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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

High School

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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