Devin Hester Returns Punt 62 Yards For Touchdown, Shouts Out Deion Sanders On Way To End Zone

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Devin Hester Returns Punt 62 Yards For Touchdown, Shouts Out Deion Sanders On Way To End Zone

Devin Hester is having a field day against Tampa Bay.

Devin Hester has been all over the field tonight and is probably making his former coach Lovie Smith sick to his stomach at this point. After a 20-yard end-around, Hester piled onto the absurd lead with a 62-yard punt return that put the Falcons up 35-0 with 7:05 left in the second quarter.

Coming into the game Hester and Deion Sanders were tied with 19 career returns for touchdowns, a league record. Hester now owns that record alone, and apparently knew it judging by his primetime-esque entrance into the end zone. Because the NFL is humorless, the Falcons were assessed a 15-yard penalty for taunting on the play. It was enforced on the kickoff, like it matters at this point.

[CBS]