Year-By-Year Leaders KICKOFF RETURN AVERAGE (minimum of 4 returns through 1969; minimum of 0.5 returns per game from 1970)
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1919 George Gipp 1920 George Gipp 1921 Chet Wynne 1922 Paul Castner 1923 Willie Maher 1924 Elmer Layden 1925 Rex Enright 1926 Christie Flanagan 1927 Jack Chevigny 1928 Jack Chevigny 1929 Joe Savoldi 1930 Joe Savoldi 1931 (None) 1932 George Melinkovich 1933 Ray Brancheau 1934 Bill Shakespeare 1935 Bill Shakespeare 1936 Andy Puplis 1937 (None) 1938 (None) 1939 Harry Stevenson 1940 Milt Piepul 1941 Fred Evans 1942 Bob Livingstone 1943 Creighton Miller 1944 Bob Kelly 1945 Phil Colella 1946 (None) 1947 (None) 1948 Larry Coutre 1949 Emil Sitko 1950 Jack Landry 1951 Billy Barrett 1952 Joe Heap 1953 John Lattner 1954 Jim Morse 1955 Dean Studer 1956 Paul Hornung 1957 Dick Lynch 1958 Jim Crotty 1959 Bob Scarpitto 1960 George Sefcik 1961 Angelo Dabiero 1962 Ron Bliey 1963 Ron Bliey 1964 Nick Rassas 1965 Bill Wolski 1966 Nick Eddy 1967 Dave Haley 1968 Coley O’Brien 1969 Mike Crotty 1970 Darryll Dewan 1971 Gary Diminick 1972 Gary Diminick 1973 Gary Diminick 1974 Al Samuel 1975 Dan Knott 1976 Al Hunter 1977 Terry Eurick 1978 Jim Stone 1979 Jim Stone 1980 Jim Stone 1981 Greg Bell 1982 Allen Pinkett 1983 Alonzo Jefferson 1984 Hiawatha Francisco 1985 Tim Brown 1986 Tim Brown 1987 Tim Brown 1988 Raghib Ismail 1989 Raghib Ismail 1990 Raghib Ismail
No. Yds 8 166 11 208 9 258 11 490 4 184 5 111 4 86 6 183 4 91 5 115 4 81 4 186
Avg. 20.8 18.9 28.7 *44.5 46.0 22.2 21.5 30.5 22.8 23.0 20.3 46.5
4 7 4 5 5
164 109 60 123 136
41.0 15.6 15.0 24.6 27.2
5 4 9 8 4 8 5
85 122 206 184 53 213 105
17.0 30.5 22.9 23.0 13.3 26.6 21.0
4 4 11 4 6 8 5 5 16 5 12 12 7 8 13 5 4 6 4 5 4 4 4 7 15 8 8 10 12 9 13 19 17 13 14 10 6 14 25 23 12 20 14
70 89 195 86 145 331 166 115 496 159 297 247 167 193 309 131 103 131 193 119 156 111 91 199 331 181 150 284 241 211 242 493 344 371 354 174 178 338 698 456 433 502 336
17.5 22.3 17.7 21.5 24.2 41.4 33.2 23.0 31.0 31.8 24.8 20.6 23.9 24.1 23.8 26.2 25.8 21.8 48.3 23.8 39.0 27.8 22.8 28.4 22.1 22.6 18.8 28.4 20.1 23.4 18.6 25.9 20.2 28.5 25.3 17.4 29.7 24.1 27.9 19.8 36.1 25.1 24.0
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Clint Johnson Michael Miller Clint Johnson Emmett Mosley Emmett Mosley Allen Rossum Allen Rossum Darcey Levy Julius Jones Julius Jones Julius Jones Vontez Duff Vontez Duff Chase Anastasio David Grimes David Grimes Armando Allen Armando Allen Theo Riddick Bennett Jackson George Atkinson III George Atkinson III George Atkinson III
9 9 10 13 15 6 20 7 26 15 18 19 16 19 15 21 33 21 *37 29 35 22 31
