20 Minutes of the BEST Kickoff Returns in NFL History!

[@Scorpio.shxt_]

Kickoffs will never be the same.

[@daneprice8570]

Nope they will not. New rule straight booty lol

[@LiamDeege]

Not returning them takes out a huge part of the game which is why I like the new rules

[@dabears22]

@@LiamDeegeme too. good rule imo.

[@daneprice8570]

@@LiamDeege ok so how actually does the new rule work? I feel like I’m missing info on it

[@freddyc1995]

@@daneprice8570 Landing zone is the area between the receiving team’s goal line and its 20-yard line. Any kick that hits short of the landing zone - treated like kickoff out of bounds and ball spotted at B40 yard line; play would be blown dead as soon as kick lands short of the landing zone Any kick that hits in the landing zone - must be returned Any kick that hits in the landing zone and then goes into the end zone - must be returned or downed by receiving team - if downed then touchback to B20 yard line Kick hits in end zone, stays inbounds - returned or downed - if downed then touchback to B30 yard line Any kick that goes out of the back of the end zone (in the air or bounces) - touchback to B30 yard line

[@kevinuchiha6830]

Devin Hester to start is all I needed to see, greatest kick returner to do it. 😂.

[@roblegend6715]

Josh Cribbs....

[@simplemanchannel3318]

To be in the HoF for being on the field maybe 5% of the game seems ridiculous to me. Now what he did when he was out on the field was really good. But he doesn't deserve it.

[@tyreepowell8367]

I Couldn't Agree More Kevin Uchiha

[@Disxreet]

No shit

[@Disxreet]

@@simplemanchannel3318so you don’t believe that a player who’s the greatest at his position shouldn’t be in the HOF? I could see maybe a long snapper but bro. Stop fucking hating

[@palindrome1023]

18:50 R.I.P Jacoby Jones 🕊🖤💜

[@LiamDeege]

As a Steelers fan, I think he was great, I still cannot believe he is dead. 😔

[@Disxreet]

Facts

[@LanternArson]

Gone far, far too soon.

[@nooneofconsequence3847]

I didn't know he passed until I read this comment

[@dmdeester]

@@nooneofconsequence3847 Neither did. And just three days after his 40th birthday too. So young.

[@shockzwithtp]

Man football is a time capsule, i miss the early 2010s

[@LiamDeege]

Yeah I hate that no one runs them back anymore

[@jovana-che]

@@LiamDeege rules are different, game is different (worse)

[@mindovermatter56]

Way worse surprised it hasn't died yet ​@@jovana-che

[@nevermorefrompast-qx5wb]

for me it is the 1970's

[@sports3117]

Hester’s return in the Super Bowl cemented him as the greatest to ever return kicks or punts

[@CaseyJEngland70]

I had no idea that was his rookie year.

[@paulmicheldenverco1]

I was there. It was one of the best plays I've seen.

[@Halfbreedmofo]

Such an insane play to start the Super Bowl

[@Mr.Grinch_Real]

I you can’t be the greatest at something when you’re a rookie

[@christopheraaron8299]

Remember it because kickoffs will never be like they were with the new rule changes.

[@carlpacquing2575]

The 2000s were a golden age of kickoff returns and return specialists! Hopefully, we'll see some a revival in the future.

[@musicman76enator]

Not gonna happen, my friend. Sorry.

[@Kings0424]

Nah bruh

[@chigbungus6567]

4:50 #83 absolutely laying out the ref 😭

[@colonialcarnage1782]

That was hilarious, #83 gave no fucks 😂

[@emmanuelmuembi8976]

😂😂💀😂😂💯

[@emmanuelmuembi8976]

@@colonialcarnage1782😂💯💀

[@dannybranch9865]

He had to of been still salty about a previous penalty call 😂 he was looking at him the whole play 😭 just run around him bruh

[@hivicar]

That was payback for a drive-killing bad call he'd made on Dugan only moments prior. Double fun!

