These days, the University of Washington has punt return fever.
Through three games, Dante Pettis leads all FBS returners with a whopping 38.8 yards average per punt return.
But that is not what is capturing people’s imagination. In each game, Pettis has returned a punt for a touchdown.
On Saturday, he took one back 77 yards against Fresno State in a 48-16 Huskies’ victory that tied two NCAA records:
u25aa He matched Texas Tech’s Wes Welker (2000-03) and Oklahoma’s Antonio Perkins (2001-04) with his eighth career punt-return touchdown.
u25aa He also joined Kansas State’s David Allen (1998) and North Carolina’s Ryan Switzer (2003) as the only men to return a punt for a score in three consecutive games.