	23	FS	16	10						10	209	0	38	20.9	267
78	Eric Swanson	STL	23		9	0						10	206	0	40	20.6	206
79	Nathan Wonsley	TAM	23		10	2						10	208	0	29	20.8	604
80	Joe Carter	MIA	24		7	0						9	133	0	22	14.8	157
81	Lorenzo Hampton	MIA	24	RB	16	16						9	182	0	25	20.2	1458
82	Buster Rhymes	MIN	24		5	0						9	213	0	34	23.7	238
83	Eric Yarber	WAS	23		2	0	9	143	0	44	15.9						143
84	Ernest Givins	HOU	22	WR	15	15	8	80	0	17	10.0						1290
85	Keith Griffin	WAS	25		16	1						8	156	0	35	19.5	463
86	Billy Johnson	ATL	34		4	0	8	87	0	30	10.9						169
87	Carl Monroe	SFO	26		5	0						8	139	0	25	17.4	145
88	Johnnie Poe	NOR	27	RCB	16	16	8	71	0	17	8.9						113
89	Robb Riddick	BUF	29	RB	15	8						8	200	0	49	25.0	1300
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
90	Chuck Sanders	PIT	22		14	0						8	148	0	29	18.5	179
91	Cliff Austin	ATL	26		15	1						7	120	0	25	17.1	421
92	Gary Ellerson	GNB	23	rb	16	6						7	154	0	57	22.0	571
93	Herman Fontenot	CLE	23		16	3						7	99	0	19	14.1	763
94	Dwight Garner	WAS	22		2	0						7	142	0	26	20.3	142
95	Michael Harper	NYJ	25		16	0						7	71	0	19	10.1	71
96	Herbert Harris	NOR	25		7	1						7	122	0	22	17.4	270
97	Leonard Harris	TAM	26		6	1	3	16	0	8	5.3	4	63	0	23	15.8	131
98	Joey Jones	ATL	24		11	2	7	36	0	14	5.1						184
99	Leo Lewis	MIN	30	WR	16	16	7	53	0	13	7.6						637
100	Solomon Miller	NYG	22		16	2						7	111	0	23	15.9	258
101	Eric Richardson	BUF	24		14	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	6	123	0	28	20.5	172
102	Mike Waters	PHI	24		5	2	7	30	0	13	4.3						65
103	Carl Bland	DET	25	WR	16	16						6	114	0	24	19.0	633
104	Chas Fox	STL	23		4	3						6	161	0	38	26.8	220
105	Stump Mitchell	STL	27	RB	15	13						6	203	0	53	33.8	1279
106	Allen Rice	MIN	24	fb	14	8	1	0	0	0	0.0	5	88	0	23	17.6	699
107	Paul Skansi	SEA	25		16	0	5	38	0	14	7.6	1	21	0	21	21.0	330
108	Curtis Adams	SDG	24		7	2						5	100	0	25	20.0	492
109	Carlos Carson	KAN	28	WR	10	7						5	88	0	29	17.6	585
110	Kenny Daniel	IND	26		15	2						5	109	0	30	21.8	109
111	Owen Gill	IND	24		16	1						5	73	0	28	14.6	438
112	Kenny Hill	NYG	28	SS	16	16						5	61	0	30	12.2	86
113	Vance Johnson	DEN	23	WR	12	9	3	36	0	19	12.0	2	21	0	21	10.5	435
114	Oscar Smith	DET	23		2	0						5	81	0	30	16.2	81
115	Tim Spencer	SDG	26	FB	14	12						5	81	0	21	16.2	479
116	Kevin Wyatt	SDG	22		16	0						5	74	0	23	14.8	74
117	Neal Anderson	CHI	22		14	1						4	26	0	13	6.5	252
118	William Andrews	ATL	31		15	0						4	71	0	22	17.8	320
119	Paul Ott Carruth	GNB	25	FB	16	12						4	40	0	20	10.0	482
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
120	Wes Chandler	SDG	30	WR	16	14	3	13	0	10	4.3	1	11	0	11	11.0	898
121	Derrick Harmon	SFO	23		8	2						4	82	0	27	20.5	237
122	Bobby Howard	TAM	22		7	2						4	71	0	24	17.8	241
123	Cedric Jones	NWE	26		16	0						4	63	0	20	15.8	278
124	Reggie Langhorne	CLE	23	WR	16	15						4	57	0	20	14.3	724
125	Larry Moriarty	2TM	28		15	5						4	80	0	23	20.0	399
126	Dan Reeder	PIT	25		11	0						4	52	0	17	13.0	76
127	Phil Smith	PHI	26		3	2	4	18	0	7	4.5						112
128	Willie Tullis	NOR	28		7	1	2	10	0	7	5.0	2	28	0	19	14.0	38
129	Alfred Anderson	MIN	25	FB	16	8						3	38	0	17	12.7	564
130	Carl Carter	STL	22		14	4	1	0	0	0	0.0	2	21	0	14	10.5	33