[@ChiefBlue4298]

2003 Dante Hall was a delight to watch

[@CaseyJEngland70]

One the best nicknames in nfl history.

[@mikeRedMDK2032]

Throw up the X

[@EricStuder89]

Those Chiefs teams in general: Dante Hall, Trent Free, Priest Holmes, LJ, Gonzalez

[@ETHBK]

Rest in peace Jacoby

[@ryaneugenelawrencewalls1987]

Percy Harvin won a National Champion at University of Florida Gators he win Rookie of the year with the Minnesota Vikings and won a Super Bowl Championship with the Seahawks in 2013 now he's living his best life! 3:03

[@StFidjnr]

If superbowl xlviii was toast this TD by percy harvin is english muffin

[@justineebourgeois3420]

Devin Hester, Dante Hall, Josh Cribbs, Cordarelle Patterson, and Jacoby Jones are the greatest returners of all-time!

[@heatherphillips5983]

Just gonna act like Primetime Deon Sanders do it all twenty years before, huh?

[@franthevan65]

He’s obviously a young buck

[@jeffreyrosario5524]

Percy Harvin

[@Rileyxray]

Leon Washington

[@miamimercenary9623]

Leaving Prime, Brian Mitchell, Gale Sayers, and Percy Harvin out should be a felony.. you’re trippin

[@heirkaiba]

Hester is the GOAT. As a lifetime Packer bro was so dangerous, the team just kicked outta bounce because they knew Rex Grossman sucked.

[@revpembroke3082]

They still should've started Kyle Orton in the Super Bowl. Orton wasn't great, but he wouldn't have fucked it up like Grossman did. No idea if the Bears would've won against Peyton with Orton, but it would've been a different game

[@tradewins]

"outta bounce"??? how about out of bounds?

[@ryaneugenelawrencewalls1987]

Rest In Piece to Steve McNair and Frank Wycheck!🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 19:36

[@damienchance3153]

Damn.. Frank too??

[@alexanderdetert2967]

RIP to the real kickoff returns

[@bengoodwin1572]

Dan Connolly's return never gets old, and I've seen it so many times lol

[@loud865]

Hester was a weapon He would absolutely own the new kickoff

[@MUNTARI1]

The right Guard 😂😂😂

[@skylerward1671]

This 100% needs a Part 2. Some other really good moments I can think of off the top of my head: Ted Ginn Jr. gets back to back TDs against the Jets. Joe Auer scores on the first kick return in Dolphins history. Michael Spurlock breaks the curse and scores the first kick return TD in Bucs history. Randall Williams opens the game with the fastest TD in NFL history against the Eagles. There's way too many good ones for just one video.

[@deuce1398]

I honestly don't know how they would whiff on including Joe Auer's historic kick return for this video.

[@RonWinters-lh7eg]

As a Packers fan? This really hurts to admit this: Devin Hester is by FAR the best ever kickoff/punt returner EVER. Gale Sayers being Top 5.

[@huddahhuddah3315]

I miss the flashbulbs from the beginning of a Super Bowl. That was a years long tradition and I loved it.

[@Ravens-Nation-34]

Devin Hester and Eric Metcalf are the best return men in history

[@EICHOLZtheEXPERT]

And Josh Cribbs

[@cw5289]

I'm very sure Eric's father, Terry was in this video as well. #21 for the Cardinals.

[@Riles3152]

Dante Hall is in that conversation as well.

[@alvinwagner6085]

@@cw5289Thank you, I thought that was him .

[@joggingscissors632]

Legend has it that Hester met a strange, dark amd mysterious man at the crossroads before his rookie year. "I'll give you the gift. You'll be the best kick returner ever. You'll even be able to bring one to the house in the Superbowl," he said. Devin paused. "What's the catch? You get to keep my soul? I'll die when I'm 27?" The mystery man laughed ghoulishly. "Oh no no no. Nothing like that. You'll just play with a sh^t quarterback who throws the ball to the guys on the other team."

