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The Red Raiders at 1,000: Return specialist Wes Welker

Return specialist: Wes Welker

About this series: A-J Media counts down 1,000 hours to the 1,000th football game.

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The reason why: He set an NCAA record with eight career punt-return touchdowns between 2000 and 2003. The mark fell five years ago.

Still, Welker returned two punts for TDs as a freshman, one as a sophomore, three as a junior and two as a senior. He still holds the school and Big 12 records for single-season and career punt returns and punt-return yardage, finishing with 152 for 1,761 yards.