Even with the uncertainty he would catch the football every time, the Denver Broncos at least had a dynamic scoring threat in punt returner Trindon Holliday, who finished the 2012 season with four total return touchdowns and an average per punt return of 10.4 yards.
In 2017, the Broncos believed fifth-round pick Isaiah McKenzie would be that dynamic threat as a punt returner and former special teams coordinator Brock Olivo even went so far as to call McKenzie one of the best ‘catchers’ of punts in last year’s draft class.
The Broncos’ confidence in McKenzie remained throughout a very difficult regular season in which he fumbled six times, averaging less than nine yards per punt return.