[@EightyDeuce-x1d]

It became reality 😂

[@ryaneugenelawrencewalls1987]

Desmond Howard's 99 yard kickoff return vs Patriots in the 1996 Super Bowl won him the Super Bowl MVP! 0:31

[@DavidJHunter-xj3tt]

Leon Washington is so underrated. 2 seasons with 3 Kick Return TDs. Lotta great kick returners from when I was a kid in the late 80s to the present day: Mel Gray, Justin Miller, Allen Rossum, Tamarick Vanover.

[@ryaneugenelawrencewalls1987]

Brian Mitchell is one of the most underrated if not the absolute BEST kickoff return man in NFL's History like if Devin Hester can go in the Hall Of Fame why not Mitchell? I mean Brian Mitchell won a Super Bowl Ring with the then Redskins in 1991! 10:48

[@sixburgh64ss]

Just behind Rice and #2 in career all-purpose yards but never seems to get mentioned

[@davidpatterson5426]

It’s a shame that you don’t have one or both of Billy “White Shoes” Johnson’s two kickoff returns. He also returned six punts for touchdowns. It’s an even bigger shame he’s not in the NFL hall of fame.

[@connercampbell9454]

4:52 83 absolutely trucking that ref is more of what we need to see this nfl season

[@chaos2351]

NFL bring it back!

[@BigBossCQCLegend]

@0:29 Desmond Howard is the only Special Teams Return Man to Win SuperBow MVP and I’m Proud to Say That as a Packers Fan and this Clip was from SuperBowl 31

[@ryaneugenelawrencewalls1987]

Rest In Piece to Jacoby Jones for the Baltimore Ravens winning Super Bowl Championship in 2012 vs 49ers taking it to the house 109 yards which equals one of the longest play in NFL's History!

[@ClappinYaMomCheeks]

*Rest in peace

[@JoshuaGrant-ms2wp]

That Hines kickoff was iconic the fact he had two in one game is actually insane

[@ryaneugenelawrencewalls1987]

I'm absolutely certainly gonna miss it so much the Original Kickoff is why we love the game it brings out so much excitement energy and more entertainment at best when it comes to Kickoff Returns so RIP from 1920 to 2023 we will never forget you!🙏🏽🙌🏽🙏🏽🙌🏽 19:55

[@bfdzvalable]

We used to play pick up flag football games in the park every Sunday with some of the best athletes in the city when I was a young stud. I used to run back kick offs and punts with regularity every week. I love watching these highlights. They bring tears to my eyes. 😄😄

[@Tenormic3]

We nearly had a right guard return a kick for a score and DID have a fullback return one. The NFL is nuts.

[@CybeastID]

4:56 I'm amazed that wasn't called back for 83 hitting the ref.

[@hivicar]

Everyone, including ref, had to know he had it coming, after his game-changing bad call on #83 just moments before.

[@normadamous]

One brian Mitchell highlight is criminal. The man should have been in the hall of fame years ago

[@Riles3152]

There is no legitimate all-time NFL kickoff return montage, without Devin Hester, Eric Metcalf, Joshua Cribbs, and Dante Hall. Well done 👏🏿🫡

[@skelatons63]

Eric Metcalf? I think you mean his dad TERRY!

[@joshuabaker742]

That ref getting trucked was the best part of the video to me... 😂😂

[@TradingPatriots]

4:52 The block by #83 Dugan on the ref 😂😂

[@diegopons4622]

I hate the Patriots to this day. But Dan Connolly's return is still my favorite return ever. I was cheering for him to score. So close.

[@tyreepowell8367]

Your KZbin Channel Is The Greatest NFL Throwback Keep Up The Great Work

[@untexan]

Dynamic kickoff is a zillion times better than watching these rocket leg kickers blast the ball out of the end zone every single time

[@montydagreat5714]

Those kickoff records will stand……….FOREVER

[@ryaneugenelawrencewalls1987]

As a Steelers fan Devin Hester is was and still always will be the man Untouchable of all his Kickoff Returns for Touchdowns! 16:42

[@musicman76enator]

Thumbnail = GOAT

[@ryaneugenelawrencewalls1987]

Rest In Piece to the one and only Hall Of Famer Gale Sayers with the Chicago Bears what a icon and astonishing of a player back in 1965 Rookie Season!🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 13:05

[@rdrock-vd2dw]

From now on, this is gonna be a rare sight. The new kickoff style is way too difficult to overcome!

