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re: Who’s the best SEC returner of all time?

Posted on 8/4/24 at 12:53 pm to
Posted by deeprig9
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Posted on 8/4/24 at 12:53 pm to
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Honey. Badger.


2011 SECCG UGA was owning LSU in the first half, then just before halftime, honey badger returns a kick for a TD and, even though LSU was still losing, the momentum swung to LSU going into the locker room, and never swung back. That kick return, although in the first half, is what won that championship for LSU.
Posted by King
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Posted on 8/4/24 at 2:42 pm to
Posted by supersaints9
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Posted on 8/4/24 at 2:47 pm to
Kevin Faulk…thread
Posted by N0T SURE
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Posted on 8/4/24 at 2:50 pm to
I got to see Antonio Perkins at Oklahoma in person and he was unreal, I think he and honey badger take the contest.
Posted by jangalang
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Posted on 8/4/24 at 2:53 pm to
I would have guessed Arenas as well.
Posted by FreedomBarefoot
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Posted on 8/4/24 at 2:54 pm to
Eddie Jackson has to be up there.
Posted by Godawgs4
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Posted on 8/4/24 at 3:09 pm to
I would think Tulu Griffin would rank highly. He averaged 30+ yards per KO return which is the second highest average in SEC history.
No he did not return punts which is really a different animal. Lot of props to guys who did both.
Posted by GiveHimSix
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Posted on 8/4/24 at 3:10 pm to
Cordarrelle Patterson. Watch his tape if you don't believe.
Posted by Draconian Sanctions
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Posted on 8/4/24 at 3:16 pm to
Honey Badger was on another level.

Arenas would be #2 in terms of who I have seen. Can’t lie i was in the stadium in 07 and when he took us to the house in i think the very late 3rd/early 4th to i think take the lead I was fricking spiraling.
This post was edited on 8/4/24 at 3:17 pm
Posted by GiveHimSix
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Posted on 8/4/24 at 3:19 pm to
Did he break the NFL kick return record like Cordarrelle Patterson?

Patterson played for Tennessee during our darkest days, wasn't used nearly efficiently enough for us imo but he was a human highlight reel with the ball in his hands. Now he's the best kick returner in NFL history.

BEAST
This post was edited on 8/4/24 at 3:25 pm
Posted by Draconian Sanctions
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Posted on 8/4/24 at 3:28 pm to
i don’t care about NFL
Posted by GiveHimSix
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Posted on 8/4/24 at 3:31 pm to
He was just as good in college as well. Most electric guy I've ever seen with the ball in his hands.

Alvin Kamara got so much hype in New Orleans as a playmaker, but I watched both play for Tennessee and Patterson was just on another level with the ball in his hands.

Never seen anyone in college as electric as him with the ball in his hands for any team period. And that's just telling it like it is no bias. I'd say the same if he played for Bama.

I told everyone he would be breaking records in the NFL and look now.

He's a human highlight reel anytime he touches it.
This post was edited on 8/4/24 at 3:35 pm
Posted by JeffLebowski
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Posted on 8/4/24 at 3:49 pm to
Arkansas has had some pretty decent ones Dennis Johnson(all time total yards leader in SEC for kick returns), Joe Adams(nuff said), Felix Jones…
Posted by GiveHimSix
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Posted on 8/4/24 at 3:54 pm to
Joe Adams was legit.
Posted by Phat Phil
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Posted on 8/4/24 at 3:58 pm to
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NFL records
109-yard play (tied)
Most career kickoff return touchdowns: 9


Cordarrelle Patterson is the GOAT NFL returner
Posted by JeffLebowski
Member since Feb 2015
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Posted on 8/4/24 at 4:02 pm to
When we had mallett or Wilson throwing to Adams, Wright, Childs, and Gragg with Knile Davis as RB, we were dreaded to gameplan for.
Posted by Marktastic86
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Posted on 8/4/24 at 4:08 pm to
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Eddie Jackson has to be up there.


He was great at taking his interceptions to the house as well. His best return may have been against Ole Miss in 2016.

Posted by tideohio
Columbus, OH
Member since Dec 2015
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Posted on 8/4/24 at 4:12 pm to
Take it any way you want to
Honey Bafger
J Arenas
David Palmer
Kerry Goode
I apologize if I missed a deserving one
Posted by swinetime
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Posted on 8/4/24 at 4:17 pm to
Joe Adams and its not really close.
Posted by hg
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Posted on 8/4/24 at 4:20 pm to
2011 SECCG UGA was owning LSU in the first half, then just before halftime, honey badger returns a kick for a TD and, even though LSU was still losing, the momentum swung to LSU going into the locker room, and never swung back. That kick return, although in the first half, is what won that championship for LSU.

His near PR TD in that game was one of the most impressive ones I've ever seen
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