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2007 Buffalo Bulls football team

Trevor Scott and Jamey Richard were drafted by the Oakland Raiders and Indianapolis Colts respectively, while punter Ben Woods signed a free agent contract with the Cleveland Browns.

61st Grey Cup

A low snap to Edmonton punter Garry Lefebvre caused him to bobble the ball in the end zone, and he was tackled for a safety by Ottawa's Wayne Tosh at 21 seconds of the second quarter.

Adam Crossett

Matthew Adam Crossett (born March 14, 1985 in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American football punter/Kicker (American football) in the National Football League for the Indianapolis Colts.

Bobby Green

Bobby Joe Green (1936–1993), National Football League punter and running back

Bosher

Matt Bosher (born 1987), American football punter in the National Football League

Branham High School

Louie Sakoda - Class of 2005 - professional placekicker and punter for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League

Bright House Sports Network

The announcing team for the Storm games generally consisted of Drew Fellios and former NFL punter Mark Royals.

Cal Kern

He is a retired professional soccer goalkeeper and the father of NFL punter Brett Kern.

Chris Hanson

Hanson attended East Coweta High School in Sharpsburg, Georgia, where he played punter and receiver for head coach Danny Cronic.

Chris Reis

With the Saints trailing the Indianapolis Colts 10-6 at the beginning of the second half, Saints head coach Sean Payton unexpectedly called for an onside kick by rookie punter and kickoff specialist Thomas Morstead.

Chuck Priefer

Punter Nick Harris enjoyed his finest NFL season in his second full year under Priefer.

Damien Nygaard

Despite this, Nygaard tried his hand at the American gridiron in 1974, as punter with the NFL's Green Bay Packers, more than fifteen years before a more successful conversion by Darren Bennett.

Danny White

Frank Kush, then the football head coach at Arizona State University, helped convinced Bobby Winkles, the school's baseball coach, to sign White to a scholarship with the provision that he would also play punter for the football team.

Farmington, Missouri

Kyle Richardson, former National Football League punter and Member of the NFL Super Bowl XXXV champions the Baltimore Ravens (special teams)

Jim Morris

He attended Brownwood High School, but as Brownwood did not yet have a baseball program, he played football for the Lions from 1979-82 and won the state championship as a wingback, punter and kicker with Gordon Wood as a head coach.

Ken DeBauche

"Taylor Mehlhaff teamed with punter Ken DeBauche to form what many experts felt was the best kicking tandem in college football in recent years." -NFLDraftScout.com

Koy Detmer

Detmer was released after the Eagles signed former Eagle A. J. Feeley as their backup and moved punter Dirk Johnson into the role of kick holder.

Luca Congi

After the 2007 season, Congi was no longer the primary punter for Saskatchewan, with that role going to Jamie Boreham followed by Louie Sakoda in 2010.

M. M. Roberts Stadium

The stadium has seen many great Southern Miss players throughout its years, including Derrick Nix, Sammy Winder, Tyrone Nix, Reggie Collier, Hall of Fame punter and kicker Ray Guy, and quarterback Brett Favre

Manatee High School

Two of his players were selected to the USA Today HS Football team, First Team: Tommie Frazier, quarterback (1990) and Rob Stevenson, punter (1994).

Minnesota Golden Gophers football under Lou Holtz

Linebacker Peter Najarian, punter Adam Kelly and offensive tackle Mark VonderHaar were named All-Big Ten second team.

Rob Bironas

The following season, new head coach Tommy Tuberville replaced Bironas, the preseason All-SEC kicker of the football team, with the punter, Damon Duval.

Sam Cunningham

He is the older brother of former UNLV and NFL quarterback (and All-America punter and Pro Bowl quarterback) Randall Cunningham and uncle of Randall Cunningham II.

Sam Horner

Samuel Watson Horner, III (born March 4, 1938 in Fort Sill, Oklahoma) is a former American football halfback, defensive back, and punter in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and the New York Giants.

Sam Paulescu

Paulescu’s special teams coach at Fullerton was Jim Wren, who was USC’s punter in 1996 when Mike Riley was the offensive coordinator.

Paulescu earned first-team All-American honors as a punter and place-kicker at Fullerton College under head coach Gene Murphy in 2003.

Sepúlveda

Daniel Sepulveda, a punter for the Pittsburgh Steelers, an American football team

South Knoxville

Celebrities and notable people who are from or have lived in South Knoxville include actors David Keith, John Cullum and Johnny Knoxville, cartoonist Darby Conley, model David White, author Cormac McCarthy, and Pittsburgh Steelers punter Craig Colquitt.

Southern Miss Golden Eagles and Lady Eagles

Thirty All-Americans have played for Southern Miss, including 12 first-team selections, and a number of players have moved on to the National Football League, most notably Dawg Pound creator and three time consecutive Pro-bowler Hanford Dixon, NFL Team of the Century punter Ray Guy and three-time NFL MVP Brett Favre.

Spec Sanders

Orban Eugene "Spec" Sanders (born January 26, 1919 in Temple, Oklahoma) was a former American football running back, quarterback, and punter in the All-America Football Conference and a defensive back in the National Football League for the New York Yanks.

Trés Hanley

Others included British TV personality James Hewitt, the former British household cavalry officer, who is most notable for being the longtime lover of Diana, Princess of Wales and American footballer (punter for the N.Y. Giants) Sean Landeta.

Tubby Raymond

Raymond's son, Dave, was a punter on the Blue Hens and is best known as the original Phillie Phanatic (1978–1993).

Vince Coleman

While at Florida A&M, Coleman was also a kicker and punter on the football team, where he followed in the footsteps of his cousin, Greg Coleman who was also a punter at FAMU in the 1970s and went on to a 12-year career in the NFL.

Wally Teninga

In 1947, Teninga was the team's punter, defensive right halfback, and second string offensive halfback behind Bob Chappuis and Bump Elliott.


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