Fantasy owners of Percy Harvin were finally rewarded in week 4 as he took the opening kickoff Sunday all the way back against the Lions special teams for a 105 yard score. Here are your top 40 KR/PR heading into week 5 of fantasy football 2012.
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Top 40 Kick Returners/ Punt Returners heading into week 5 fantasy football 2012
| Rank | Name | Pos | Team | Kick Ret Yards |
Kick Ret TD |
Punt Ret Yards |
Punt Ret TD |
Total Ret Yards |
| 1 | Joshua Cribbs | WR | CLE | 341 | 0 | 144 | 0 | 485 |
| 2 | Darius Reynaud | WR | TEN | 408 | 1 | 47 | 0 | 455 |
| 3 | Marcus Thigpen | RB | MIA | 252 | 0 | 159 | 1 | 411 |
| 4 | Darren Sproles | RB | NO | 353 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 403 |
| 5 | David Wilson | RB | NYG | 393 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 393 |
| 6 | Percy Harvin | WR | MIN | 345 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 345 |
| 7 | Deonte Thompson | WR | BAL | 337 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 337 |
| 8 | Leon Washington | RB | SEA | 264 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 328 |
| 9 | Devin Hester | WR | CHI | 241 | 0 | 78 | 0 | 319 |
| 10 | Randall Cobb | WR | GB | 205 | 0 | 108 | 1 | 313 |
| 11 | Javier Arenas | CB | KC | 177 | 0 | 133 | 0 | 310 |
| 12 | Leodis McKelvin | CB | BUF | 131 | 0 | 178 | 1 | 309 |
| 13 | Trindon Holliday | WR | HOU | 161 | 0 | 144 | 0 | 305 |
| 14 | Joe McKnight | RB | NYJ | 271 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 271 |
| 15 | Jalen Parmele | RB | JAC | 185 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 253 |
| 16 | Joe Adams | WR | CAR | 208 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 250 |
| 17 | Brandon Tate | WR | CIN | 181 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 249 |
| 18 | Richard Goodman | WR | SD | 234 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 234 |
| 19 | Brandon Banks | WR | WAS | 202 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 222 |
| 20 | Stefan Logan | WR | DET | 124 | 0 | 98 | 0 | 222 |
| 21 | Kyle Williams | WR | SF | 169 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 221 |
| 22 | Brandon Boykin | CB | PHI | 210 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 210 |
| 23 | Arrelious Benn | WR | TB | 195 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 195 |
| 24 | Felix Jones | RB | DAL | 188 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 188 |
| 25 | Marcus Sherels | CB | MIN | 23 | 0 | 150 | 1 | 173 |
| 26 | Kendall Hunter | RB | SF | 165 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165 |
| 27 | Cassius Vaughn | CB | IND | 164 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164 |
| 28 | Jacquizz Rodgers | RB | ATL | 154 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154 |
| 29 | Adam Jones | CB | CIN | 49 | 0 | 98 | 1 | 147 |
| 30 | Lavelle Hawkins | WR | TEN | 130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 130 |
| 31 | Omar Bolden | CB | DEN | 129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 129 |
| 32 | Jeremy Kerley | WR | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 119 | 1 | 119 |
| 33 | Devin McCourty | CB | NE | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118 |
| 34 | Shaun Draughn | RB | KC | 113 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113 |
| 35 | Patrick Peterson | CB | ARI | 0 | 0 | 110 | 0 | 110 |
| 36 | Chris Rainey | RB | PIT | 89 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 102 |
| 37 | Mike Goodson | WR | OAK | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 |
| 38 | Philip Adams | CB | OAK | 0 | 0 | 78 | 0 | 78 |
| 39 | LaRod Stephens-Howling | RB | ARI | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 |
| 40 | Julian Edelman | WR | NE | 0 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 63 |
Kick Returner news and notes
Joshua Cribbs - Josh Cribbs owners will certainly want to pay attention to his status heading into week 5. He was officially diagnosed with a concussion in week 4, but the Browns expect him to be ready for week 5. Be sure to check his status on gameday if you plan on Cribbs being in your fantasy lineup for this week.
Darius Reynaud - Last week coming in at number 3 on the KR/PR ranks, Reynaud has now moved into the #2 spot, narrowly behind Josh Cribbs. Looks like he is well on his way to having an elite return yardage season, and should be rostered in all formats that use return yardage.
Shaun Draughn - Draughn is the backup RB for the Chiefs, behind Hillis and Charles, and is a newcomer to the list. If you play in a deep league that uses return yardage, and you want a sleeper you can pick up, Draughn should be one of your first choices (assuming everyone higher on the list is already rostered)
That is it for this week, if you need personal fantasy team advice, hit up the forums!
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – DECEMBER 4: Percy Harvin #12 of the Minnesota Vikings carries the ball while Chris Harris #25 of the Denver Broncos attempts the tackle at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome on December 4, 2011 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)
