Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Kadarius Toney called it “an ugly punt,” and Arryn Siposs, whose foot it came off, doesn’t disagree.

Toney’s 65-yard punt return helped the Chiefs defeat the Philadelphia Eagles 38-35 in Super Bowl LVII on Feb. 12. The former Blount High School quarterback fielded a 38-yard punt from Siposs at the Kansas City 30-yard line and ran across the field and down the right sideline to the Eagles 5.

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Toney’s return set up quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ 4-yard touchdown toss to wide receiver Skyy Moore as the Chiefs took a 35-27 lead with 9:22 to play.

“To be honest, I was coming back from my injury as well and working my way into it,” Siposs said on Tuesday during an appearance on “SEN Breakfast” in Melbourne, Australia. “The first one went really, really well, and all I wanted to do was kind of continue on with the second one. I actually tweaked the ankle on the plant foot and just kind of didn’t get through the ball as well as I would have liked.

“I was just trying to kick a drop punt and, honestly, just kick it high and, obviously, just make them fair catch it and let them have 70 kind of yards to mess with. It didn’t work out in my favor. We had an opportunity to still go down there and make a play, of course. They just made a better one.”

Toney broke Jordan Norwood’s record for the longest Super Bowl punt return. Norwood had a 61-yard punt return in the Denver Broncos’ 24-10 victory over the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50 on Feb. 7, 2016.

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The two punts in the Super Bowl were the first for Siposs since Dec. 11, when his second season with Philadelphia was interrupted by an ankle injury sustained while running with a blocked punt against the New York Giants.

The Eagles decided to return Siposs to action in the Super Bowl instead of continuing with Brett Kern, who had come aboard to handle the punting after Siposs got hurt.

Philadelphia had successful fourth-down conversions twice in Super Bowl LVII but didn’t gamble on fourth-and-3 at its 32-yard line while trailing by one point with 10:33 to play.

On fourth-and-5 at the Kansas City 44-yard line with the score tied at 14-14, Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts ran for 28 yards in the second quarter. On fourth-and-1 at the Chiefs 21 and Philadelphia leading by three points, Hurts burrowed up the middle for 2 yards in the third quarter. In between, the Eagles got Kansas City to jump offside on fourth-and-2 at the Chiefs 8.

The fourth-quarter punt was a routine strategy choice, but because Philadelphia’s Nick Sirianni had been the NFL’s most aggressive coach on fourth down during the 2022 season, he was asked about the decision at his end-of-season press conference.

“I know I’ve been aggressive all year going for it,” Sirianni said. “Really trust our guys in those scenarios. I think fourth-and-3 on your own 30 — what was it, 33? — yeah, I think you would get 32 out of 32 NFL coaches saying they punt that ball every time — 32 out of 32. …

“Hey, if I’d known they were going to return it to the 4, in hindsight, I think obviously I would have gone for it there. But no regrets there on that. That is not in my thought process right there.”

Siposs agreed with the critics of the field conditions at State Farm Stadium for Super Bowl LVII, but he didn’t blame his punt on the playing surface.

“In all honesty, it was pretty tough to be out there,” Siposs said. “It was like golf divots being taken out of the field and things like that. Both teams had to play on it. That’s just the way it is. But I think both teams can certainly say it was pretty tough being out there and trying to get some form of grip, and when you did, you’d be taking a fair divot out of the ground. It was pretty tough to play on.”

Siposs averaged 45.6 yards per punt with a 39.5-yard net average on 44 punts this season.

Siposs played for Auburn in the 2018 and 2019 seasons, when he averaged 44.0 yards on 117 punts. He spent his first NFL campaign on the Detroit Lions’ practice squad behind Jack Fox, the NFC’s Pro Bowl punter in 2020. In 2021, Siposs averaged 43.9 yards, with a 38.7-yard net, on 55 punts for Philadelphia.

Siposs has one season remaining on a three-year, $2.535 million contract with the Eagles.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.