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A punter (P) in gridiron football is a special teams player who receives the snapped ball directly from the line of scrimmage and then punts (kicks) the football to the opposing team so as to limit any field position advantage.
A punt play involves the kicking team lining up at the line of scrimmage with the kicker, or punter, typically lined up about 15 yards behind the center. In American football, the end zone is only ten yards deep and as such this distance must be shortened if the kicker's normal position would be on or beyond the end line.
The Seattle Seahawks' Michael Dickson has the distinction of being the league's highest-paid punter, earning $3.67 million a year on a four-year, $14.7 million contract.
[2] [3] Feagles is the only punter to eclipse 1,500 career punts; a total of 24 players have reached 1,000 punts during their career. Feagles set the career record for total punts while playing for the New York Giants in 2005 , when he recorded his 1,368th, surpassing Sean Landeta . [ 4 ]
Like other positions in football and in sports, period, there is an increased specialization happening among athletes. ... A strong and skilled punter (paired with a decent punt coverage unit) is ...
This position is used in 3-4 formations, or goal line situations. Most nose tackles are 320-350 pounds, and are the biggest players on the roster. This position is the most physically demanding, due to being forced into constant double or triple teams, and needing enough speed to collapse the interior of the offensive line.
Former NFL punter Darren Bennett said he knows Nick McLarty is not a normal punting prospect. It’s something he’s watched McLarty, a 6-foot-7, 255-pound punter out of Melbourne, Australia ...
When the one-platoon system was abolished in the 1940s, the era of "two-way" players gave way to increased specialization, teams would employ a specialist at the punter or kicker position. Ben Agajanian, who started his professional career in 1945, was the first confirmed place-kicking specialist in the NFL, kicking for ten teams. [1]