Onside Kick Success Rate 2024. Nfl special teams coordinators may have found the way. But onside kicks have become a major casualty of the new kickoff rules, which prevent players from getting a running start before the ball is kicked.
Only 5% of onside kicks in the fourth quarter were recovered by the kicking team last season, according to sportradar. How do you make kickoffs more exciting without significantly increasing the injury rate?