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Video: Jalen Rima produces longest punt return in UNI football history
Gazette staff
Nov. 5, 2016 1:59 pm
In case you weren't aware, Jalen Rima has wheels.
The UNI freshman showed them off Saturday at Indiana State, returning a punt 94 yards for a touchdown to give UNI a 13-0 lead in the first quarter.
It's the longest punt return in school history.
Rima's 94-yard return is the longest punt return in school history, passing Joe Fuller's 93-yard return in 1984 vs. Wisconsin-Whitewater.November 5, 2016
Rima's 94-yard return is the longest punt return in school history, passing Joe Fuller's 93-yard return in 1984 vs. Wisconsin-Whitewater.
— UNI Football (@UNIFootball)
The Panthers went on to win 39-6, improving to 4-5 overall and 3-2 in The Valley.
Rima came into the game with seven catches for 120 yards and a TD and six kick returns for 168 yards, but this was his first punt return.
The Cedar Rapids Prairie grad won state titles in the 100, 200 and 400 last spring and was The Gazette's Male Athlete of the Year.

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