1996 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	Desmond Howard	GNB	26	WR	16	0	58	875	3	92	15.1	22	460	0	40	20.9	1430
2	Dave Meggett*	NWE	30	RB	16	1	52	588	1	60	11.3	34	781	0	54	23.0	1783
3	Winslow Oliver	CAR	23	RB	16	0	52	598	1	84	11.5	7	160	0	33	22.9	1085
4	Kelvin Martin	DAL	31	WR	16	1	41	373	0	22	9.1			0			753
5	Andre Hastings	PIT	26	WR	16	10	37	242	0	33	6.5	1	42	0	42	42.0	1094
6	Dexter Carter	SFO	29	RB	16	0	36	317	0	52	8.8	41	909	0	71	22.2	1292
7	Jermaine Lewis	BAL	22	WR	16	1	36	339	0	46	9.4	41	883	0	44	21.5	1297
8	Darrien Gordon	SDG	26	LCB	16	6	36	537	1	81	14.9			0			592
9	Mark Seay	PHI	29	WR	16	0	35	305	0	56	8.7	4	51	0	22	12.8	616
10	Glyn Milburn	DET	25	KR	16	0	34	284	0	33	8.4	64	1627	0	65	25.4	1911
11	Marcus Dowdell	ARI	26	WR	15	0	34	297	0	35	8.7	5	122	0	31	24.4	737
12	Tim Brown*	OAK	30	WR	16	16	32	272	0	36	8.5	1	24	0	24	24.0	1435
13	Chris Hudson	JAX	25	FS	16	16	32	348	0	60	10.9			0			373
14	Bobby Engram	CHI	23	WR	16	2	31	282	0	34	9.1	25	580	0	45	23.2	1251
15	Tyrone Hughes	NOR	26	DB	16	1	30	152	0	16	5.1	70	1791	0	58	25.6	1943
16	Eddie Kennison	STL	23	WR	15	14	29	423	2	78	14.6	23	454	0	44	19.7	1801
17	Wayne Chrebet	NYJ	23	WR	16	9	28	139	0	15	5.0			0			1048
18	Eric Metcalf	ATL	28	WR	16	11	27	296	0	39	11.0	49	1034	0	55	21.1	1937
19	Jeff Burris	BUF	24	LCB	15	15	27	286	0	45	10.6			0			314
20	Todd Kinchen	DEN	27	WR	7	0	26	300	0	40	11.5			0			327
21	Brian Mitchell	WAS	28	RB	16	2	23	258	0	71	11.2	56	1258	0	50	22.5	1995
22	Rod Smith	DEN	26	WR	10	1	23	283	0	36	12.3	1	29	0	29	29.0	550
23	Mel Gray	HOU	35	KR	14	0	22	205	0	40	9.3	50	1224	0	88	24.5	1429
24	David Palmer	MIN	24	WR	11	1	22	216	1	69	9.8	13	292	0	60	22.5	557
25	O.J. McDuffie	MIA	27	WR	16	16	22	212	0	19	9.6			0			1137
26	Ronnie Harris	SEA	26	WR	15	0	19	194	0	35	10.2	12	240	0	29	20.0	460
27	Amani Toomer	NYG	22	WR	7	1	18	298	2	87	16.6	11	191	0	25	17.4	501
28	Marvin Harrison	IND	24	WR	16	15	18	177	0	31	9.8			0			1028
29	Tamarick Vanover	KAN	22	WR	13	6	17	116	0	24	6.8	33	854	1	97	25.9	1217
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
30	Corey Sawyer	CIN	25	DB	15	2	15	117	0	62	7.8	12	241	0	33	20.1	358
31	Joey Galloway	SEA	25	WR	16	16	15	158	1	88	10.5			0			1272
32	Nilo Silvan	TAM	23	WR	7	0	14	113	0	17	8.1	28	626	0	54	22.4	739
33	Russell Copeland	BUF	25	WR	11	0	14	119	0	19	8.5	6	136	0	47	22.7	340
34	Chris Penn	KAN	25	WR	16	16	14	148	0	20	10.6			0			776
35	Karl Williams	TAM	25	WR	16	0	13	274	1	88	21.1	14	383	0	63	27.4	900
36	Marvin Marshall	TAM	24	WR	5	0	13	95	0	29	7.3	12	264	0	37	22.0	386
37	Arthur Marshall	NYG	27	WR	5	0	13	144	0	36	11.1			0			144
38	Ray Buchanan	IND	25	LCB	13	13	12	201	0	82	16.8	1	20	0	20	20.0	253