[@spudtsar9377]

Once again, NFL Throwback delivers!

[@Powertronsportschannel.]

half of these returns are by the bears ☠

[@nickruszala2909]

Not surprised. The Bears have had a great history finding kick-off and punt returners. Just imagine how many more winning seasons the franchise could've had with that, many of the great running backs and great defensive playmakers they've successfully landed in the draft with way better luck at the QB position.

[@kingjames1586]

1/4 of them were

[@KevinPayton-fq8gd]

The Bears are known for great returners. Gale Sayers and Devin Hester are two of the best ever. Dennis Gentry was a great returner too. Walter Payton led the league in kickoff return average in his rookie year.

[@cashisclay8474]

We will never see these again because of the new kickoff rules.💯

[@damienchance3153]

The rules sucks bad

[@damienchance3153]

I miss the old NFL

[@Injun_Number_9]

Woodrow Dantzler (a former College QB) breaking 11 tackles & nearly stepping out of bonds twice, gotta be a Top 10 all time Kick Return!! 😄😄

[@trevorvogel8132]

So many of the best in the business in this compilation: Hester, Hall, Mitchell, etc. Younger viewers might not remember this, but when Hester was at his prime, as one of the announcers said in the clip "You just kick the ball out of bounds and let them take it at the 40". Even if Hester went the whole game without a return he'd still have a major impact on the game since teams felt compelled to just punt or kick it out of bounds rather than risk having him return it for a TD.

[@coatesjoseph]

Devin Hester is the Goat of returns...and no one else is even a close second.

[@scbroncosfan84]

I’m going to miss the old kickoff returns, not this gimmick they have now. These kickoffs are so special

[@ryaneugenelawrencewalls1987]

The Music City Miracle was one of the greatest endings in NFL's History against Buffalo in the 1999 playoffs! 19:16

[@amoses11]

RIP to the original nfl kickoffs

[@JamesFitzĝerald-m5d]

I love Kickoff returns I wanted to see Randall Cobb's return against the saints when he was a rookie GO PACK GO

[@Jonathan-Anderson]

I was definitely like, "Did i miss it?" That return HAS to be on this list

[@CorporateLiquidator]

This is basically the NFL saying RIP to kickoffs

[@ryaneugenelawrencewalls1987]

Cordarrelle Patterson 109 yard kick return in his Rookie year against the Packers shows you why how special he is after he won the Super Bowl Championship in 2018 with the Patriots he definitely should be a Hall Of Famer soon now that he's with the Steelers I really hope he'll get another shot at becoming a Super Bowl Champion for the 2nd time in his career a 1st Round draft choice out of the University of Tennessee Volunteers I believe he will do all he can to be candidate for the Hall Of Fame! 6:08

[@westtexastiger]

I thoroughly detest the Patriots, but Dan Connely's kickoff return was friggin' awesome.

[@I.T._TV2]

Thumbs down not 1 Prime Time clip is crazy work smh

[@EBA_10]

Some of the best KR's I've seen came via Dante Hall. My all-time favorite KR-TD is a toss up between Chad Morton's walkoff 2002 winner in Week 1 against Bills, and when Josh Cribbs EMBARASSED the Steelers in Pittsburgh, tip toeing on the sideline that was sick

[@timr8971]

Hester is the GOAT.

