Kalif Raymond

PRO CAREER: Enters his 11th NFL season and first in Chicago in 2026...Has played in 112 regular season games (33 starts) with the Denver Broncos (2016), New York Jets (2017), New York Giants (2017), Tennessee Titans (2019-20) and Detroit Lions (2021-25)...Has played in four postseason games...Has logged 190 receptions for 2,554 yards and nine touchdowns in his career...Since entering the NFL in 2016, has the most punt returns (188), punt return yards (1,948) and is tied for the fourth-most punt return touchdowns (four) in the NFL...Is a two time AP Second-Team All-Pro as a punt returner (2022, '24).

HONORS:

2022: AP Second-Team All-Pro
2024: NFC Special Teams Player of the Week (Week 8); AP Second-Team All-Pro

2025 SEASON (LIONS): Played in 15 games with three starts...Had 24 receptions for 289 yards and a touchdown...Returned 32 punts for 241 yards (7.5 avg.), including a 65 yard punt return touchdown in Week 16.

2024 SEASON (LIONS): Played in 12 games with two starts...Had 17 receptions for 215 yards and two touchdowns...Returned 30 punts for a league leading 413 yards good for a 13.8 punt return average, third in the NFL...Earned Week 8 NFL Special Teams Player of the Week after recording a 90-yard punt return touchdown...Earned AP Second-Team All-Pro honors as a punt returner...Played in the Lions NFC Divisional Round game, posting three receptions for 37 yards.

2023 SEASON (LIONS): Played in all 17 games with three starts...Had 35 receptions for 489 yards and a touchdown...Returned 29 punts for 331 yards, the third-most in the NFL, for a punt return average of 11.7.

2022 SEASON (LIONS): Played in all 17 games with seven starts...Has 47 receptions for a career high 616 yards...Returned 20 punts for 264 yards giving him a league leading 13.2 average with one punt returned for a touchdown...Earned AP Second-Team All-Pro honors as a punt returner.

2021 SEASON (LIONS): Played in all 17 games with 14 starts...Had a career high 48 receptions for 576 yards and four touchdowns...Returned 21 punts for 236 yards (11.2 avg.).

2020 SEASON (TITANS): Played in 15 games with three starts...Had nine receptions for 187 yards…Returned 23 punts for 208 yards (9.0 avg.) and 15 kickoffs for 275 yards (18.3 avg.)...Played in the Titans AFC Wild Card Round game returning a pair of punts.

2019 SEASON (TITANS): Played in eight games with one start...Had nine receptions for 170 yards and one touchdown...Returned four punts for 45 yards (11.3 avg.) and 18 kickoffs for 403 yards (22.4)...Played in the Titans AFC Divisional and Conference Championship games, returning a punt and four kickoffs.

2018 SEASON (TITANS/GIANTS): Spent time on both the Titans and Giants practice squads.

2017 SEASON (JETS/GIANTS): Was claimed off waivers by the Jets before the start of the season...Played a pair of games with the Jets before eventually joining the Giants, where he played in six games...In eight total games, recorded 18 punt returns for 99 yards (5.5 avg.) and 14 kickoff returns for 271 yards (19.4 avg.).

2016 SEASON (BRONCOS): Played in four games as a rookie...Returned 11 punts for 111 yards (10.1 avg.) and six kickoffs for 137 yards (22.8 avg.).

TRANSACTIONS

05/03/2016: Signed/UDFA to the Broncos
09/03/2016: Released by Broncos
09/05/2016: Signed to Broncos practice squad
12/02/2016: Signed to Broncos active roster
09/02/2017: Waived by Broncos
09/03/2017: Acquired via waivers by Jets
09/19/2017: Released by Jets
09/21/2017: Signed to Jets practice squad
09/26/2017: Released by Jets
10/11/2017: Signed to Giants practice squad
10/31/2017: Released by Giants
11/01/2017: Signed to Giants practice squad
11/14/2017: Signed to Giants active roster
09/01/2018: Released by Giants
09/25/2018: Signed to Titans practice squad
10/02/2018: Released by Titans
10/16/2018: Signed to Giants practice squad
10/18/2018: Released by Giants
01/01/2019: Signed with Titans
09/07/2019: Released by Titans
09/10/2019: Signed to Titans practice squad
10/26/2019: Signed to Titans active roster
03/25/2021: Signed with Lions
03/17/2022: Re-signed with Lions
08/11/2023: Re-signed with Lions
03/12/2026: Signed with Bears

COLLEGE: Played collegiately at College of Holy Cross (Atl.) (2012-15)...Played in 40 games with 23 starts...Totaled 155 receptions for 1,683 yards (10.9 avg.) with 14 touchdowns...Also returned 62 punts for 464 yards (7.5 avg.) and 80 kickoffs for 1,809 yards (22.6 avg.) with a pair returned for touchdowns...In 2015, earned First-Team All-Patriot League honors both at wide receiver and as a return specialist.

PERSONAL: Prepped at Greater Atlanta Christian (Ga.)...Caught 30 passes for 511 yards and nine touchdowns during his high school career...Also competed in track & field and wrestling, where he won a 2009 Area championship and a 2008 County championship.