39	Amp Lee	MIN	25	RB	16	3	10	84	0	18	8.4	5	85	0	23	17.0	752
40	Thomas Lewis	NYG	24	WR	13	11	10	36	0	8	3.6	4	107	0	47	26.8	837
41	Daryl Hobbs	OAK	28	WR	16	1	10	84	0	35	8.4	1	14	0	14	14.0	521
42	Greg Myers	CIN	24	DB	14	0	9	51	0	12	5.7			0			61
43	David Dunn	CIN	24	WR	16	0	7	54	0	20	7.7	35	782	1	90	22.3	1345
44	Malcolm Floyd	HOU	24	WR	16	0	7	74	0	32	10.6			0			219
45	Brian Stablein	IND	26	WR	16	0	6	56	0	30	9.3			0			248
46	Mark Stock	IND	30	WR	14	0	5	13	0	9	2.6	12	254	0	28	21.2	291
47	Anthony Edwards	ARI	30	WR	16	1	5	46	0	20	9.2			0			349
48	Herman O'Berry	STL	25	DB	9	0	5	16	0	8	3.2			0			16
49	Freddie Solomon	PHI	24	WR	12	0	5	27	0	9	5.4			0			152
50	Terrell Buckley	MIA	25	LCB	16	16	3	24	0	13	8.0	1	48	0	48	48.0	236
51	Terance Mathis	ATL	29	WR	16	16	3	19	0	10	6.3			0			790
52	Tyrone Poole	CAR	24	RCB	15	15	3	26	0	12	8.7			0			61
53	Kevin Williams	DAL	25	WR	10	9	2	17	0	9	8.5	21	471	0	39	22.4	822
54	Jahine Arnold	PIT	23	WR	9	0	2	6	0	5	3.0	19	425	0	30	22.4	504
55	Nate Singleton	SFO	28	WR	2	0	2	32	0	21	16.0	1	10	0	10	10.0	53
56	Dale Carter*	KAN	27	LCB	14	14	2	18	0	15	9.0			0			134
57	Steve Tasker	BUF	34	WR	8	5	2	18	0	12	9.0			0			421
58	James Hundon	CIN	25	WR	5	0	1	-7	0	-7	-7.0	10	237	0	31	23.7	244
59	Ray Ethridge	BAL	28	WR	14	1	1	3	0	3	3.0	8	171	0	29	21.4	198
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
60	Bryan Still	SDG	22	WR	16	0	1	1	0	1	1.0	4	113	0	37	28.3	256
61	Derrick Alexander	BAL	25	WR	15	14	1	15	0	15	15.0	1	13	0	13	13.0	1127
62	Craig Heyward	ATL	30	RB	15	5	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	18	0	18	18.0	507
63	Terry Kirby	SFO	26	RB	14	10	1	3	0	3	3.0	1	22	0	22	22.0	1023
64	Cedric Figaro	STL	30	LB	15	0	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			0
65	Terry Guess	NOR	22	WR	3	2	1	7	0	7	7.0			0			72
66	Courtney Hawkins	TAM	27	WR	16	16	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0			0			530
67	Charlie Jones	SDG	24	WR	14	4	1	21	0	21	21.0			0			545
68	Donta Jones	PIT	24	LB	15	2	1	3	0	3	3.0			0			3
69	Keenan McCardell*	JAX	26	WR	16	15	1	2	0	2	2.0			0			1131
70	Scott Miller	MIA	28	WR	12	1	1	15	0	15	15.0			0			131
71	Carl Pickens*	CIN	26	WR	16	16	1	2	0	2	2.0			0			1184
72	Deion Sanders*+	DAL	29	RCB/WR	16	15	1	4	0	4	4.0			0			499
73	Jason Sehorn	NYG	25	RCB	16	15	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			61
74	Dave Thomas	JAX	28	LCB	9	5	1	1	0	1	1.0			0			8
75	Andre Coleman	SDG	24	WR	16	10			0			55	1210	0	57	22.0	1696
76	Leeland McElroy	ARI	22	RB	16	6			0			54	1148	0	92	21.3	1494
77	Derrick Witherspoon	PHI	25	RB	16	0			0			53	1271	2	97	24.0	1271
78	Eric Moulds	BUF	23	WR	16	5			0			52	1205	1	97	23.2	1528
79	Vaughn Hebron	DEN	26	RB	16	0			0			45	1099	0	59	24.4	1404
