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Shane Lechler, who ranks second to Feagles in both total punts and punting yards, is the NFL's all-time leader in yards per punt (47.6). [5] Lechler is also the only punter to lead two different franchises (the Las Vegas Raiders and Houston Texans) in career punting yards.
[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 ]
Guy was the first punter ever to be selected in the first round in the NFL draft, when the Oakland Raiders selected him with the 23rd overall pick of the 1973 draft. [15] In his career as a punter, Guy played his entire career with the Raiders and was selected to seven Pro Bowl teams, including six in a row from 1973 to 1978. [16]
The award given to the best punter in college football is the Ray Guy Award, which is telling. ... Guy is almost unanimously seen as the greatest punter of all time. That's a special legacy.
He was a seven-time Pro Bowler, in 2001, 2004 and 2007–2011, and was voted All-Pro nine times (2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007–2011), with six of those being a 1st team selection. No other punter has been named a 1st-team All-pro more than Lechler. [ 131 ]
Dave Zastudil holds the record for punting yards in a season; he set the record at 5,209 punting yards in 2012, while playing with the Arizona Cardinals. [ 2 ] Although many other players have been able to lead the league in two consecutive seasons, John James is the only player to have the led the league in three consecutive seasons ( 1976 ...
2024 NFL punter salary rankings. Here are the punter salary rankings based on average annual value, according to Over The Cap:. 1. Michael Dickson, Seattle Seahawks: $3.67 million (4 years, $14.7 ...
As a punter, Baugh retired with the NFL record for highest punting average in a career (45.1 yards), and is still second all-time (only Shane Lechler has passed him with 46.5 yards), and has the second-best (51.4 in 1940) and fifth-best (48.7 in 1941) season marks. [1] [9] He led the league in punting from 1940 through 1943. [10]