Best OU put returner

[Flagstaffsooner]

This should not even cause an argument.
Perk! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DcoNiRJ0V8)

[Collier11]

what the hell is a put returner, is this the guy that grabs a sunken putt out of the hole???

[Flagstaffsooner]

a Natty moment

[texas bandman]

Good video, Antonio was unstoppable that day. He did have some pretty decent blocking though.

[Crucifax Autumn]

Simply amazing. We need someone to pull this off this season.

[goingoneight]

Best OU put returner inside the 10-yard line. Kicks usually fall back there.

[JLEW1818]

oh its perk right now BUT GET READY FOR MY BOY DOMINIQUE FRANKS, HE'S ONE YEAR OLDER AND ONE YEAR SMARTER.

[swardboy]

I bought puts on sbux and it returned handsome profits for me.....wish I had caught JKHY when it nose-dived on last earnings report....

[snp]

Defense must've been mad at AP that day for keeping them on the field so much.

[soonerfan28]

Perkins.

[olevetonahill]

Flag your such a PUT Z :D

[Boomer.....]

JT Thatcher was great also.

[swardboy]

This should not even cause an argument.
Perk! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DcoNiRJ0V8)

Not wishing to cause an argument, but really, who would you rather not face back there, AP or "smoke through a keyhole" aka Joe Washington?

[Flagstaffsooner]

Not wishing to cause an argument, but really, who would you rather not face back there, AP or "smoke through a keyhole" aka Joe Washington?Both:D :D

[Tulsa_Fireman]

Dean Blevins.

there's a 60% chance of a 50% possibility that this response is 36.8% referencing the wrong position.

[tulsaoilerfan]

Little Joe was a great one, he just didn't return very many; i think he had 3 total td's on punt returns

[CtheB]

Blast from the past....I believe that Basil Banks led the country in punt returns in the 1977-1978 seasons. But it's hard to argue there's been a better one than Antonio Perkins.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

Jarrail Jackson..hands down

[Blitzkrieg]

Joe Washington.

[Salt City Sooner]

It may have lost yardage, but it was sure fun to watch:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=U1Ms_37TWBI

[HateTheWhorns]

what the hell is a put returner, is this the guy that grabs a sunken putt out of the hole???

Nope. Its the guy that brings the shot put back after each throw. I worked a few track meets in my day. Pretty sure the official title of my job was put returner :D

:pop:

By the way, doesn't OU hold just about every punt return record in the book?

Highest average punt return (career) - Mitchell
Most punt return TDs (career) - Perkins
Longest punt return ever for a 3 yard loss - Washington

I would rate them 1, 1a, and 1b in no particular order.

[sooneron]

I would have to vote for Joe W as well. He was my all time fave Sooner and he would have had more than three if he'd ben given the short-lived "halo rule". There were three Big 12 guys that benefited from that rule- Welker, Perk, and Bloom.
Perk was great until the knee tweak (which was really too bad) after it, he was never the same.
Buster should get some mention too. Perk had it good. Good special teams coaching/execution and a rule that set up long returns for him.

[tulsaoilerfan]

Blast from the past....I believe that Basil Banks led the country in punt returns in the 1977-1978 seasons. But it's hard to argue there's been a better one than Antonio Perkins.

He did one year; think it was actually 79; i remember him busting a long one in the Orange Bowl only to fumble it inside the 10

[sooneron]

And yes, this should be an argument.







and a pole

[Blitzkrieg]

Good call on the halo rule, that was a huge advantage for a while.

[soonerfan28]

Wasn't Billy Vessels a punt returner?

[Animal Mother]

When Perk had two and UCLA kicked the ball to him AGAIN, they should've asked for a urinalysis from their coach right there on the sideline.

[RiddlerOK]

I kinda liked Freddie Nixon when Basil wasn't stealing some of his thunder. :)

[stoopified]

The greatest putter in OU history is Kevin Bookout.The only people I can think crazy enough to TRY to return his puts would be Joe Don Looney and Wahoo MacDaniel.

[badger]

Hahaha, here's your PUT returner, hahahaha
http://www.oufoundation.org/sm/summer07/images/track/t2_large.jpg
Get it? He's throwing a shot PUT so therefore, he has to return it after throwing it. PUT returner! hahahahaha

:rolleyes: be nice, we all make typos. My real vote is for Antonio Perkins.

[Collier11]

Hahaha, here's your PUT returner, hahahaha
http://www.oufoundation.org/sm/summer07/images/track/t2_large.jpg
Get it? He's throwing a shot PUT so therefore, he has to return it after throwing it. PUT returner! hahahahaha

:rolleyes: be nice, we all make typos. My real vote is for Antonio Perkins.

is that all you got, weak sauce!!!

[badger]

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You are Chris and we are Peter.

:mad: Ha. Ha. Ha. :mad:

;)

[Eielson]

It may have lost yardage, but it was sure fun to watch:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=U1Ms_37TWBI

Yeah, he lost two or three yards.

[CincySooner]

Good call on the halo rule, that was a huge advantage for a while.

2002 was the last year of the halo. Perkins did not benefit from the halo rule in 2003 or 2004.