Ray Guy

Ray Guy
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Guy playing for the Los Angeles Raiders in 1985
No. 8
Position:Punter
Personal information
Born:(1949-12-22)December 22, 1949
Swainsboro, Georgia, U.S.
Died:November 3, 2022(2022-11-03) (aged 72)
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, U.S.
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school:Thomson
(Thomson, Georgia)
College:Southern Miss (1970–1972)
NFL draft:1973 / round: 1 / pick: 23
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Punts:1,049
Punting yards:44,493
Punting average:42.4
Longest punt:77
Inside 20:210
Stats at Pro Football Reference

William Ray Guy (December 22, 1949 – November 3, 2022) was an American professional football punter who played for the Oakland / Los Angeles Raiders of the National Football League (NFL).[1] Guy was a first-team All-American selection in 1972 as a senior for the Southern Miss Golden Eagles, and is the only pure punter ever to be drafted in the first round of the NFL draft,[2] when the Raiders selected him with the 23rd overall pick in the 1973 NFL draft.[3] He won three Super Bowls with the Raiders. Guy was elected to both the College Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2014. An eight-time All-Pro, Guy is widely considered to be the greatest punter of all time.[4]

With his induction to the Hall of Fame on August 2, 2014, he became the first pure punter to be so honored.[5]

  1. ^ "Ray Guy, P at". Nfl.com. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  2. ^ Adame, Anthony (April 27, 2024). "Highest Drafted Punters in NFL History After Bears Spend 4th-Rounder On Tory Taylor". GiveMeSport. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
  3. ^ "USM's Ray Guy talks about getting left out of Pro Football Hall of Fame - again (poll) | gulflive.com". Blog.gulflive.com. August 3, 2013. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  4. ^ [1] Archived August 21, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Derrick Brooks headlines HOF class". ESPN. February 1, 2014.