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Do kickers in the NFL just kick or do they play other positions?
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In today's game, punters punt and kickers kick and that's it. Fifty plus years ago it was a different game. Punters and place kickers almost always played another position.
1) Hall of Fame QB Sammy Baugh was a punter. He led the NFL in punting average for four seasons in the 1940s and still has the second best punting average in NFL history (45.1 yards per punt).
2) Hall of Famer Lou Groza was a starting defensive tackle and kicker for the Cleveland Browns. He led the NFL in field goals made in five seasons during the 1950s.
3) Hall of Fame running back Paul Hornung was a kicker for the Green Bay Packers during the late 1950s and early 1960s. He held the NFL record for points scored in a season (176) until the 2006 season when LaDainian Tomlinson broke it by scoring 186 points. Hornung scored those 176 points with 15 TDs, 15 FGs, and 41 PATs.
Those three players are but a few of the players that played long ago when punters and kickers were also offensive and defensive starters.
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