They do this because on their kicking foot, the prefer a soccer cleat because the laces are not placed directly on the kicking surface, (the top of the foot) but instead slightly off center. As for the other shoe, these mismatching kickers generally wear a football cleat or one with better traction than a soccer cleat. This provides for increased stability on the plant foot.
Quarterbacks and kickers.
Players can wear metal tipped cleats, plastic tipped cleats, or rubber cleats. Generally, rubber cleats are used when playing on artificial turf and are round. Cleats used outdoors are detachable and can be replaced with a different type or length depending on the playing conditions.
Empires
usually sneakers or cleats, :)
Billy "White Shoes" Johnson, a famous return specialist for the houston oilers was the first NFL player to wear withe cleats.
The Adidas Copa Mundial, Nike Air Legend, and Nike Tiempo a very popular kicking shoes (soccer cleats) among both punters and place kickers at the college and professional levels. for more check out www.kickingworld.com
Yes, they can. An NFL team can be entirely composed of kickers if such a team wanted to, but obviously, that would never happen.
yes as long as they are complient with IRB Rules they can be worn
The are no black punters or kickers in the NFL.
a uniform
During the regular season, defensive backs can wear numbers from 20 to 49. Only quarterbacks, kickers and punters can wear single-digit numbers. So...no corner in the NFL wears number 8.
The NFL cleats that are worn by players can be purchased by the public. Stores that sell sporting goods might have this type of cleat shoe. They average in price from $200 to over $400 for this type of cleat.