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There are 106 days to go until the New Orleans Saints open their 2026 season against the Detroit Lions, which means Alvin Kamara's 106-yard kick return touchdown is our Saints Play of the Day. He answered an early score by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers offense to help tie it up 7-7 in Week 17's regular season finale back in 2017.
Kamara set a team record with his first kick return TD as a rookie, which you can see here. Before that, the team's longest kick return had traveled 102 yards, a record set by Eric Guliford back in 1997, which we'll reflect on further in just a few days.
On this play, Kamara chopped his feet in the end zone to read the field, then sprinted out to follow good blocks from teammates like Jonathan Freeny, Chris Banjo, Willie Snead, and Taysom Hill. Michael Mauti and Justin Hardee sprang him free at the Saints' 30-yard line, and at that point all Kamara had in front of him was 70 yards of green grass.
It's an impressive play, and while Kamara hasn't maintained an active presence in the return game (largely due to how important he's been offensively), it did show many of the traits that made him special. Patience to follow his blockers and decisive cuts in the open field have gone a long way in Kamara's career. He didn't become the Saints' all-time leader in rushing attempts (1,674), yards on the ground (7,250), and touchdown runs (61) by accident. There's a lot of uncertainty surrounding Kamara's status with the Saints going into 2026, but if this is it for him, we'll have plenty of memories just like this one.
This article originally appeared on Saints Wire: Saints Play of the Day: Alvin Kamara's 106-yard kick return touchdown
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Kamara set a team record with his first kick return TD as a rookie, which you can see here. Before that, the team's longest kick return had traveled 102 yards, a record set by Eric Guliford back in 1997, which we'll reflect on further in just a few days.
On this play, Kamara chopped his feet in the end zone to read the field, then sprinted out to follow good blocks from teammates like Jonathan Freeny, Chris Banjo, Willie Snead, and Taysom Hill. Michael Mauti and Justin Hardee sprang him free at the Saints' 30-yard line, and at that point all Kamara had in front of him was 70 yards of green grass.
It's an impressive play, and while Kamara hasn't maintained an active presence in the return game (largely due to how important he's been offensively), it did show many of the traits that made him special. Patience to follow his blockers and decisive cuts in the open field have gone a long way in Kamara's career. He didn't become the Saints' all-time leader in rushing attempts (1,674), yards on the ground (7,250), and touchdown runs (61) by accident. There's a lot of uncertainty surrounding Kamara's status with the Saints going into 2026, but if this is it for him, we'll have plenty of memories just like this one.
This article originally appeared on Saints Wire: Saints Play of the Day: Alvin Kamara's 106-yard kick return touchdown
Continue reading...
