ReutersBills cornerback Leodis McKelvin is the only player in the NFL with two punt returns for touchdowns in the 2012 season, but he won’t get a chance to make a run at the NFL record of four in a year in the final two weeks of the season.
The Bills announced Thursday that McKelvin has been placed on injured reserve as a result of the groin injury that kept him out of their Week 15 loss to the Seahawks. McKelvin ends the year with an average of 18.7 yards per punt return, which is the best in the league and should remain that way unless Adam Jones or Dwayne Harris turn in two weeks if nothing but massive punt returns.
McKelvin, who also saw time in the team’s sub packages at corner, is set to become a free agent after the season. Figuring out the right price for a dynamic returner — McKelvin is averaging more than 28 yards per kickoff return as well — is never an easy task, leaving the Bills with some work to do if they want to keep McKelvin in Buffalo beyond this year.
To take McKelvin’s spot on the roster, the Bills re-signed linebacker Kirk Morrison. The former Jaguar and Raider was released earlier this month after spending the first three months of the season on the active roster without ever playing in a game.
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The Bills are a joke. The fans deserve so much better
See ya leodis…
you arent a cover guy. but maybe we pay you half what we are paying you now to come back as only a kick returner.. no?
later! another blown 1st round pick
Another bonehead Nix move and of course McKelvin will run as fast as he ca, no pun intended. @footballady52 🏉
I know McKelvin has not fully lived up to his draft selection, but lately he has shown that if he is put in the right position he succeeds. Using McKelvin to cover the slot position has worked out well. His punt return abilities are reason enough to bring him back to Buffalo. I say re-sign him.
Buffalo will re-sign him. He’s a descent nickel corner and great return man. Most of all he’s a veteran presence that provides depth amongst our young group of corners.
One of the few bright spots on the squad.
He wont be back…will end up on a good team, playing well, and Bills fans will be saying “Why didn’t we keep him?” Nate Odoms, Donte Whitner, Jabari Greer, Willis McGahee, Marshawn Lynch………
He’s a great cover guy – always in perfect position as the ball comes in. That’s where it ends, though – he never makes a play on the ball and his guy either catches it or has a great chance to catch it. If it’s incomplete, it’s because of a drop, not because McKelvin did anything.