The league's leading kick returner wants to avoid extinction.
Lions running back Ameer Abdullah broke into the NFL in 2015 as a dual-threat weapon out of the backfield, but made a name for himself in the return game. With new touchback rules set to change the way special teams units operate this season, the second-year speedster is pleading to make the kick return great again.
"They can't take the kickoff away ... I have to see the numbers to believe it's too dangerous," Abdullah told MLive.com on Friday. "I return kicks.