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Who’s the best SEC returner of all time?

Posted on 8/4/24 at 11:31 am
Posted by Milticket
Dixieland
Member since Jul 2024
661 posts
Posted on 8/4/24 at 11:31 am
I’ve got Javier Arenas strictly because he had 7 punt return TDs and won us multiple games by giving us excellent field position.

There’s a bunch of greats to choose from though. Dennis Johnson, Brandon James, Boykin, Holliday, etc.

Posted by FirstCityDawg
Member since May 2017
3088 posts
Posted on 8/4/24 at 11:34 am to
Brandon Boykin was electric.
Posted by Auburntiger
BTR area
Member since Mar 2005
14143 posts
Posted on 8/4/24 at 11:35 am to
David "Duece" Palmer was a beast

Posted by Lou C Furr
Tuscaloosa
Member since Jul 2019
99 posts
Posted on 8/4/24 at 11:35 am to
David Palmer should be in the conversation. LSU has had several over the years.
Posted by Milticket
Dixieland
Member since Jul 2024
661 posts
Posted on 8/4/24 at 11:35 am to
He was awesome. Mid to late 2000s was best years for returners in SEC history.
Posted by bigDgator
Dallas, TX
Member since Oct 2008
45920 posts
Posted on 8/4/24 at 11:37 am to
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Brandon James


I might be a little biased here.


Also Abner from Kentucky was really good.
Posted by Che Boludo
Member since May 2009
20284 posts
Posted on 8/4/24 at 11:40 am to
quote:

Javier Arenas strictly because he had 7 punt return TDs and won us multiple games by giving us excellent field position.

Well, he is 9 yds behind Wes Welker for all time NCAA return leader in yardage and leads SEC in TDs and yards returned, so it's kind of a no brainer
Posted by BigOrangeLoyalist
Warner Robins, GA
Member since Aug 2016
3014 posts
Posted on 8/4/24 at 11:44 am to
I’d go with Derek Abney
Posted by thirdlawson
Nashville
Member since Oct 2011
9290 posts
Posted on 8/4/24 at 11:46 am to
Posted by Tideroller
Lower Alabama
Member since Jan 2022
2873 posts
Posted on 8/4/24 at 11:54 am to
Deuce.
Posted by scrooster
Resident Ethicist
Member since Jul 2012
40977 posts
Posted on 8/4/24 at 12:04 pm to
Ace Sanders has to be mentioned along with Deebo.
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
130021 posts
Posted on 8/4/24 at 12:08 pm to
Derek Abney
Posted by lsubuddy
houma, la
Member since Jul 2014
4764 posts
Posted on 8/4/24 at 12:14 pm to
Wow,great history of returners...
Posted by BigAppleTiger
New York City
Member since Dec 2008
10709 posts
Posted on 8/4/24 at 12:16 pm to
Posted by OU Guy
Member since Feb 2022
19417 posts
Posted on 8/4/24 at 12:22 pm to
Antonio Perkins enters the chat (2001-04)

Nobody did it better than Antonio Perkins — in a career, in a season, or in a game. Perkins’ three punt returns touchdowns and 277 yards against UCLA in 2003 remains the NCAA standards, but his excellence was always on display.

In 2002, the 5-foot-11, 190-pound Lawton product set a school record with 647 punt return yards (on 43 runbacks), averaged 15.0 yards per return and scored three touchdowns. In 2003, on 53 returns, totaled 642 yards, averaged 12.1 per return, and scored four TDs.

His 1,441 career punt return yards remains an OU record that is likely untouchable.

Perkins earned consensus All-America honors in 2003 as a return specialist, but he also had 11 career interceptions. Perkins was a fourth-round pick of the Cleveland Browns in the 2005 NFL Draft (103rd overall) and played six games in two NFL seasons.

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Posted by Pikes Peak Tiger
Colorado Springs
Member since Jun 2023
6694 posts
Posted on 8/4/24 at 12:38 pm to
TM7 has to be in the conversation.
Posted by Blackadder
Member since Feb 2024
1420 posts
Posted on 8/4/24 at 12:39 pm to
Cordarrelle Patterson.

He parlayed a single season in the SEC (2012) into being a first round pick in the 2013 NFL Draft.

He is still in the league.
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora
Member since Sep 2012
70190 posts
Posted on 8/4/24 at 12:42 pm to
Isaiah McKenzie at UGA. The human joystick. He's not the best but he's probably the best that UGA has had.


Position was slot receiver but half his highlights are punt returns.

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This post was edited on 8/4/24 at 12:50 pm
Posted by pbro62
Baton Rouge
Member since May 2016
13951 posts
Posted on 8/4/24 at 12:46 pm to
Honey. Badger.
Posted by Themicah86
Member since Jun 2023
1961 posts
Posted on 8/4/24 at 12:50 pm to
Evan berry was our best. I felt like that dude was always on the brink of breaking one out
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