Kickoff returns are way up in the NFL this season as a result of the new rule moving touchbacks to the 35-yard line.

The Dallas Cowboys' KaVontae Turpin led the NFL in kick return yardage last season with 904, up from the previous year when ...

NFL rule changes coincided with a "massive" surge in kickoff returns during Week 1 of the 2025 season, ESPN's Kevin Seifert ...

NFL teams returned 75.6 percent of the kickoffs in Week 1, the highest rate in the league in 15 years, after moving the touchback to the 35-yard line.

It was not. And, when the Lions gave up a score to the Los Angeles Chargers in that same contest, Stuard went back out as a kick returner once again. Stuard, so far, has returned 4 kicks for 112 ...

The NFL’s dynamic kickoff is still evolving, and the preseason is a taste of what it could be. In a conference call on football operations and player health and safety on Thursday with reporters ...

There is a mini-competition brewing to be the top return man for the Vikings but either way it is good news for the team.

The Lions were trying out Grant Stuard at kick returner as an experiment, and a big return against the Texans may have earned him the job.