Dante Hall Damieon Dante Hall ( born September 20 , 1978 ) is a former American football return specialist and wide receiver who played nine seasons in the National Football League ( NFL ) . He is considered one of the greatest return specialists in NFL history . Hall is nicknamed " X - factor " and " The Human Joystick . " He was a fifth round draft pick out of Texas A & M University by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2000 NFL Draft . Hall played for the Chiefs for six years before being traded to the St . Louis Rams on April 25 , 2007 for the Rams ' third and fifth - round pick in the 2007 NFL Draft . Hall is ranked the 10th greatest return specialist in NFL History on NFL Network ' s NFL Top 10 Return Aces . College career . Hall played for Texas A & M University as a running back and return specialist . His 4 , 707 all - purpose yards place him second in school history behind Darren Lewis . He majored in Sociology . Professional career . Kansas City Chiefs . The Kansas City Chiefs drafted Hall in the fifth - round of the 2000 NFL Draft . He made his NFL debut on September 24 , 2000 as a kick / punt returner . In five games he returned 17 kickoffs for 358 yards and six punts for 37 yards . He spent the spring of 2001 playing in NFL Europe for the Scottish Claymores as a wide receiver . He led the league with 26 kickoff returns for 635 yards and was second in punt returns with 15 for 177 yards and second in combined net yards with 1 , 286 . In 2002 , Hall had his first NFL touchdown off a 60 - yard reception at the New York Jets on October 6 , 2002 . Hall returned 1 kickoff and 2 punts for touchdowns . His two touchdowns off punt returns tied him for first in Chief franchise history . The 2002 NFL season earned Hall his first NFL Pro Bowl , being selected as a kick returner . Hall became the second player in NFL history to return a kickoff and a punt return for a touchdown in the same game . In 2003 , Hall returned a kickoff or a punt for a touchdown four games in a row , which is an NFL record . The most memorable moment of the season came against the Denver Broncos in which he reversed direction 2 times to evade the entire special teams unit en route to a 93 yard punt return for a touchdown . Some observers thought that the play should have been called back due to an illegal block in the back . In the playoffs that year against the Indianapolis Colts , Hall had another kickoff return for a touchdown , giving him 5 for the year , as well as a receiving touchdown . Hall was named to the 2004 Pro Bowl as a kick / punt returner for his second time . In 2004 , Hall touched the ball eight times for 242 yards vs . the San Diego Chargers on November 28 , 2004 . His six kickoff returns for 233 yards with a 96 - yard touchdown in the game set a career - high . On December 19 , 2004 , he returned the opening kickoff 97 - yards for a touchdown . This touchdown made him the Chiefs ' franchise leader in career kickoff return touchdowns and career special teams touchdowns . During the 2004 NFL season , Hall set single - season Chiefs ' franchise records with 68 kickoff returns and career - high 1 , 718 kickoff return yards . In 2005 , in a memorable game against the Denver Broncos , Hall appeared to be on his way to a kickoff return for a touchdown , but he surprisingly fumbled the ball without being touched by a defensive player . With a touchdown on a kickoff return against the Philadelphia Eagles on October 2 , 2005 , he tied four players , among them Ollie Matson and Gale Sayers , for the most career kickoff return touchdowns , with six . That record stood until Joshua Cribbs broke it in 2009 . Hall ' s sixth return was also his 10th return touchdown , placing him third in that category behind Brian Mitchell ( 13 ) and Eric Metcalf ( 12 ) . In 2006 , Hall had two kickoffs for 86 yards and three punts for seven yards in Week 12 vs . the Denver Broncos on November 23 , 2006 . This game made him the sixth player to have 10 , 000 career kick return yards . Hall played his second postseason game at Indianapolis on January 6 , 2007 , in a rematch from the 2003 Divisional Playoffs . St . Louis Rams . In 2007 , Hall was traded along with a third - round draft pick to the St . Louis Rams for their third and fifth - round draft pick in the 2007 NFL Draft . Hall tied Metcalf on September 30 , 2007 against the Dallas Cowboys with his 12th return touchdown . On October 7 , 2008 , Hall injured his ankle vs . the Arizona Cardinals , missing four games . He further aggravated his ankle on October 25 , 2008 , vs . the Seattle Seahawks and was placed on injured reserve . He was not resigned to a contract at the end of the year . Media . Hall is the co - author of " Dante Hall : X - Factor " , a book that details his journey from Texas A & M running back to one of the best kick returners in the NFL . He is mentioned in Lil Wayne ' s song " Dipset ( Reppin Time ) " in the line " I ' m like Dante Hall , I just throw up the X . " Hall appeared as a guest on the Late Show with David Letterman on October 30 , 2003 . Nicknames . Hall has established many nicknames in his career , perhaps the best known being " X - factor " , referring to how whenever he scored a touchdown he would cross his forearms to resemble an " x " . Hall was also known as " The Human Joystick " , referring to the agility he showed during returns . In 2006 , " The Kansas City Star " stated in an article that " ' The Human Joystick ' is as outdated as Atari " , referring to his less - than - stellar 2006 season , his last with the Chiefs .