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2012 Fantasy Football Rankings – Return Specialists

Kick Returners heading into week 2

Rank Name Pos Team Kick
Ret
Yards		 Kick
Ret
TD		 Punt
Ret
Yards		 Punt
Ret
TD		 Total
Ret
Yards
1 Marcus Thigpen RB MIA 137 0 76 1 213
2 Leon Washington RB SEA 133 0 52 0 185
3 Joshua Cribbs WR CLE 91 0 78 0 169
4 Randall Cobb WR GB 73 0 80 1 153
5 Darren Sproles RB NO 103 0 14 0 117
6 Jacquizz Rodgers RB ATL 104 0 0 0 104
7 Darius Reynaud WR TEN 98 0 0 0 98
8 Leodis McKelvin CB BUF 71 0 27 0 98
9 Javier Arenas CB KC 79 0 14 0 93
10 Percy Harvin WR MIN 88 0 0 0 88
11 Deonte Thompson WR BAL 88 0 0 0 88
12 Brandon Tate WR CIN 64 0 19 0 83
13 Brandon Banks WR WAS 49 0 34 0 83
14 Richard Goodman WR SD 76 0 0 0 76
15 Devin Hester WR CHI 49 0 23 0 72
16 Stefan Logan WR DET 18 0 53 0 71
17 David Wilson RB NYG 71 0 0 0 71
18 Jeremy Kerley WR NYJ 0 0 68 1 68
19 Jalen Parmele RB JAC 63 0 0 0 63
20 Trindon Holliday WR HOU 47 0 14 0 61
21 Felix Jones RB DAL 61 0 0 0 61
22 Joe Adams WR CAR 31 0 28 0 59
23 Michael Smith RB TB 55 0 0 0 55
24 Cassius Vaughn CB IND 51 0 0 0 51
25 Brandon Boykin CB PHI 46 0 0 0 46
26 Matt Asiata FB MIN 40 0 0 0 40
27 Patrick Peterson CB ARI 0 0 37 0 37
28 Kendall Hunter RB SF 31 0 0 0 31
29 Andre Brown RB NYG 29 0 0 0 29
30 Devin McCourty CB NE 28 0 0 0 28
31 Lavon Brazill WR IND 15 0 12 0 27
32 Emmanuel Sanders WR PIT 27 0 0 0 27
33 Julian Edelman WR NE 0 0 27 0 27
34 Isaiah Pead RB STL 25 0 0 0 25
35 Joe McKnight RB NYJ 24 0 0 0 24
36 Antonio Brown WR PIT 0 0 23 0 23
37 LaRod   Stephens-Howling RB ARI 22 0 0 0 22
38 Jim Leonhard S DEN 0 0 22 0 22
39 Marcus Sherels CB MIN 0 0 22 0 22
40 Kyle Williams WR SF 0 0 22 0 22
41 Matthew Slater WR NE 19 0 0 0 19
42 Jorvoskie Lane RB MIA 18 0 0 0 18
43 Stanley Havili FB PHI 18 0 0 0 18
44 Eddie Royal WR SD 0 0 18 0 18
45 Mike Thomas WR JAC 0 0 16 0 16
46 Terrance Cooper WR KC 16 0 0 0 16
47 Philip Adams CB OAK 0 0 15 0 15
48 Jacoby Jones WR BAL 0 0 9 0 9
49 Lardarius Webb CB BAL 0 0 9 0 9
50 Harry Douglas WR ATL 8 0 0 0 8
51 Mewelde Moore RB IND 7 0 0 0 7
52 Emmanuel   Stephens DE CLE 7 0 0 0 7
53 Danny Amendola WR STL 0 0 6 0 6
54 Damaris Johnson WR PHI 0 0 6 0 6
55 Domenik Hixon WR NYG 0 0 5 0 5
56 Maurice Jones-Drew RB JAC 0 0 4 0 4
57 Ted Ginn Jr. WR SF 0
58 Chris Rainey RB PIT 0
59 Jacoby Ford WR OAK 0 0 0 0 0
60 Preston Parker WR TB 0 0 0 0 0
61 Dez Bryant WR DAL 0 0 0 0 0

RB     QB     WR     TE     DEF    K     RS

These rankings are broken down into 3 sections.  The guys who double as KR/PR, players who only return kickoffs, and players who only return punts.

2012 Fantasy Football Rankings Return Specialists

Brandon Tate leads our list of return yardage guys heading into 2012 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Players who return both kickoffs and punts (Projected to return 10 or more in 2012)

Name Team Yards TD Fum
Brandon Tate CIN 1490 1 4
Darren Sproles NO 1395 2 1
Leon Washington SEA 1397 2 3
Ted Ginn Jr. SF 1311 2 1
Joshua Cribbs CLE 1318 2 3
Brandon Banks WAS 1365 1 4
Randall Cobb GB 1248 2 2
Devin Hester CHI 1136 4 3
Stefan Logan DET 1120 2 5
Darius Reynaud TEN 1140 1 2
Chris Rainey PIT 1022 1 0
Jacoby Jones BAL 913 2 4
Jacoby Ford OAK 871 1 2
Trindon Holliday HOU 860 1 2
Javier Arenas KC 835 0 1
Preston Parker TB 738 2 5
Lavon Brazill IND 795 0 1
Jerrel Jernigan NYG 696 0 1
Mike Thomas JAC 671 0 1
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Among guys who only qualify as kick returners, Richard Goodman is projected #1 (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)

Kick Returners

Name Team Yards TDs Fum
Richard Goodman SD 1018 1 1
Joe McKnight NYJ 938 2 1
LaRod Stephens-Howling ARI 910 1 0
Marcus Thigpen MIA 655 1 0
Brandon Boykin PHI 533 1 0
Jacquizz Rodgers ATL 537 1 1
Lance Ball DEN 522 1 1
Felix Jones DAL 548 0 0
Danny Amendola STL 525 0 0
Kealoha Pilares CAR 520 0 1
Justin Rogers BUF 460 0 0
Danny Woodhead NE 418 0 0
Percy Harvin MIN 418 0 1
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In 2011 Patrick Peterson was clearly the best punt returner in the league (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)

Punt Returners

PR Team Yards TD Fum
Patrick Peterson ARI 591 2 2
Eric Decker DEN 130 0 0
Julian Edelman NE 477 1 2
Harry Douglas ATL 317 2 3
Davone Bess MIA 365 0 4
Jeremy Kerley NYJ 336 0 2
Marcus Sherels MIN 213 1 2
Eddie Royal SD 258 0 1
Dez Bryant DAL 188 1 2
Leodis McKelvin BUF 168 1 1
Damaris Johnson PHI 160 1 1
Isaiah Pead STL 205 0 1
Joe Adams CAR 171 0 1

Any questions about these rankings and projections please post in the forums where the community will be glad to assist.

2012 Fantasy Football Rankings Return Specialists

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