All-purpose yards or All-purpose yardage is an American football and Canadian football statistical measure. American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with In accordance with the Manual of Style (see) Canadian English is used throughout this article (see Canadian_English#Spelling) It is virtually the same as the statistic that some football leagues refer to as combined net yards. [1] In the game of football, progress is measured by advancing the football towards the opposing team's goal line. A football is a Ball used to play one of the various sports known as Football. The goal line is the chalked or painted line dividing the End zone from the field of play in Canadian football and American football. Progress can be made during play by the offensive team by advancing the ball from the its point of progress at the start of play known as the line of scrimmage or by the defensive team after taking possession of the football via a change of possession (such as punt, kickoff, interception, punt block, blocked kick or fumble). In American and Canadian football a line of scrimmage is an imaginary transverse line crossing the football field across its narrower dimension beyond A punt in some codes of football especially American football and Rugby football, is performed when the ball is A punt in some codes of football especially American football and Rugby football, is performed when the ball is Fumblespng|300px|right|thumb|The rate of fumbles by running backs in the NFL has decreased steadily since the AFL-NFL merger. When the offensive team advances the ball by rushing the football, the player who carries the ball is given credit for the difference in progress measured in rushing yards. In American football, rushing has two different meanings Offense Best Record-Breaking Performance ESPY Award --> When the offensive team advances the ball by pass reception, the player who catches the reception is given credit for the difference in progress measured in reception yards. In American football, a reception is part of a play in which a Forward pass from behind the line of scrimmage is received (caught by a player in bounds Although the ball may also be advanced by penalty these yards are not considered all-purpose yards. Progress lost via quarterback sacks are classified variously. In American football and Canadian football, the sack occurs when the Quarterback is tackled behind the Line of scrimmage before he Thus, all-purpose yards is a combined total of rushing yards, receiving yards, and all forms of return yards only. Return yards is an American football and Canadian football statistical measure that takes several forms Some sources do not specify which types of return yards count toward this total because the most common forms of return yards are kick and punt return yards. [2]
Football associations differ on their own specific definitions of the term. The National Collegiate Athletic Association, for example, defines the term as "the combined net yards gained by rushing, receiving, interception (and fumble) returns, punt returns, kickoff returns and runbacks of field goal attempts. The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations All-purpose yardage does not include forward passing yardage" (at pg. 206). [3] The National Football League (NFL), however, defines combined net yards as "Rushing, receiving, interception returns, punt returns, kickoff returns, and fumble returns". The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. [4] Neither of these totals makes clear how they handle the advancement of a successful onside kick. Onside kick (sometimes onsides kick) is a term used in American and Canadian football for a type of kickoff, and in some circumstances and leagues
Brian Westbrook holds the NCAA Division I record for career all-purpose yards, while Barry Sanders holds the single-season record. Brian Collins Westbrook (born September 2 1979 in Washington D The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations Division I (or D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States Barry David Sanders (born) is a former American football Running back who spent all of his professional career with the Detroit Lions in the NFL [3] Jerry Rice holds the NFL career combined net yards record. Jerry Lee Rice (born October 13, 1962 in Crawford Mississippi) is a former football Wide receiver in the NFL. [4]
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- ^ Top 20 Combined Net Yards. The following terms are used in American football and Canadian football, but see also the Glossary of Canadian football. Pro Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved on 2008-01-02. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire.
- ^ All-Purpose Yards. Information Please Database. Pearson Education, Inc. (2007). Retrieved on 2008-01-02. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire.
- ^ a b Official 2007 NCAA Division I Football Record Book. National Collegiate Athletic Association (August 2007). Retrieved on 2008-01-03. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon.
- ^ a b Individual Records: Combined Yardage. NFL Enterprises LLC. Retrieved on 2008-01-03. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon.
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