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Apr262011

How to Receive the Snap When Punting

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How to receive a snap for a punt. Punter Ray Guy teaches snap receiving when punting the football. Punting drills and punting techniques.

Apr232011

Ray Guy History

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Ray began developing his picture form and hang time by punting
over the power lines behind his boyhood home in Georgia.

Junior High

74 yard punt

High School

Two state championships
16 varsity letters in four sports
Averages 52 yards per punt (most kids could not catch his punts)
Longest punt- 88 yards
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds

College: Southern Mississippi

First collegiate game he booted a 77 yard punt
NCAA Leading punter in 1972 with a 46.2 yard average
44.7 yard average for 200 punts during three varsity seasons
Three times he had punts over 70 yards
Recorded a 93 yard punt as a senior. The sixth longest in NCAA history.
Unanimous choice for All American in 1972.
Southern Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame inductee in 1978
Recognized as one of Southern Mississippi's best baseball pitchers. Pitched one of only four
....no-hitters in school history
Drafted by Cincinnati Reds (second time), Kansas City Royals, and Atlanta Braves.
Recorded 18 interceptions as starting Free Safety
Kicked (then NCAA record) 61 yard field goal during a snowstorm in Utah.

Pro Team: Oakland/ LA Raiders

Drafted in the first round of the 1973 NFL draft. The 23rd pick overall. The first pure punter ever
...taken in the first round.
During 14 seasons in the NFL he punted 1049 times for 44,541 yards and a career average of
...42.4 yards per punt.
Played in 207 games in a row, never missing a game in 14 seasons. Ray was second on the
...NFL's
Longest Current Streak of Consecutive Games Played when he retired.
His 111 career punts in post season games was an NFL record
Leading punter in the NFL three times
Seven times Ray was selected to the Pro Bowl - six times consecutively!
Played in 22 post-season games including three wins in Super Bowls after the 1976, 1980, and
...1983 seasons.
He out punted his opponents in each of the Raiders Super Bowl victories.
619 consecutive punts without a block (Ranks second on the NFL All time list)
Second highest Super Bowl career punting average at 41.9 yards per punt.
Third most punts in Super Bowl history with 14.
In the 1981 season he had five punts over 60 yards
Ray was the third string quarterback for the Raiders for several seasons
Tied for second on the all Time list for Leading NFL in punting average (3 seasons)
56 yard average in 1980 AFC Championship game was the Best Single Game Performance in
...NFL History.

Post Career

Member of NFL's 75th Anniversary All Time Team
Walter Camp All Century Team Member
Unanimous choice by the Football Writers Association of America as the best from it's past 25
...years of All American Teams
NFL.com Super Bowl Dream Team member, voted by fans
Listed as one of 300 Greatest Players in NFL History by the Official Encyclopedia of the National
...Football League - Total Football II
NFL Insider All Time Super Bowl Team member
Sports Mirror Magazine All Time Dream Team member
In 1994, was accorded the honor of becoming the first pure punter to be nominated for the NFL
...Hall of Fame
Inducted into both the Mississippi and Georgia Sports Halls of Fame
Monday Night Football All - Time Team
Pro Football Hall of Fame All Time Team

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Oakland Raiders Al Davis honors Ray Guy

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Apr222011

Ray Guy Fact Sheet

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Punter, 6'3", 190 lbs
Born: December 22, 1949, Swainsboro, Georgia
High School: Thomson (Georgia)
College: Southern Mississippi
Pro: 1973-1986 Oakland/LA Raiders

There has only been one Ray Guy. When the Raiders drafted the Southern Mississippi all-around athlete
in 1973, it marked the first time a pure punter was taken in the first round. To date, that has not been repeated.

The long lean right-footed kicker generated tremendous leg whip with his picture perfect technique. In the 1976 Pro Bowl, one of his punts hit the giant TV screen hanging from the rafters in the Louisiana Superdome. Not only did Guy punt high and far- "hang time" came into the NFL lexicon during his tenure- once he even had an opponent take a ball he punted and test for helium!

Guy's athleticism enabled him to get the ball away quickly and surely. A blocked kick was a rarity; he had no blocked kicks his first five NFL seasons and finished his career with a streak of 619 unblocked boots. Guy is ranked second on the all time career list for consecutive punts without a block!

In three years, 1974, 1975, and 1977- he led the AFC punting average. But his raw yardage was secondary to his ability to kick the ball high and keep it there so long that there was little chance of a decent return. His 42.4 career average was outstanding, but it was his hang time and placement that made him dangerous on the field. He pinned down the opposition and, if the defense upheld its part of the bargain, the Raiders invariably won the exchange of punts and the battle for field position.

Apr222011

John Madden Speaking About Punter Ray Guy and the NFL Hall of Fame

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John Madden shares his thoughts on NFL Punting Legend Ray Guy and why he should be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. John Madden and his staff drafted Ray Guy in the first round of the NFL draft making history by selecting the first punter ever who was taken in the first round.

Jun012010