Titans' Chimere Dike made 2 pieces of Tennessee franchise history on big-play day

Billy Heyen

Titans' Chimere Dike made 2 pieces of Tennessee franchise history on big-play day image

Chimere Dike has quickly proven how special a talent he is for the Tennessee Titans.

He's both the most dangerous returner in the NFL and also a burgeoning talent at wide receiver.

That all showed on Sunday, when Dike scored on a punt return and on a reception from Cam Ward.

It was the punt return that was quite historic.

First, it was a 90-yarder. That tied Adam "Pacman" Jones' 2006 return for the longest punt return TD in franchise history, according to ESPN.

Dike is also now the fifth player in franchise history to have multiple punt return touchdowns in a season. He's the first to do so since Darius Reynaud did it in 2012.

The Titans chose Dike in the fourth round, 103rd overall, knowing he had the potential to be explosive.

He had five catches for 44 yards on Sunday in addition to his returns.

Dike has made his biggest mark in the return game, though. He leads the league with his 1,206 kickoff return yards. Dike hasn't quite housed a kickoff yet, although he did take one back 71 yards.

When you add Dike's yardage up from returns and offense, which is called all-purpose yards, he leads the entire league with 1,760 all-purpose yards.

Not bad for a fourth-round rookie.

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