Falcons returner Devin Hester breaks Deion Sanders' return TD record

Devin Hester broke Deion Sanders' record for return touchdowns and promptly did the Primetime dance on his way to the end zone.

Devin Hester didn't just break Deion Sanders' record with his 20th career touchdown return on Thursday night.

Nope. He broke Deion's record in Deion's house, Deion's town, while doing Deion's dance as he strolled into the end zone.

With the return, Hester is arguably the greatest return man in NFL history. Deion certainly won't argue with you.

.@D_Hest23 the greatest returner of alltime! Yeah I said that and I should know! #Truth pic.twitter.com/xrIDeSGq3d

— DeionSanders (@DeionSanders) September 18, 2014

This was actually Hester's second TD of the night -- he scored on a 20-yard run earlier in the game and celebrated by hugging a security guard. 

As a result of those two scores, Hester is the first player with a rushing and return touchdown in a game since Reggie Bush in 2009.

Pretty good night for him all around.

Devin Hester has punt return TD, rush TD, forced fumble, recovered fumble. First time a player has done all that in 1 game in NFL history.

— Michael David Smith (@MichaelDavSmith) September 19, 2014

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