As a Cowboys fan, when I see a player succeed for my team and then get thrown into oblivion, I have a tendency to wonder what happened to that player. Reggie Swinton is just one example of that kind of player. When Reggie Swinton stepped onto the scene in the 2001 season, I felt that the Cowboys had a legitimate threat at kick/punt returner; a position where they always seemed to be lacking. And with a guy like Dante Hall starting to make a name for himself, it was a position that more teams were shifting their attention to. Swinton, who was the first receiver out of Murray State to eclipse the 1,000 yard mark, showed the Cowboys that he was more than capable of being their return man. In that 2001 season, Swinton set single-season club records for kickoff returns with 56, kickoff return yards with 1,327, and combined kick return yards with 1,741. Not bad for your first go-around with America's Team. The following season, Swinton raised his kick return average from 23.7 to 24.9, which was among the tops in the league for consistent return men. Also that season, Swinton had the longest return in the league, when he returned a game opening kickoff 100 yards against the rival Eagles. Swinton really seemed to have this position locked up for the next few years with Dallas. Then out of nowhere, Swinton was released early in the 2003 season. From that point, the Detroit Lions pounced on the accomplished return man, and they did not regret doing so. In his first season with the Lions, Swinton played well. His 13.8 punt return average was fourth best in the NFL, and he was the only NFC player to score a touchdown on a kickoff and a punt during that season. After a quiet 2004 season with the Lions, Swinton was released by Detroit and eventually picked up by the Arizona Cardinals. Swinton had a productive season with Cardinals, as he had his highest combined kick return totals (kickoffs and punts) in his career with 1,790 return yards. Following his one season with the Cardinals, Reggie Swinton retired from the game of football at the ripe age of 29. Although he only played 2 seasons with the Cowboys, Swinton remains my favorite return man that the Cowboys have had since I started rooting for the team as a child. It's all about the quality, not the quantity.