John Kidd (American football)

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John Kidd
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Position: Punter
Personal information
Born: (1961-08-22) August 22, 1961 (age 63)
Springfield, Illinois, U.S.
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school: Findlay (Findlay, Ohio)
College: Northwestern [1]
NFL draft: 1984: 5th round, 128th pick
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Punts:957
Punt yards:39,716
Longest punt:67
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Max John Kidd (born August 22, 1961) is an American former professional football player who was a punter in the National Football League (NFL). He played 15 seasons for the Buffalo Bills, San Diego Chargers, Miami Dolphins, Detroit Lions and New York Jets.

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Kidd played college football for the Northwestern Wildcats before Buffalo selected him in the fifth round of the 1984 NFL draft, the highest-selected punter in Bills history. [3] He was the starting quarterback and punter at Findlay High School in Findlay, Ohio, from which he graduated in 1980.

Kidd was a first-team All-Big Ten and first-team All American in college and won the Big Ten Conference Medal of Honor. [4] He continues to hold the career punting average record for his college alma mater, Northwestern (41.8), where he also holds the single-season average (45.6). [5]

During his 199497 tenure with the NFL's Dolphins, he established the career punting average record (44.2) for the franchise that stood until Brandon Fields joined the team in 2007 and surpassed Kidd in 2010. [6] In 1996, Kidd led the NFL with a 46.3 punting average. [7]

NFL career statistics

Legend
Led the league
BoldCareer high

Regular season

YearTeamPunting
GPPuntsYdsNet YdsLngAvgNet AvgBlkIns20TB
1984 BUF 16883,6962,9396342.032.72168
1985 BUF 16923,8183,3206741.536.10333
1986 BUF 16753,0312,5915740.434.50149
1987 BUF 12642,4952,2076739.034.50207
1988 BUF 16622,4512,1896039.535.30132
1989 BUF 16652,5642,1376039.431.921510
1990 SDG 16612,4422,2715940.036.61142
1991 SDG 16763,0642,6776040.334.81226
1992 SDG 16682,8992,4756542.636.40229
1993 SDG 14572,4312,0486742.635.90167
1994 SDG 272462265335.132.3011
MIA 4146024075843.029.1023
1995 MIA 16572,4332,0685642.736.30155
1996 MIA 16783,6113,0236346.338.802611
1997 MIA 13522,2471,9245843.237.00134
1998 DET 2135204545440.034.9010
NYJ 8281,1661,0335741.636.9082
Career21595739,71633,9896741.535.3625189

Playoffs

YearTeamPunting
GPPuntsYdsNet YdsLngAvgNet AvgBlkIns20TB
1988 BUF 2104283985042.839.8020
1989 BUF 131241244641.341.3000
1992 SDG 2135874975545.238.2052
1994 MIA 283562755944.534.4023
1995 MIA 131151154938.338.3010
1997 MIA 172622524737.436.0010
1998 NYJ 294043285344.936.4030
Career11532,2761,9895942.937.50145

References

  1. NU punting is Kidd stuff
  2. 1996 NFL All-Pros
  3. "1984 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  4. Northwestern Football 2010 Media Guide Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine , NU Sports, 2010.
  5. Northwestern Football 2011 Yearbook. NUSports.com. 2011. p. 163.
  6. "Miami Dolphins Kicking & Punting Career Register". Pro-Football-Reference.com . Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  7. "1996 NFL Leaders and Leaderboards". Pro-Football-Reference.com . Retrieved July 10, 2013.