80	Aaron Bailey	IND	25	WR	14	2			0			43	1041	1	95	24.2	1343
81	Steve Broussard	SEA	29	RB	12	0			0			43	979	0	86	22.8	1111
82	Michael Bates*+	CAR	27	RB	14	0			0			33	998	1	93	30.2	998
83	Roell Preston	ATL	24	WR	15	2			0			32	681	0	50	21.3	889
84	J.T. Thomas	STL	25	WR	16	1			0			30	643	0	43	21.4	688
85	Troy Brown	NWE	25	WR	16	0			0			29	634	0	51	21.9	856
86	Carl Kidd	OAK	23	DB	16	0	0	47	0	47		29	622	0	48	21.4	670
87	Qadry Ismail	MIN	26	WR	16	2			0			28	527	0	32	18.8	878
88	Irving Spikes	MIA	26	RB	15	1			0			28	681	0	59	24.3	1078
89	Jack Jackson	CHI	24	WR	12	0			0			27	619	0	60	22.9	658
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
90	Herschel Walker	DAL	34	RB	16	1			0			27	779	0	89	28.9	951
91	Randy Jordan	JAX	26	RB	15	0			0			26	553	0	73	21.3	553
92	Napoleon Kaufman	OAK	23	RB	16	9			0			25	548	0	39	21.9	1565
93	Jerome Woods	KAN	23	DB	16	0			0			25	581	0	66	23.2	581
94	Henry Bailey	NYJ	23	WR	8	0			0			24	470	0	34	19.6	531
95	Reggie Cobb	NYJ	28	RB	15	0			0			23	488	0	34	21.2	596
96	Tyrone Wheatley	NYG	24	RB	14	0			0			23	503	0	43	21.9	936
97	Randy Baldwin	BAL	29	RB	9	0			0			20	405	0	34	20.3	405
98	Conrad Hamilton	NYG	22	DB	15	1			0			19	382	0	29	20.1	411
99	Bucky Brooks	2TM	25	DB	8	1			0			17	412	0	36	24.2	412
100	Erric Pegram	PIT	27	RB	12	4			0			17	419	1	91	24.6	1040
101	Don Beebe	GNB	32	WR	16	6			0			15	403	1	90	26.9	1102
102	Jerris McPhail	MIA	24	RB	9	1			0			15	335	0	40	22.3	645
103	Alex Van Dyke	NYJ	22	WR	15	1			0			15	289	0	37	19.3	407
104	Earnest Hunter	2TM	26	RB	11	0			0			10	198	0	29	19.8	405
105	LeShon Johnson	ARI	25	RB	15	8			0			10	198	0	27	19.8	1008
106	Derek Loville	SFO	28	RB	12	6			0			10	229	0	35	22.9	596
107	Jeff Hill	CIN	24	WR	10	0			0			9	173	0	29	19.2	173
108	William Bell	WAS	25	RB	16	0			0			8	130	0	27	16.3	153
109	Ernie Mills	PIT	28	WR	9	3			0			8	146	0	27	18.3	267
110	Ronald Moore	NYJ	26	RB	16	0			0			8	118	0	28	14.8	119
111	Kendricke Bullard	JAX	24	WR	12	0			0			7	157	0	36	22.4	157
112	Kirby Dar Dar	MIA	24	WR	11	0			0			7	132	0	25	18.9	132
113	Corey Harris	SEA	27	RCB	16	16			0			7	166	0	41	23.7	219
114	Willie Jackson	JAX	25	WR	16	2			0			7	149	0	27	21.3	637
115	Ricky Bell	JAX	22	DB	12	0			0			6	119	0	28	19.8	119
116	Ron Carpenter	NYJ	26	DB	2	0			0			6	107	0	21	17.8	107
117	Charlie Garner	PHI	24	RB	15	1			0			6	117	0	28	19.5	555
118	Charles Johnson	PIT	24	WR	16	12			0			6	111	0	31	18.5	1119
119	Harold Morrow	MIN	23	FB	8	0			0			6	117	0	26	19.5	117
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
120	Rocket Ismail	CAR	27	WR	13	5			0			5	100	0	30	20.0	394
121	Dorsey Levens	GNB	26	RB	16	1			0			5	84	0	29	16.8	876
