In the Bengals’ first 49 seasons, they have only had three players lead the AFC in kickoff return average: Tremain Mack in 1999, Adam Jones in 2014, and Alex Erickson last year.
Erickson’s 27.9 average ranked second in the NFL behind Minnesota’s Cordarrelle Patterson (31.7) and was the second-best single season mark in team history behind Jones’ 31.3.
“I think it was a point of pride for the entire unit,” said Erickson. “I don’t like to say it was my number, because it was our number.