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          Watch: Andre Roberts cruises to 99-yard kickoff return score

          • Rich Cimini, ESPN Staff WriterDec 23, 2018, 07:30 PM
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              Rich Cimini is a staff writer who covers the New York Jets and the NFL at ESPN. Rich has covered the Jets for over 30 years, joining ESPN in 2010. Rich also hosts the Flight Deck podcast. He previously was a beat writer for the New York Daily News and is a graduate of Syracuse University. You can follow him via Twitter @RichCimini.
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          EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Andre Roberts scored the New York Jets’ first kickoff-return touchdown since 2012 on a well-designed and well-executed play. Roberts, named to his first Pro Bowl last week, was barely touched on the play. He received a kick-out block from Chris Herndon at the 22-yard line, creating an alley down the right-middle of the field. Frankie Luvu knocked his man to the ground at the 31, erasing a would-be tackler. Roberts did the rest, sprinting unchallenged the rest of the way. He still has pretty good giddy-up for a 30-year-old. In Week 1, he scored on a punt return. The last Jets player to score on a kickoff was Joe McKnight, against the Texans, in 2012.

          Roberts is the second Jets player to have a punt return TD and kickoff return TD in the same season, joining Leon Johnson in 1997. Roberts is also the first player in Jets history to have a punt return TD, kickoff return TD and TD reception in the same season.