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Originally Posted by Coach34

The Big Ten also had 7 punt return TD's in 2021 and the ACC had 4.

Just not alot of return when measuring time spent

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Have you seen the Pulaski Academy HS team out of Arkansas that never punts ? Their coach plays the odds of converting on fourth down vs field position of punting. They beat Madison Ridgeland Academy 48-40 last night.

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Originally Posted by Coach34

Yep. It's a philosophy thing. Go check stats and find me a team that returns more than 1 punt for a TD in a season. Teams average punting about 55 times a season. So you're lucky if you get 1 punt return for a TD in 55 punts.

There were 293 punt returns in the SEC last year. This doesnt count fair catches obviously. In 293 punt returns- there were 7 returned for a TD with Bama and Georgia having 3 of them. So in the other 290 punt returns- there were 4 returned for TD. I'm willing to bet there were 30 plus penalties on punt returns combined.

My philosophy in HS? My teams try to block every punt. We make teams max protect so they cant cover like they want. We always get more out of punt block than any return. College is obviously different due to specialists and such- but its still something you can do to put pressure on teams.

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Thanks. Very informative info. I know there are very few punt returns for TD, but what was the average yards returned per punt return, rather than our philosophy of a sure handed "return man" with little to no positive return yardage? A good return can flip the field or change momentum.