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Cheese Curds, 1/4: Kickoff return successes were a distant memory until Keisean Nixon

In 2021, the Green Bay Packers averaged 17.7 yards per kickoff return attempt. No player averaged better than 20 yards per return for a unit that was one of the worst in the NFL.

Those types of numbers have been the norm for this team over the past several years. In fact, the last time the Packers had a single return man who attempted even 15 returns in a single season was in 2017 (Trevor Davis, who averaged 22.8 yards per return on 31 attempts), and the last time a Packer averaged 25 yards per return on at least 10 attempts was Jeff Janis in the 2015 season (29.