122	Rodney Thomas	HOU	23	RB	16	0			0			5	80	0	35	16.0	359
123	Jamal Anderson	ATL	24	RB	16	12			0			4	80	0	27	20.0	1608
124	Reggie Brown	SEA	23	RB	7	0			0			4	51	0	24	12.8	51
125	Earnest Byner	BAL	34	RB	16	8			0			4	61	0	19	15.3	965
126	Keith Crawford	STL	26	WR	16	0			0			4	47	0	19	11.8	47
127	Mike Dulaney	CHI	26	RB	16	0			0			4	63	0	20	15.8	64
128	Ronnie Harmon	HOU	32	RB	16	6			0			4	69	0	20	17.3	688
129	Charles Jordan	MIA	27	WR	6	0			0			4	81	0	22	20.3	233
130	Lawrence Phillips	STL	21	RB	15	11			0			4	74	0	35	18.5	734
131	Ryan Terry	ARI	25	RB	5	0			0			4	84	0	30	21.0	84
132	Richard Brown	MIN	31	LB	14	0			0			3	35	0	12	11.7	35
133	Byron Chamberlain	DEN	25	TE	11	0			0			3	49	0	21	16.3	178
134	Brock Marion	DAL	26	FS	10	10			0			3	68	0	37	22.7	113
135	James McKnight	SEA	24	WR	16	0			0			3	86	0	55	28.7	159
136	Terrell Owens	SFO	23	WR	16	10			0			3	47	0	18	15.7	567
137	Brian Saxton	NYG	24	TE	16	2			0			3	31	0	12	10.3	62
138	Kenny Shedd	OAK	25	WR	16	1			0			3	51	0	19	17.0	138
139	Lamont Warren	IND	23	RB	13	3			0			3	54	0	18	18.0	458
140	Kevin Alexander	NYG	21	WR	4	0			0			2	27	0	14	13.5	115
141	Kimble Anders*	KAN	30	FB	16	15			0			2	37	0	20	18.5	767
142	Mike Archie	HOU	24	RB	2	0			0			2	24	0	13	12.0	24
143	Kyle Brady	NYJ	24	TE	16	16			0			2	26	0	16	13.0	170
144	Derrick Deese	SFO	26	G	16	0			0			2	20	0	12	10.0	20
145	Scott Greene	CAR	24	RB	8	0			0			2	10	0	6	5.0	17
146	Rich Griffith	JAX	27	TE	16	2			0			2	24	0	16	12.0	77
147	Mercury Hayes	NOR	23	WR	7	0			0			2	30	0	17	15.0	138
148	William Henderson	GNB	25	FB	16	11			0			2	38	0	23	19.0	371
149	Randal Hill	MIA	27	WR	14	5			0			2	4	0	4	2.0	413
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
150	Danan Hughes	KAN	26	WR	15	2			0			2	42	0	22	21.0	209
151	Greg Manusky	KAN	30	LB	16	1			0			2	32	0	17	16.0	32
152	James McKeehan	HOU	23	TE	14	0			0			2	6	0	6	3.0	6
153	Todd McNair	KAN	31	RB	16	0			0			2	21	0	16	10.5	234
154	Troy Sadowski	CIN	31	TE	16	0			0			2	7	0	7	3.5	22
155	Brady Smith	NOR	23	DE	16	4			0			2	14	0	8	7.0	14
156	Jimmy Smith	JAX	27	WR	16	9			0			2	49	0	29	24.5	1293
157	Charles Way	NYG	24	FB	16	12			0			2	19	0	10	9.5	426
158	Charlie Williams	DAL	24	DB	7	0			0			2	21	0	21	10.5	21
159	Frank Wycheck	HOU	25	TE	16	16			0			2	5	0	5	2.5	519
160	Mike Alstott	TAM	23	FB	16	16			0			1	14	0	14	14.0	948
161	Jamie Asher	WAS	24	TE	16	12			0			1	13	0	13	13.0	494
162	Joe Aska	OAK	24	RB	15	2			0			1	17	0	17	17.0	406
163	Myron Baker	CAR	25	LB	16	0			0			1	11	0	11	11.0	11
164	Mike Barber	SEA	25	LLB	13	7			0			1	12	0	12	12.0	12
165	Marco Battaglia	CIN	23	TE	16	0			0			1	8	0	8	8.0	87
166	Duane Bickett	CAR	34	LB	16	0			0			1	12	0	12	12.0	12
