Falcons running back Cordarrelle Patterson etched his name into the NFL’s record books on Sunday with his ninth career kickoff return for a touchdown, the most in the league’s history.
Patterson entered Sunday’s game against the Bears with eight kickoff return scores, tied with Joshua Cribbs and Leon Washington for the record. Late in the second quarter, the 10-year veteran changed that with a sensational dash up the field.
Receiving the ball three yards deep in his own end zone, Patterson found a seam up the middle. He split a pair of Bears defenders not once, but twice, eventually accelerating past Chicago kicker Cairo Santos to take the return to the house.