131	Reggie Dupard	NWE	23		6	0						3	50	0	21	16.7	89
132	Kelvin Edwards	NOR	22		14	3	3	2	0	5	0.7						140
133	Earl Ferrell	STL	28	FB	16	15						3	41	0	27	13.7	1023
134	Pat Franklin	TAM	23		8	1						3	23	0	18	7.7	59
135	Tony Galbreath	NYG	32		16	0	3	1	0	1	0.3						330
136	William Graham	DET	27		16	0						3	72	0	27	24.0	72
137	Bruce Hardy	MIA	30	TE	16	16						3	39	0	16	13.0	469
138	Derek Holloway	WAS	25		9	1						3	44	0	18	14.7	51
139	Mark Jackson	DEN	23		16	1	2	7	0	6	3.5	1	16	0	16	16.0	767
140	Troy Johnson	STL	24		13	2						3	46	0	25	15.3	249
141	Trumaine Johnson	SDG	26		16	4						3	48	0	21	16.0	447
142	Louis Lipps	PIT	24	WR	13	12	3	16	0	10	5.3						603
143	Lionel Manuel	NYG	24		4	4	3	22	0	12	7.3						228
144	Aubrey Matthews	ATL	24		4	0						3	42	0	20	14.0	79
145	Matt Millen	RAI	28	LILB	16	16						3	40	0	19	13.3	40
146	Darrin Nelson	MIN	27	RB	16	16						3	105	0	40	35.0	1491
147	Scott Nicolas	CLE	26		16	0						3	28	0	13	9.3	28
148	Tom Rathman	SFO	24		16	1						3	66	0	22	22.0	325
149	Johnny Rembert	NWE	25	rilb	16	10						3	27	0	14	9.0	64
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
150	Ben Rudolph	NYJ	29		16	3						3	17	0	10	5.7	17
151	Bruce Scholtz	SEA	28	LOLB	16	16						3	39	0	16	13.0	49
152	John Simmons	2TM	28		16	0	2	7	0	6	3.5	1	0	0	0	0.0	7
153	Anthony Allen	ATL	27		5	2	2	10	0	9	5.0						166
154	Tom Baldwin	NYJ	25	nt	16	6						2	3	0	4	1.5	3
155	Rodney Bellinger	BUF	24	LCB	16	9						2	32	0	16	16.0	61
156	Ted Brown	MIN	29		13	0						2	18	0	17	9.0	401
157	Keith Byars	PHI	23	RB	16	8						2	47	0	31	23.5	668
158	Rob Carpenter	RAM	31		6	0						2	19	0	11	9.5	22
159	Tony Cherry	SFO	23		5	0						2	29	0	17	14.5	71
160	John Frank	SFO	24	te	16	6						2	24	0	16	12.0	82
161	Mike Guman	RAM	28		12	3						2	28	0	16	14.0	98
162	Greg Hawthorne	NWE	30	TE	14	10						2	13	0	13	6.5	210
163	David Hughes	PIT	27		5	0						2	16	0	16	8.0	146
164	Ricky Hunley	DEN	25	RILB	16	15						2	11	0	6	5.5	33
165	Calvin Magee	TAM	23	TE	16	13						2	21	0	11	10.5	585
166	Tim McKyer	SFO	23	LCB	16	16	1	5	0	5	5.0	1	15	0	15	15.0	53
167	Vance Mueller	RAI	22		15	1						2	73	0	46	36.5	157
168	Timmy Newsome	DAL	28	FB	16	12						2	32	0	18	16.0	563
169	Terry Orr	WAS	25		16	1						2	31	0	16	15.5	76
170	Mike Quick*	PHI	27	WR	16	16						2	6	0	6	3.0	945
171	Avon Riley	HOU	28	lilb	16	6						2	17	0	10	8.5	17
172	Lee Rouson	NYG	24		14	1						2	21	0	12	10.5	321
173	Broderick Sargent	STL	24		16	0						2	27	0	14	13.5	35
174	Warren Seitz	PIT	24		16	0						2	25	0	14	12.5	27
175	Mickey Shuler*	NYJ	30	TE	16	16						2	-3	0	0	-1.5	672
176	Ron Simpkins	CIN	28		16	0						2	24	0	15	12.0	24
177	David Williams	TAM	23		15	0						2	29	0	15	14.5	120
178	Wayne Wilson	2TM	29		12	0						2	33	0	26	16.5	49
179	Kellen Winslow	SDG	29	TE	16	16						2	11	0	8	5.5	739
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
180	George Wonsley	IND	26	rb	16	6						2	31	0	20	15.5	420
181	Butch Woolfolk	HOU	26	FB	10	5						2	38	0	21	19.0	409
182	Greg Allen	TAM	23		2	0						1	21	0	21	21.0	24
183	Ed Berry	GNB	23		16	0						1	16	0	16	16.0	16
184	Glenn Blackwood	MIA	29	SS	10	10	1	0	0	0	0.0						10
185	Lyle Blackwood	MIA	35		5	4	1	0	0	0	0.0						14
186	Mack Boatner	TAM	28		7	0						1	2	0	2	2.0	2
