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I see that the NFL now has a kicking category for kickoffs, including yards returned, % returned, and touchbacks. When did that start?

1991.

The 1965 New York "Football" Giants also had four different players attempting kicks that season.
Bob Timberlake was an incredible 1 for 15 in field goal attempts, while defensive end Any Stynchula chipped in with a 3 for 7 mark on field goals.
Fullback Chuck Mercein prior to his Ice Bowl fame missed two attempts and middle linebacker Jerry Hllebrand missed one. I think they may have
set a then-record for most consecutive field goal attempts missed. No wonder they were desparate to sign Pete Gogolak away from he Buffalo BIlls
the following spring, helping to lead to the AFL-NFL merger!
On a interesting note the 1960 and 1961 Buffalo BIlls each had four different players attempt kicks, which must be some kind of record for most
kickers over two seasons??!??

Teo wrote:I notice that the Jacksonville Jaguars will have their fifth placekicker in their next game. Their regular kicker Josh Lambo, played in their first two games before he got injured, then Brandon Wright, Aldrick Rosas (who also got injured), Stephen Hauschka, and in week 6 it will be Jon Brown. Has other team (excluding in the 1987 season, with the strike-replacement games), has had many kickers? The other teams in the top of my head I remember (with three kickers) are the 1978 and 1983 New England Patriots, with John Smith, Nick Lowery and David Posey in 1978, and Smith, Fred Steinfort and Joaquín Zendejas in 1983.

Another Jaguars kicker this season (the sixth kicker): Chase McLaughlin.