PRO: Left-footed punter joined the Rams in 2007 as a
restricted free agent from Miami…has played in 70 career games…totaled 359 punts
for 16,239 yards for a 45.2-yard gross average and a 38.5-yard net average…has
placed 103 punts inside the 20 and has career-long of 80 yards… Second-team
All-Pro selection in 2008 by the Associated Press…50.0-yard gross
average in 2008 ranks second in NFL history…career gross average of 45.2 yards
stands second in NFL history (minimum of 250 punts)…owns four of the Rams’ top
five single-game punting performances in team history…31 punts inside the 20 in
2005 ranked second in the NFL and first in Miami Dolphins history.
2008 SEASON: Second-team All-Pro selection by the
Associated Press…finished season with a 50.0-yard gross average,
registering 4,100 yards on 82 punts…average stands as the Rams franchise record
for a single season, breaking his previous mark of 47.2 set in 2007…became only
the second player in NFL history to record a 50.0-yard gross punting average,
joining Hall of Famer Sammy Baugh who averaged 51.4 yards (1,799 yards on 35
punts) in 1940…had nine games with at least a 50-yard average…posted a 41.1-yard
net average, second highest in NFL history, and became the only player in NFL
history to have a 50.0-yard gross average and a 40.0-plus yard net
average…finished the season leading the NFL in gross punting average, second in
the NFL in net punting average…Week 1 at Philadelphia
(9/7): Punted 10 times for 485 yards for a 48.5-yard average,
setting a career high in yards and tying a career high in punts…10 punts ties
Sean Landeta for the most punts in a game since the team moved to St. Louis in
1995…485 punting yards in one game are the most by a Rams punter since the team
moved to St. Louis…Week 2 vs. New York (9/14): Punted six times
for 334 yards and a 55.7-yard average and recorded one special teams
tackle…55.7-yard punting average is the fourth-highest by a Rams’ punter in a
single game…Week 3 at Seattle (9/21): Punted four times
for 218 yards and a 54.5-yard average…net average of 49.5 yards is the highest
in Rams history…Week 4 vs. Buffalo (9/28): Punted five times
for a career-high 56.2-yard average,the highest single-game punting average in
Rams history, breaking his own record set in 2007.
2007 SEASON: Established then highest punting average
for a single season in Rams’ history, punting 78 times for a 47.2-yard punting
average…broke Danny Villanueva’s record 45.5-yard punting average set in
1962…net average of 39.3 yards was the best in Rams’ history since 1970…finished
the season ranked second in the NFC, third in the NFL in punting average…ranked
second in the NFC, fourth in the NFL in net punting average…vs. Arizona
(10/7): Punted four times for a 56.0-yard average, then the
highest single-game punting average in Rams history, breaking Jack Jacobs’
record of 55.8-yard average at Detroit (9/27/42)…at Seattle
(10/21): Punted six times for a 52.3-yard average…long punt of 80 yards
marked a career-best and was the longest punt in team history since Bob
Waterfield kicked one 86 yards at Green Bay (10/5/47).
2006 SEASON: Played in all 16 games for the
Dolphins…punted 85 times for 3,640 yards for a 42.8-yard average and 35.7-yard
net average with a career-long 64-yard punt…placed 28 punts inside the
20…vs. Tennessee (9/24): Produced then career-high 52.7-yard
average on six punts for 316 yards with two punts inside the 20 and a long of 61
yards…at Buffalo (12/17): Punted a season-high eight times for
46.1-yard average with 39.8-yard net average…vs. New York Jets
(12/25): Totaled career-high 10 punts for 427 yards with a long of 52
yards and two punts inside the 20.
2005 SEASON: Played in all 16 games in his first season with
the Dolphins…hit 88 punts for a 43.5-yard average, and NFL-leading and Dolphins
single-season record net average of 39.3 yards…31 punts inside the 20 ranked
second in the AFC and was a Dolphins’ single-season record…also handled the
placement duties during season…produced a four-game stretch, beginning vs.
Carolina (9/25) and ending vs. Kansas City (10/21), in which he had a net
average of 40.0 yards or better…vs. Kansas City (10/21): Punted
eight times for a 45.9-yard average with a net of 43.5 yards and connected on a
60-yard punt for the first time in career…at Oakland (11/27):
Averaged 51.3 yards on four punts and produced a season-high 47.0-yard net
average, with three punts inside the 20…vs. Tennessee (12/24):
Totaled a then career-high nine punts and hit a then career-long 63-yard punt.
2004 SEASON: Played in six games with the Seahawks in
between stints on the practice squad…shared Seahawks punting duties with Tom
Rouen and Ken Walter…punted 26 times for a 38.0-yard gross average with a net of
32.2, six punts inside the 20 and two touchbacks…vs. Carolina
(10/31): Established a then season long 51-yard punt…at St.
Louis (11/14): Punted three times for a 49.3-yard gross average and a
net of 42.7 yards.