When the NFL overhauled kickoff rules to create more returns this season, the change had the potential to revive a rare, electrifying play: the kicker tackle. Retired kickers like Shayne Graham ...

The Dallas Cowboys are no strangers to this team-building strategy: Signing UFL standouts. They've been successful at it, too ...

Let's not keep doing that, okay? Four days after the 49ers lost kicker Jake Moody to an ankle injury while he made a tackle on a kickoff, the status of their new kicker, Matthew Wright ...

The Dallas Cowboys are bringing in a former fourth-round pick who made the 2025 All-UFL team for a workout following minicamp.

The new kickoff rule is expected to result in more kickoff returns, including more long kickoff returns where the kicker is the last man standing between the returner and the end zone. Which means ...

“I’m a big believer that I can’t let the kicker tackle me,” said Sweeting, a Vegas Vipers returner who ranked third in the XFL last season with an average return of 23.4 yards. “That’s ...

Oct. 11, 9:35 a.m. For the second time in five days, the San Francisco 49ers saw their kicker get hurt trying to make a tackle on kickoff coverage. Freshly signed kicker Matthew Wright’s last ...

In the XFL, the kickoff specialist made 17 percent of all tackles on these plays. So, kickers, including Steelers kicker Chris Boswell, are getting into the weight room. "There was a stat that ...

Which means kickers may have to tackle more than ever before. As a result, some teams are considering having a non-kicker handle kickoffs. Chiefs special teams coordinator Dave Toub has said he ...