Alabama Roots: Top 10 in NFL the opening shot bring yards back
Two of the 10 players from Alabama secondary schools and universities who have the most NFL the opening shot return yards were dynamic during the 2023 season. In any case, neither Las Vegas Bandits running back Ameer Abdullah (Homewood) nor Denver Horses cornerback Tremon Smith (Saks) returned an opening shot last season.
That should have been visible as emblematic of the decrease of the opening shot return in the NFL.
No. 1 on the Alabama-roots rundown of NFL the opening shot return yards, Expedient Duncan (Druid) had his top single-season yield in 1971 with 724 yards. That season, the typical number of the opening shot returns per game was 7.34. In 2023, that normal had dropped to 2.16.
