who is the oldest nfl player to score a kickoff return touchdown in a game

Andre Roberts is the oldest in a game with more than 0 kick-return touchdowns. He was 33 years and 358 days old against the Broncos on January 2, 2022.

Interpreted as:
Who is the oldest NFL player to score a kickoff return touchdown in a regular-season game?
NAMEAgeKR TDDATETMOPPKRKR YDSKR AVGPRPR YDSPR AVGPR TD
1Andre Roberts
A. Roberts
33-358
1
1/2/2022
vs
2
148
74.0
2
5
2.5
0
2Mel Gray
M. Gray
33-276
1
12/17/1994
vs
4
172
43.0
1
14
14.0
0
3Mel Gray
M. Gray
33-235
1
11/6/1994
@
1
91
91.0
2
24
12.0
0
4Mel Gray
M. Gray
33-221
1
10/23/1994
vs
4
174
43.5
1
3
3.0
0
5Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
33-078
1
11/4/2001
@
2
118
59.0
4
49
12.3
0
6Michael L. Lewis
M. L. Lewis
33-042
1
12/26/2004
vs
3
122
40.7
5
40
8.0
0
7Allen Rossum
A. Rossum
33-019
1
11/10/2008
@
4
186
46.5
2
12
6.0
0
8Herschel Walker
H. Walker
32-296
1
12/24/1994
@
2
106
53.0
0
0
0
9Terry Kirby
T. Kirby
32-238
1
9/15/2002
@
2
119
59.5
0
0
0
10Mel Gray
M. Gray
32-215
1
10/17/1993
vs
3
117
39.0
3
42
14.0
0
11Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
32-044
1
10/1/2000
vs
2
135
67.5
2
15
7.5
0
12Henry Jones
H. Jones
31-355
1
12/19/1999
@
1
37
37.0
0
0
0
13Allen Rossum
A. Rossum
31-336
1
9/23/2007
vs
2
120
60.0
2
-4
-2.0
0
14Terry Kirby
T. Kirby
31-295
1
11/11/2001
@
7
220
31.4
0
0
0
15Don Beebe
D. Beebe
31-293
1
10/6/1996
@
1
90
90.0
0
0
0
16Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
31-248
1
11/20/2022
vs
3
147
49.0
0
0
0
17Steve Broussard
S. Broussard
31-210
1
9/20/1998
vs
2
108
54.0
0
0
0
18Mel Gray
M. Gray
31-195
1
9/27/1992
vs
3
123
41.0
1
2
2.0
0
19Michael L. Lewis
M. L. Lewis
31-031
1
12/15/2002
vs
4
183
45.8
1
0
0.0
0
20Andre Roberts
A. Roberts
30-348
1
12/23/2018
vs
4
203
50.8
1
12
12.0
0
21Michael L. Lewis
M. L. Lewis
30-333
1
10/13/2002
@
5
203
40.6
1
83
83.0
1
22Joe Arenas
J. Arenas
30-328
1
11/4/1956
vs
0
23Michael Bates
M. Bates
30-259
1
9/3/2000
@
4
164
41.0
0
0
0
24Jacoby Jones
J. Jones
30-114
1
11/2/2014
@
4
188
47.0
3
32
10.7
0
25Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
30-110
1
12/6/1998
vs
5
189
37.8
3
37
12.3
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for kick-return touchdowns going back to the 1950 season.

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