217 261 409 320 419 227 570 163 603 427 405 526 346 353 338 514 704 543 849 645 *915 441 780
24.1 29.0 40.9 24.6 27.9 37.8 28.5 23.3 23.2 28.5 22.5 27.7 21.6 18.6 22.5 24.5 21.3 25.9 22.9 22.2 26.1 20.0 25.2
INTERCEPTIONS (minimum of 3) 1919 George Gipp 1920 (None) 1921 Chet Wynne Harry Mehre 1922 (None) 1923 Jim Crowley 1924 (None) 1925 (None) 1926 Vince McNally 1927 (None) 1928 (None) 1929 Frank Carideo 1930 Carl Cronin Marty Brill Tom Conley 1931 Nordy Hoffmann 1932 Mike Koken 1933 Nick Lukats Ray Brancheau 1934 (None) 1935 (None) 1936 Bob Wilke 1937 Ed Simonich 1938 (None) 1939 (None) 1940 Steve Bagarus 1941 Bernie Crimmins 1942 Angelo Bertelli 1943 Creighton Miller 1944 Joe Gasparella 1945 Frank Dancewicz 1946 Terry Brennan 1947 Johnny Lujack 1948 Bill Gay 1949 Bill Gay 1950 Dave Flood 1951 John Lattner 1952 John Lattner Jack Whelan 1953 Ralph Guglielmi 1954 Ralph Guglielmi 1955 Paul Hornung 1956 Aubrey Lewis 1957 Bob Williams 1958 George Izo 1959 George Sefcik Don White 1960 (None)
No. Yards 3 32 4 4
43 97
4
31
3
0
5 3 3 3 3 4 3 3
151 26 8 4 32 18 22 10
3 3
33 10
4 4 8 6 4 3 3 3 6 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 4 3 3
26 12 41 78 28 31 18 44 83 80 28 66 58 35 50 50 59 39 28 11 35 39
1961 Angelo Dabiero 1962 Tom MacDonald 1963 Tom MacDonald 1964 Tony Carey 1965 Nick Rassas 1966 Tom Schoen 1967 Tom Schoen John Pergine 1968 Chuck Zloch 1969 Ralph Stepaniak 1970 Clarence Ellis 1971 Ken Schlezes 1972 Mike Townsend 1973 Luther Bradley 1974 (None) 1975 Luther Bradley Tom Lopienski 1976 Joe Restic 1977 Joe Restic 1978 Joe Restic Tom Gibbons Dave Waymer 1979 Dave Waymer 1980 (None) 1981 Mark Zavagnin 1982 Dave Duerson 1983 Rick Naylor 1984 Pat Ballage 1985 Steve Lawrence 1986 Steve Lawrence 1987 Corny Southall Marv Spence 1988 George Streeter Jeff Alm 1989 Todd Lyght 1990 (None) 1991 Tom Carter 1992 Tom Carter Jeff Burris 1993 Bobby Taylor 1994 (None) 1995 Lyron Cobbins 1996 Benny Guilbeaux 1997 Benny Guilbeaux 1998 A’Jani Sanders 1999 Deveron Harper 2000 Ron Israel 2001 Vontez Duff 2002 Shane Walton 2003 Quentin Burrell 2004 (None) 2005 Tom Zbikowski 2006 Mike Richardson 2007 David Bruton 2008 David Bruton 2009 Kyle McCarthy 2010 Harrison Smith 2011 (None) 2012 Manti Te’o 2013 Austin Collinsworth
5 9 5 8 6 7 4 4 5 4 7 4 *10 6
78 81 63 121 *197 112 108 19 31 84 25 63 39 37
4 4 4 6 3 3 3 4
135 79 92 25 59 48 10 77
3 7 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 8
27 104 24 41 57 28 80 18 39 8 42
5 5 5 4
79 0 6 100
5 4 4 3 4 3 3 7 4
86 42 76 29 27 41 37 84 18
5 4 3 4 5 7
136 21 20 57 90 54
7 3
35 6
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