Special Teams Records

rb-pagetitle-special-teams SPECIAL TEAMS STAT BOOK (1989-2024)

Individual Records

Longest Field Goal
YEAR NAME YARDS TEAM VS.
2004 Bengi Islas 55 Fernley
2004 Bengi Islas 49
2015 Jose Araiza 45 Lowry
2013 Louden Smith 44 Wooster
2018 Emmanuel Valenzuela-Jones 41 Moapa
1991 Damien Fertitta 41 Boulder City
1996 Kris Rendon 41 Moapa
2011 Austin Ferreira 41 Spring Creek
2014 Jose Araiza 41 @ Lowry
2014 Jose Araiza 41 Fernley
2010 Austin Ferreira 40 Dayton
2013 Louden Smith 40 Spring Creek
2017 Emmanuel Valenzuela-Jones 40 @Sparks
P.A.T’S IN A YEAR AND PERCENTAGE
YEAR NAME PAT’S %
2024 Michael Tanner 68/71 96
2010 Austin Ferreira 60/66 90
2018 Emmanuel Valenzuela-Jones 57/63 90
2022 Matt Tanner 52/57 90
2009 Luis Aguilar 52/60 87
2011 Austin Ferreira 52/62 84
2023 Michael Tanner 39/42 93
2012 Louden Smith 39/47 82
2016 Jose Araiza 40/49 81
2017 Emmanuel Valenzuela-Jones 39/50 78
2019 Jairo Zarate 33/35 94
2015 Jose Araiza 29/30 97
CAREER PAT’S
YEAR NAME PAT’S %
2023-2024 Michael Tanner 107/113 95
2017-2018 Valenzuela-Jones 95/115 83
2014-2016 Jose Araiza 84/98 86
2019-2021 Jairo Zarate 64/79 82

Longest Kickoff Return for a TD
YEAR NAME YARDS TEAM VS.
1993 Ronnie Wood 99 Incline
1995 Sal Alcaraz 94 North Tahoe
2024 Joe Birnbaum 92 @Union Mine
1991 Brian Mulloy 91 North Tahoe
1999 Casey Nelson 90 Fernley
2000 Evan Birchard 90 @Dayton
2022 Joe Birnbaum 90 Moapa Valley
1991 Brian Mulloy 88 Dayton
2015 Cole Harrity 88 Dayton
1993 Brant Smith 86 Incline
2018 Marcus Bellon 86 @South Tahoe
1983 Rick Neptune 85 Hawthorne
2008 CJ Ackerman 85 Dayton
1995 Josh Simpson 84 Mouat Sec

Longest Punt Return for a TD
YEAR NAME YARDS TEAM VS.
2001 Evan Birchard 95 Dayton
2010 Mitch Nelson 90 Spring Creek
2018 Marcus Bellon 85 Sparks
2018 Marcus Bellon 79 @Moapa
1993 Ronnie Wood 75 Incline
2011 Trevor Auldridge 70 Fernley
2011 Trevor Auldridge 69 Fallon
1997 Mike Avilla 66 Yerington
2008 CJ Ackerman 65 Colfax
2012 Tyler Griffin 65 Spring Creek

Best Kickoff Return Average (Min. 5 Attempts)
YEAR NAME ATT/YRDS AVG.
2003 Brant Smith 7/252 36.0
1991 Brian Mulloy 17/569 33.5
2022 Joe Birnbaum 13/397 30.5
1993 Ronnie Wood 11/364 33.1
2010 Mitch Nelson 6/190 31.6
2018 Derek Laferrire 9/229 25.4
1991 Jess Spect 8/227 28.4
2024 Joe Birnbaum 10/282 28.2
1990 Andy DeLaTorre 8/185 23.1

Best Punt Return Average (Min. 8 Attempts)
YEAR NAME ATT/YRDS AVG.
1997 Mike Avilla 27/858 31.8
2011 Trevor Auldridge 14/416 29.1
2018 Marcus Bellon 8/227 28.3
2012 Tyler Griffin 13/355 27.3
1993 Ronnie Wood 14/343 24.5
2018 Derek Laferriere 12/219 18.25
1996 Kris Rendon 21/370 17.6
2010 Mitch Nelson 24/408 17.0

Most Total Return Yards in a Season
YEAR NAME YARDS GAMES
1997 Mike Avilla 858 11
1991 Brian Mulloy 736 11
1993 Ronnie Wood 707 12
2010 Mitch Nelson 598 12

Most Blocked Punts/Kicks in a Season
YEAR NAME BLOCKS GAMES
1991 Dave Olbrantz 4 11
2005 Kevin Sahlberg 4 11
2019 Tyler Estabrook 4 11
1994 Robert Shaffer 3 12
2009 James DePew 3 12

Most Touchbacks in a Season
YEAR NAME TOUCHBACKS GAMES
2011 Austin Ferreira 29 12
2022 Matt Tanner 27 12
2021 Jairo Zarate 22 8*
2018 Emmanuel Valenzuela-Jones 22 13*
2015 Jose Araiza 16 10*
2024 Paxton Lubrano 16 13*
2016 Jose Araiza 15 10*

3 thoughts on “Special Teams Records”

  1. Andrew cross

    Spencer archer is really upset because you don’t have most extra points in a season.

    1. Josh Ivens Post author

      Sorry Spencer…I’m not sure I have the time to dig up that stat at the moment. Maybe in the future.

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