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

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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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.

Career Achievements!

"I go in there to kick for the Raiders. If I have to kick a 32-yarder, I'll kick a 32-yarder. I'll do my best to help us win the game. I'm not concerned about statistics. I know what I can do and my teammates know." RAY GUY- Oakland Tribune (1980 Season)
"Punting was the television commercial of football - until Ray Guy came along."--
NFL 75th ANNIVERSARY ALL-TIME TEAM MEMBER
(Chosen by a selection committee of media and league personnel in 1994.)

From his extraordinary high school accomplishments to the NFL's All-Time Team, Ray Guy's unparalleled career has provided him an unlimited resource of experiences that will encourage and inspire. At every level of competition, Ray developed his God-given ability through his work ethic, passion for the game, and devotion to his team.

Beginning in a small town in southeastern Georgia, Ray did more than pave a career - he pioneered one. Drafted right out of high school to play professional baseball, Ray chose to continue on his football career path at the University of Southern Mississippi. That decision led him to become the first punter in the history of college football to be inducted in to the College Football Hall of Fame.

Then in 1973, Oakland Raider Head Coach, John Madden and his staff made a unanimous and historical decision. They chose to make Ray the first punter ever selected in the first round of the NFL Draft. It was a stroke of genius. Ray never missed a game in a 14 year career and he never....never had a punt returned for a touchdown. No one in the history of football, has ever punted a ball as consistently high and as consistently well. When Ray launched his booming kicks, they often hung in the air for so long that the NFL invented a new statistic known as "hang time" to measure them.

Most importantly, Ray elevated his team. He constantly sacrificed his punting average for hang time and placement so his team could win the battle of field position. Invariably the Raiders won three Super Bowls during his career. And in 1992, Ray was accorded the honor of becoming the first pure punter to be nominated for the NFL Hall of Fame.

Ray Guy can take any listener down the path that led to his success. To this day he travels the entire US sharing his experiences with thousands of athletes and teaching them how to kick and punt footballs at the Ray Guy Kicking Academy. He is constantly engaging with the media through talk shows, interviews and public appearances. You can see him each December during ESPN's nationally televised college award show personally presenting the award given to the best punter in college football – the Ray Guy Award.

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