As the NFL continues to drastically change the concept of kickoffs with the latest league vote on Tuesday, take a look back at some of the more memorable kickoff return touchdowns in recent memory.

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• Antonio Brown 89-yard reverse kickoff TD

• Riley Cooper trick play kick return

• Dion Lewis 104-yard kickoff return

• Cordarrelle Patterson record setting kick return

• Devin Hester opens Super Bowl XLI with a kick return TD

• Devin McCourty 104-yard return in red throwbacks

• Random video of the day:
  
  Devin McCourty returns a kickoff 104 yards for a TD vs the New York Jets during a 29-26 (OT) Patriots win in 2012. Gil Santos on the call is beautiful.pic.twitter.com/m7loREBm9E

  — TCL (@TitleTalkTCL) October 22, 2022

• Randall Cobb goes 108-yards in his NFL debut

• Randall Cobb 108 yard kickoff return vs the Saints in 2011.
  
  This was the first regular season game after the Super Bowl win. Good memories. pic.twitter.com/2mCXtCyEZy

  — 𝘿𝙚𝙫𝙤𝙣🧀 (@JordanMFLove) March 25, 2020

• Brandon Tate 103 yard return in Miami

• Jacoby Jones with the longest play in Super Bowl history

• Jacoby Jones’ 109-yard kickoff return in Super Bowl 47.
  
  The longest play in Super Bowl history. pic.twitter.com/HfThbE3pT3

  — 𝗥𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝙇𝙄𝙑𝙀 (@LIVERavenNation) January 7, 2023

• Tyreek Hill reaches cheetah-level speed.. but it didn’t count

• Throwback to 2016, when @Cheetah hit 23.24 MPH on a kickoff return touchdown, the fastest ball carrier speed ever recorded by @NextGenStats ever! Shame it was called back for a penalty! 💨🐆✌pic.twitter.com/6tat6pPhbh

  — Brad Henson Productions (@BradHensonPro) January 28, 2021

• “Prime Time” with a crazy trick play kick return

• Dante Hall was an electric factory!!

• (2003) Dante Hall returns his 6th kickoff in last 9 games pic.twitter.com/YiLAFUvWoB

  — Football (@fballtweeter) August 2, 2021

• Desmond Howard breaks Patriots fans’ hearts in Super Bowl XXXI

• #Packers return stud Desmond Howard takes one 99 yards to the house in Super Bowl XXXI.
  
  The fourth kickoff return in Super Bowl history, and then the longest
  
  MVP
  
  This date in 1997 pic.twitter.com/DiucrNbSjk

  — Kevin Gallagher (@KevG163) January 27, 2023

• Nyheim Hines takes back two against the Patriots in emotional Week 18 win

• Nyheim Hines Opening Kickoff Return TD 👀
  
  pic.twitter.com/0MAHNnCbsE

  — Peyton2Luck™️ (@Peyton2L) January 8, 2023

• Bills RB Nyheim Hines just raced a kickoff-return TD back 101 yards after opening game with a 96-yard kick return TD.
  
  Only the 11th time in history a player has returned 2 kick TDs in one game. First time since 2010.pic.twitter.com/qSnkMuHY92

  — Jori Epstein (@JoriEpstein) January 8, 2023

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