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

[@Pooksterye]

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.

[@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.

[@mike91mdk45]

Throw up the X

[@EricStuder89]

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

[@ryaneugenelawrencewalls1987]

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

[@damienchance3153]

Damn.. Frank too??

[@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

[@ETHBK]

Rest in peace Jacoby

[@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

[@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

[@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?

[@loud865]

Hester was a weapon He would absolutely own the new kickoff

[@MUNTARI1]

The right Guard 😂😂😂

[@bengoodwin1572]

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

[@alexanderdetert2967]

RIP to the real kickoff returns

[@TradingPatriots]

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

[@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.

[@joshuabaker742]

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

[@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.

[@chaos2351]

NFL bring it back!

[@Riles3152]

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

[@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 .

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@Tenormic3]

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

[@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.

[@connercampbell9454]

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

[@EricStuder89]

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

[@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. 😄😄

[@tyreepowell8367]

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

[@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

[@huddahhuddah3315]

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

[@spudtsar9377]

Once again, NFL Throwback delivers!

[@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

[@musicman76enator]

Thumbnail = GOAT

[@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

[@ryaneugenelawrencewalls1987]

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

[@Backpackfiles]

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

[@Johnnyred51]

The refs taking nose dives... LMAO!

[@youknowihaduwuittoem]

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

[@TheRapidDescent]

That was a fun video. Thanks for sharing. 👍

[@montydagreat5714]

Those kickoff records will stand……….FOREVER

[@ryaneugenelawrencewalls1987]

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

[@mpound97]

The Human Joystick

[@philcobb9966]

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

[@Yaseenicus]

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

[@mariosnum1fan]

19:56 😭😭

[@YusukeKnight]

Awesome stuff

[@packersauburneric3625]

War eagle 🦅

[@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.

[@kurtmorris454]

that very last one was a forward pass

[@CorporateLiquidator]

This is basically the NFL saying RIP to kickoffs

[@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.

[@Trenchboi69]

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

[@cashisclay8474]

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

[@damienchance3153]

The rules sucks bad

[@serisothikos]

Dan Connolly is immortal

[@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.

[@davidsantoselmellodelamarg4923]

GAMES LIKE THIS I WILL NEVER, EVER FORGET!

[@Iconfuseu2000]

I’m a sucker for kick returns honestly

[@crazyharmless666]

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

[@normadamous]

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

[@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

[@miamimercenary9623]

7:19 Eric Weems was a teammate of mine at Bethune-Cookman.. cool to see him on the video

[@amoses11]

RIP to the original nfl kickoffs

[@Gamer2k4]

No Randall Cobb barrel roll? Are you kidding me? Nah, don't worry about it. It was only a 108-yard touchdown return with a completely unique move in the middle of it.

[@jrnumex9286]

devon hester" ok, can i be a receiver now? no

[@Rubberbandman0529]

Alternate title- The Bears Kickoff Return Show. Quite a lot here. Of course mostly Hester, the most dangerous returner I’ve seen

[@frenchfrey65]

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

[@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

[@rdrock-vd2dw]

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

[@Mick-mi7zg]

I shoulda known it would open with hester lol I love after his intial hop stop, the way he’s moving to the right but his hips are pointed left. Freezes a defender who gets smoked. Probably still doesn’t understand how he looking square at a man that ran a different direction than his body pointed

[@charliemackenzie2485]

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

[@DanielWlitrout]

I'm surprised no Deion, White Shoes Johnson, Rick Upchurch???

[@trevertravis8963]

Do a compilation of kickers making TD saving tackles.

[@isaiahwiley8626]

Josh Cribbs didn’t get enough time for me

[@MarkZickefoose]

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

[@angiemaniaciskatingfan723]

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

[@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]

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

[@HunterTheglitch]

Incoming compliments about new kickoff

[@mike91mdk45]

Only one dante hall return? You're killin' me, smalls lol. Still a great reel though.

[@EliteDogSF]

Can we just give a shout out to Matt Giordano (43 of the Colts) in the first clip? He had to sprint all the way down the field to cover, then had to sprint across the field to get to Hester's return side, and caught him right at the end zone. That's some crazy speed and stamina

[@markbrenzel9419]

Ah, kickoff returns. Second only to the original onside kicks in terms of excitement. RIP indeed.

[@j.a.greene3523]

Should've added the first Buccaneers kickoff return for a TD. It only took them 30+ years to do so 😛

[@GarySchumacher-z3y]

Fantastic post thank you !

[@Umadhoe]

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

[@tikigeorgejones3817]

Disappointed the Bucs first TD from a kickoff wasn't included. It's one of the most shocking NFL stats of all time.

[@RaikiriGojoAlt]

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

[@scbroncosfan84]

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

[@nicholasvandal6948]

I was home on leave for Xmas for the dan Connolly kick return. I was stationed in Hawaii from 06-14. We were frozen tailgating at the Lafayette house! We had one grill and one fire pit goin. I remember how many people were wicked pissed they missed the kick return, because they were grabbing coffee/hot chocolate at the half 😂 My friends and I laughed our asses off!

[@Bizness87]

Hester vs the Rams is absolute videogame energy 🤣 I had to rewind it back like twice that was insane speed.

[@Al-Rudigor]

Mitchell didn't have to do Gramatica like that. 😂😂😂😂 At about 10:40

[@ShadomanG]

How does the league look at this is & not comprehend the importance/EXCITEMENT of the return game/Special Teams? Such a vital part of the game rendered obsolete 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@deancitroni4447]

Better save this clip. Fans in the future will not know what a kickoff is

[@ghostbullet85]

2:34 love this one, fat man with the football 😂😂

[@damienchance3153]

Could be Peter Griffith 😂😂😂😂😂

[@decwbb]

glad you included Dante Hall. love to see run

[@nascarsteve]

As a Chiefs fan, I knew Dante Hall would come up at least once, but man, I forgot how fast Knile Davis was!