HALL OF FAME
GUY RAY
RAIDERS PUNTER, 1973-86; NFL VETERAN, 1973-86
Inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame on Aug. 2, 2014…First pure punter ever to enter the Hall of Fame…Revolutionized the position with his booming kicks, introduced the term “hang time” into the modern-day football lexicon and helped pioneer directional punting…Became the first punter selected in the first round of the NFL Draft when the Raiders chose him 23rd overall in 1973…Punted 14 seasons for the Raiders…Played in 207 consecutive games to finish career ranked third on the team’s all-time participation list… Punted 1,049 times for 44,493 yards, averaging 42.4 yards per effort…Also placed 209 punts inside the 20-yard line and had only three punts blocked…Averaged more than 40 yards per punt in 13 of 14 seasons… Named as the punter for the NFL’s 75th Anniversary Team in 1994 and selected to the NFL’s All-Decade Team for the 1970s…Played in seven Pro Bowls (1973-78, 80) and was named first- team All-Pro six times (1973-78)…Also named second-team All-Pro twice (1979-80)…Posted a career-high 45.3-yard punting average on 69 punts as a rookie in 1973…Led the NFL in punting average three times; 1974 (42.2 avg.), 1975 (43.8 avg.) and 1977 (43.3 avg.)… Also finished second in the NFL in punting three times (1973, 78, 81)…Played on Raiders Super Bowl XI, XV and XVIII-winning teams… Played in 22 postseason games, averaging 42.2 yards on 111 punts… Had a career-long 77-yard punt against Denver in 1977…Finished his pro career with 619 straight punts without a block in regular season…All-American at Southern Mississippi, averaged 44.7 yards on 200 punts…Also played kicker and safety, recording 18 interceptions in three seasons…Namesake for the Ray Guy Award, presented annually to the nation’s top collegiate punter.
INDUCTED INTO pro football hall of fame AUG. 2 2014
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