167	Barrett Brooks	PHI	24	LT	16	15			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
168	Derek Brown	NOR	25	RB	11	0			0			1	10	0	10	10.0	94
169	Cris Carter*	MIN	31	WR	16	16			0			1	3	0	3	3.0	1166
170	Jeff Cothran	CIN	25	FB	11	11			0			1	11	0	11	11.0	104
171	Greg DeLong	MIN	23	TE	16	8			0			1	3	0	3	3.0	37
172	Omar Douglas	NYG	24	WR	4	0			0			1	11	0	11	11.0	19
173	Vernon Edwards	SDG	24	DE	5	1			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	0
174	Christian Fauria	SEA	25	TE	10	9			0			1	8	0	8	8.0	222
175	Antonio Freeman	GNB	24	WR	12	12			0			1	16	0	16	16.0	963
176	John Gerak	MIN	26	RG	14	10			0			1	13	0	13	13.0	13
177	Mike Gisler	NWE	27	C	14	0			0			1	9	0	9	9.0	9
178	Aaron Glenn	NYJ	24	LCB	16	16			0			1	6	0	6	6.0	119
179	Jeff Gossett	OAK	39	P	12	0			0			1	0	0	0	0.0	9
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
180	Clif Groce	IND	24	FB	15	8			0			1	18	0	18	18.0	308
181	Rodney Harrison	SDG	24	SS	16	16			0			1	10	0	10	10.0	70
182	Chris Hetherington	IND	24	FB	6	0			0			1	16	0	16	16.0	16
183	Leroy Hoard	3TM	28	RB	11	7			0			1	19	0	19	19.0	644
184	Sale Isaia	BAL	24	G	9	0			0			1	2	0	2	2.0	2
185	Patrick Jeffers	DEN	23	WR	4	0			0			1	18	0	18	18.0	18
186	Travis Jervey	GNB	24	RB	16	0			0			1	17	0	17	17.0	123
187	Brian Kinchen	BAL	31	TE	16	16			0			1	19	0	19	19.0	580
188	Brian Kozlowski	NYG	26	TE	5	0			0			1	16	0	16	16.0	20
189	Aaron Laing	STL	25	TE	12	8			0			1	15	0	15	15.0	131
190	Henry Lusk	NOR	24	TE	16	3			0			1	16	0	16	16.0	226
191	Eric Lynch	DET	26	RB	16	0			0			1	15	0	15	15.0	17
192	Aubrey Matthews	DET	34	WR	16	0			0			1	10	0	10	10.0	51
193	J.J. McCleskey	2TM	26	DB	10	0			0			1	18	0	18	18.0	18
194	Devon McDonald	ARI	27	LB	16	0			0			1	16	0	16	16.0	16
195	Pete Metzelaars	DET	36	TE	15	11			0			1	1	0	1	1.0	147
196	Bam Morris	BAL	24	RB	11	7			0			1	3	0	3	3.0	982
197	Darren Perry	PIT	28	FS	16	16			0			1	8	0	8	8.0	123
198	Alfred Pupunu	SDG	27	TE	9	8			0			1	15	0	15	15.0	286
199	Ron Rivers	DET	25	RB	15	0			0			1	8	0	8	8.0	122
200	Michael Roan	HOU	24	TE	15	1			0			1	13	0	13	13.0	13
201	Leonard Russell	SDG	27	RB	15	15			0			1	10	0	10	10.0	896
202	Cedric Smith	ARI	28	FB	15	2			0			1	14	0	14	14.0	32
203	Lorenzo Styles	ATL	22	LB	16	0			0			1	12	0	12	12.0	12
204	Zach Thomas	MIA	23	MLB	16	16			0			1	17	0	17	17.0	88
205	Jeff Thomason	GNB	27	TE	16	1			0			1	20	0	20	20.0	65
206	Iheanyi Uwaezuoke	SFO	23	WR	14	0			0			1	21	0	21	21.0	112
207	Frank Wainright	MIA	29	LS	16	0			0			1	10	0	10	10.0	12
208	Keith Washington	DET	24	DE	12	0			0			1	14	0	14	14.0	14
209	Robert Wilson	MIA	27	RB	15	0			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			0			1	20	0	20	20.0	104

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