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Cribbs named AFC Special Teams Player of the Month

Cleveland Browns
10/04/2007 12:39 PM

Cleveland Browns KR Joshua Cribbs was named AFC Special Teams Player of the Month.  Cribbs currently leads the NFL with a 549 kickoff return yards and a 34.3 kickoff return average.  In four games this season, Cribbs has totaled 16 kickoff returns for 549 yards (34.3 avg.) and one touchdown.  Cribbs has also handled punt return duties with three returns for 33 yards and also ranks second on the team with six special teams tackles.

 

Cribbs recorded his third kickoff return for a touchdown of his career with a 99-yard touchdown at Oakland on Sept. 23.   Cribbs is currently tied for the franchise lead (Bobby Mitchell, 3) and is the only player in franchise history with a kickoff return for a touchdown in three consecutive seasons.

 

Cribbs has consistently provided the Browns with a spark on special teams and has already added five returns this season of over 30 yards.  Cribbs currently ranks second in franchise history in all-time kickoff return yards with 3,137 and needs only 49 yards to pass Dino Hall (3,185) and become the team’s all-time leader in kickoff return yards. Read more