187	Gary Clark*	WAS	24	WR	15	15	1	14	0	14	14.0						1279
188	Mark Clayton*	MIA	25	WR	15	14	1	0	0	0	0.0						1183
189	Sherman Cocroft	KAN	25		16	0						1	23	0	23	23.0	55
190	David Croudip	ATL	27	lcb	15	7						1	20	0	20	20.0	55
191	Craig Curry	TAM	25	FS	16	10						1	6	0	6	6.0	6
192	K.D. Dunn	TAM	23		7	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	83
193	Randy Edwards	SEA	25		16	4						1	13	0	13	13.0	13
194	Phil Epps	GNB	28	WR	12	12						1	21	0	21	21.0	651
195	Leon Evans	DET	25		16	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
196	Willie Gault	CHI	26	WR	16	16						1	20	0	20	20.0	917
197	Mike Harden	DEN	27	RCB	16	16	1	41	1	41	41.0						220
198	Frank Hawkins	RAI	27	FB	16	15						1	15	0	15	15.0	426
199	Vince Heflin	TAM	27		6	3						1	15	0	15	15.0	105
200	Rod Hill	2TM	27		9	2	1	0	0	0	0.0						0
201	Johnny Holloway	DAL	23		16	0	1	0	0	0	0.0						1
202	Rodney Holman	CIN	26	TE	16	16						1	18	0	18	18.0	588
203	Don Holmes	STL	25		12	0						1	2	0	2	2.0	2
204	Tim Irwin	MIN	28	RT	16	16						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
205	Dan Johnson	MIA	26		15	1						1	0	0	0	0.0	170
206	Joe Krakoski	WAS	24		8	0						1	8	0	8	8.0	8
207	Eric Lane	SEA	27		15	0						1	3	0	3	3.0	20
208	Greg Lasker	NYG	22		16	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
209	Larry Lee	MIA	27	rg	16	5						1	5	0	5	5.0	5
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
210	Duval Love	RAM	23		16	0						1	-6	0	-6	-6.0	-6
211	Johnny Lynn	NYJ	30	fs	16	7						1	0	0	0	0.0	36
212	Lynn Madsen	HOU	26		15	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
213	Fred Marion	NWE	27	FS	16	16	1	12	0	12	12.0						68
214	Buford McGee	SDG	26		9	3						1	15	0	15	15.0	304
215	Mike Merriweather*	PIT	26	LOLB	16	16						1	27	0	27	27.0	59
216	Rich Milot	WAS	29	RLB	16	15	1	3	0	3	3.0						36
217	Nat Moore	MIA	35		16	1	1	-2	0	-2	-2.0						429
218	Brian Noble	GNB	24	ROLB	16	16						1	1	0	1	1.0	1
219	Aaron Pearson	KAN	22		15	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
220	Gary Plummer	SDG	26	LILB	15	13						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
221	Dave Puzzuoli	CLE	25		16	0						1	32	0	32	32.0	32
222	Ervin Randle	TAM	24		16	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
223	Bill Ring	SFO	30		7	0						1	15	0	13	15.0	27
224	Pete Rostosky	PIT	25		11	1						1	3	0	3	3.0	3
225	Jim Ryan	DEN	29	LOLB	16	14						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
226	Jody Schulz	PHI	26		16	0						1	9	0	9	9.0	20
227	Clyde Simmons	PHI	22		16	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
228	Webster Slaughter	CLE	22	WR	16	16	1	2	0	2	2.0						580
229	J.T. Smith	STL	31	WR	16	16	1	6	0	6	6.0						1020
230	Calvin Sweeney	PIT	31	wr	16	7						1	0	0	0	0.0	337
231	Reyna Thompson	MIA	23		16	4	1	0	0	0	0.0						0
232	Mike Tice	SEA	27	TE	16	15						1	17	0	17	17.0	167
233	Tom Toth	MIA	24		13	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
234	Mark Tuinei	DAL	26	LT	16	11						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
235	Oliver Williams	IND	26		3	0						1	15	0	15	15.0	15
236	Mike Wilson	SFO	28		11	1						1	10	0	10	10.0	114

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