Raiders' RB Dylan Laube is a league-leading return specialist
Dylan Laube is averaging 31.1 yards per kickoff return, the best in the NFL, and the Raiders' sixth-round pick keeps flipping field position.
The Las Vegas Raiders are looking for any advantage as they enter their eighth NFL game with four straight losses, and running back Dylan Laube has emerged as one of their top weapons. Laube, who entered Week 8 leading the NFL at 31.1 yards per kickoff return, has 435 yards on 14 returns this season. Only Ray Davis of the Buffalo Bills has a higher average at 31.0 yards per return among players with at least 10 returns.
Laube's performance is a significant improvement over the league average of 26.0 yards per kickoff return during the first four weeks of the season, when the NFL accumulated a record 13,409 return yards. Since being drafted in the sixth round out of New Hampshire in 2024, Laube has had nine returns of at least 20 yards and three of 40 or more yards in the first five games.
His longest return was a 53-yarder against the Kansas City Chiefs, and he also scored his first career touchdown on a 2-yard run in New England. While Laube has yet to return a kickoff for a touchdown, his consistent yardage makes him a valuable asset for an offense struggling to sustain drives.
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