[@bosskey7212]

great tribute video, I know it was tough to leave out some guys that were really great returners and I could name a bunch of them. Out of all of them my favorite guys personally were Vai Sikahema and Mel Gray

[@MatthiaGryffine]

I'm just want kickoff returns to be mandatory

[@EricStuder89]

Lets not forget Az Hakim or Tony Horne, they made even special teams lethal for GSOT

[@aeonsnarfus]

Music at the start was raw. 🔥

[@jimforceus2885]

No Billy “White shoes” Johnson is criminal 😂

[@jameskitchell7547]

I guess we're old school. I was going to write the same thing. I miss that dance 😂😂

[@SupaSupaDave1955]

Robert Grisham's 104 yd. return against Cincinnati in 1973 was left out as well

[@Trenchboi69]

2:33 moments like this is why kickoffs need to be untouched

[@Iconfuseu2000]

I’m a sucker for kick returns honestly

[@angiemaniaciskatingfan723]

19:16 as a Bills fan, I’m bummed that I had to relive this moment.

[@chieffspaedoe]

nfl will never be the same

[@CelebrityGamerTV]

Back when kickoffs were good. Hester is the GOAT.

[@thameholland2769]

Hester and Harvin absolute legends at the OG, real, kickoff return!!!!

[@Barry-v3r]

The way #38 gets in the big mans face to hype him up to the maximum because he just became an instant legend is so heartwarming

[@RaikiriGojoAlt]

Not having Duverney’s opening kick return against the Dolphins in the 2022 Season is a crime

[@philcobb9966]

Not one Mel Gray return and you guys have him no. 5 all time returners all time... Indeed good sirs

[@frenchfrey65]

Desmond Howard's is iconic for us cheeseheads, Super Bowl MVP.

[@Yaseenicus]

Alternative title: 20 minutes of the Bears all time best plays

[@ArbiterSakura]

Many are upset by the new kickoff rules, but I find them extremely exploitable and interesting. The change had to be made because in recent seasons many kicks went to touchbacks. It will be up to the staff to know how to exploit them and make them as spectacular as those shown here. We already had some interesting things in the preseason, I want to see what they can do in the regular season and in a few more years.

[@ryaneugenelawrencewalls1987]

Dante Hall with Kansas City Chiefs was a great awesome player who never disappoint!

[@mpound97]

The Human Joystick

[@serisothikos]

Dan Connolly is immortal

[@TheRapidDescent]

That was a fun video. Thanks for sharing. 👍

[@deqwannash1849]

Back to back kickoffs return of touchdown

[@smeagolmazurenko5238]

6:49 #38 for the colts, ive never seen a guy on the return team come screaming back towards the returner like that. Dude was just being wild.

[@aeonsnarfus]

the right guard...THE RIGHT GUARD! Connelly didn’t get the touchdown, but he got Legend status instead. 🏈

[@HunterTheglitch]

Incoming compliments about new kickoff

[@uTubeNoITube]

RIP kick returns ☠ Pay your respects 👇

[@Umadhoe]

Awesome work on the video I prefer no music 🎶. You did an excellent job no doubt

[@charliemackenzie2485]

A rule change that truly hurt the sport as a whole. NFL kickoffs were the sh*t.

[@Backpackfiles]

Devin Hester; Brian Mitchel; Corderrell Patterson....

[@rjpsuh06]

3:28 Kevin Harlan called the CBS HDTV version of Super Bowl XXXV. Greg Gumbel and Phil Simms did the CBS broadcast that most people saw.

[@mariosnum1fan]

19:56 😭😭

[@youknowihaduwuittoem]

The refs tripping over the pylon and eating shit at 3:19 and getting blasted by 83 at 4:51 are hilarious!

[@isaiahwiley8626]

Josh Cribbs didn’t get enough time for me

[@MarkZickefoose]

Josh Cribbs got straight-up disrespected! They brushed off Eric Metcalf, too.

[@EightyDeuce-x1d]

Devin Hester was a difference maker. Best ever, there should be no doubt in any one's mind. Makes Chicago proud.

[@DJYNOT2]

How the Eagles DeSean Jackson’s return against the Giants isn’t on this video is insane

[@YusukeKnight]

Awesome stuff

[@packersauburneric3625]

War eagle 🦅

[@awakenthewoke1091]

10:54 one of the sickest jukes I have ever seen. Old school killed him!!