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12. Dezember 2009, 17:48

Devin Hester Chicago Bears - Fotoshooting

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Two-time Pro Bowl selection, holds the franchise record for career punt return yards (1,449) and ranks seventh in kickoff return yards (2,141)... Ranks 4th in NFL history in combined career kick return scores with a franchise-record 11, just two behind Brian Mitchell for the most all-time... Is tied for 6th all-time in NFL history with 7 punt return touchdowns, just 3 behind Eric Metcalf for first place... Named to ESPN.com’s all-decade team in 2009 as a return specialist... As a receiver over the past two seasons, has posted 71 receptions for 964 yards (13.6 ypc) and 5 TDs with 8 starts at WR... Averages a touchdown once every 19.5 kick return, the fourth-best ratio in NFL history (11 TD, 215 returns)... Became the second-fastest played in NFL history to reach 1,000 punt return yards (24 games) and first player in team history to record 1,000 punt and kickoff return yards in a career... Is one of three Bears all-time to receive first-team AP All-Pro honors in their first two seasons (Gale Sayers, 1965-66 and Richard Barwegan, 1950-51)... Posted 12 return touchdowns (7 punt, 4 kickoff and 1 missed FG) in the 2006-07 seasons, the most ever by a player in his first two seasons and the most ever in consecutive years... Broke his own NFL record for kick return touchdowns in a season (4 punt, 2 kickoff) en route to his secondconsecutive Pro Bowl and Associated Press All-Pro selections in 2007... In 2007, became the 7th player in NFL history to have 600 punt return and 600 kickoff return yards in the same season, and surpassed the 500-yard mark in both punt and kickoff returns in back-to-back seasons (2006-07), making him just the second player ever to accomplish that feat... Holds franchise single-game records with 152 punt return yards at ARZ (10/16/06) and 225 kickoff return yards at STL (12/11/06)... Totaled 314 combined kick return yards (219 kickoff, 95 punt) at DET (9/30/07), the highest total in franchise history and 2nd-highest total in NFL annals... Became sixth player in NFL history to record 2 kickoff returns for touchdowns in the same game with returns of 94 and 96 yards at STL (12/11/06) and the fifth player in NFL history to have multiple games with two or more kick return touchdowns (also, 11/25/07 vs. DEN)... In 2006, became first Bears rookie selected to the Pro Bowl since Brian Urlacher (2001) and is also the first player to make the Pro Bowl in his first two seasons since Urlacher (2001-02)... Set an NFL record with 6 return touchdowns in a single-season during his rookie campaign in 2006... The first-team All-Pro selection in 2006 by the Associated Press, Sports Illustrated, USA Today Sports Weekly, The Sporting News and ESPN. com became the first player in NFL history to return the opening kickoff of a Super Bowl for a touchdown when he returned Super Bowl XLI’s first play 92 yards for a score... Tied teammate Nathan Vasher’s franchise record for longest play with a 108-yard missed field goal return TD at NYG (11/12/06), which is tied for the second longest play in NFL history... Named to Pro Football Weekly/PFWA’s All-NFL, All-NFC and All-Rookie teams as a punt returner and the All-NFC and All-Rookie teams as a kick returner... Returned punt 84 yards for a TD in NFL debut at GB (9/10/06) to become first Bears rookie in 51 years to return a punt for a score in his first game (Perry Jeter, vs. BALT, 9/30/56)... Career weekly and monthly awards: NFC Special Teams Player of the Week honoree (at NYG, 11/12/06; vs. MIN, 12/3/06; at STL, 12/11/06; vs. KC, 9/16/07; vs. MIN, 10/14/07; vs. DEN, 11/25/07; vs. NO, 12/30/07); NFC Special Teams Player of the Month (12/06 and 9/07) ... Became third player in NFL history to return at least two punts for TDs of 80 or more yards as a rookie... Rookie recipient of the Brian Piccolo Award, voted by his teammates... Totaled 11 tackles and 1 PBU as a reserve cornerback as a rookie.

2008 SEASON: Saw significant time at WR, starting a career-high 8 games... Led Chicago with a team and career-high 665 yards receiving and paced the Bears WRs with a career-high 51 catches... Tallied a career-high 3 receiving TDs as well... Rushed for 61 yards on 6 carries... Averaged 21.9 yards per kickoff return (679 yards on 31 returns) and returned 32 punts for 198 yards (6.2 avg)... Posted career highs in receptions (6) at ATL (10/12) and at HOU (12/28), while recording a careerhigh 87 receiving yards at ATL. GAMES PLAYED-STARTED: 15-8

PREVIOUS SEASONS: 2007 - Selected to his second consecutive Pro Bowl and his second straight AP All-Pro honors after setting the single-season NFL record with 6 kick returns for touchdowns with an NFL-tying 4 punt return TDs and 2 kickoff returns for scores... Appeared in all 16 games, leading the NFC (2nd in NFL) in punt return average (15.5) and ranking 2nd in the NFC in punt return yards (651) and total return yards (1,585)... Established single-season franchise marks for punt return average (15.5) and punt return yards (651), which is the 9th highest total in NFL history... Returned 43 kickoffs for 934 yards (21.7)... Led the Bears with 8 touchdowns (4 punt returns, 2 kickoff returns, 2 receiving) and was Chicago’s second-leading scorer... Made transition from cornerback to wide receiver, catching 20 passes for 299 yards and 2 touchdowns, including a Bears season-long 81-yard reception vs. MIN (10/14)... Posted a franchise-record 314 combined return yards (219 KR, 95 PR), which ranks second all-time in NFL history, including a career-long 97-yard kickoff return at DET (9/30)... Earned NFC Special Teams Player of the Month for September after accumulating an NFL-high 602 return yards, while leading the NFL with 239 punt return yards and a 19.9 punt return average, as the only player in the NFL with a touchdown on both a punt and kickoff.
2006 - Played in all 16 games during All-Pro and Pro Bowl rookie season, leading the NFL in punt returns (47) and punt return yards (600) and was tied for the lead in punt return TDs (3) and second (first in NFC) in punt return average (12.8)... Also led NFC in kick return average (fifth in the NFL) at 26.4 on 20 returns for 528 yards while tying for league lead with 2 kickoff return TDs... Saw time on defense as a reserve cornerback recording 11 tackles and 1 PBU... Posted a NFL-high 11 punt returns of 20 or more yards, the most in the league since 1997 (Karl Williams, TB, 12)... During Super Bowl XLI (2/4/07) became 8th player in NFL history to return a kickoff for a touchdown in a Super Bowl and first to do so on the game’s opening kick.

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