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| Position | Punter | ||||||||
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| Born | (1961-08-22)August 22, 1961 (age 64) 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 overall pick | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
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Max John Kidd (born August 22, 1961) is an American former professionalfootball player who was apunter in theNational Football League (NFL). He played 15 seasons for theBuffalo Bills,San Diego Chargers,Miami Dolphins,Detroit Lions andNew York Jets.
Kidd playedcollege football for theNorthwestern Wildcats before Buffalo selected him in the fifth round of the1984 NFL draft, the highest-selected punter in Bills history.[3] He was the starting quarterback and punter atFindlay High School inFindlay, Ohio, from which he graduated in 1980.
Kidd was a first-team All-Big Ten and first-team All American in college and won theBig 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 1994–97 tenure with the NFL's Dolphins, he established the career punting average record (44.2) for the franchise that stood untilBrandon 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]
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| Led the league | |
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| Year | Team | Punting | |||||||||
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| GP | Punts | Yds | Net Yds | Lng | Avg | Net Avg | Blk | Ins20 | TB | ||
| 1984 | BUF | 16 | 88 | 3,696 | 2,939 | 63 | 42.0 | 32.7 | 2 | 16 | 8 |
| 1985 | BUF | 16 | 92 | 3,818 | 3,320 | 67 | 41.5 | 36.1 | 0 | 33 | 3 |
| 1986 | BUF | 16 | 75 | 3,031 | 2,591 | 57 | 40.4 | 34.5 | 0 | 14 | 9 |
| 1987 | BUF | 12 | 64 | 2,495 | 2,207 | 67 | 39.0 | 34.5 | 0 | 20 | 7 |
| 1988 | BUF | 16 | 62 | 2,451 | 2,189 | 60 | 39.5 | 35.3 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
| 1989 | BUF | 16 | 65 | 2,564 | 2,137 | 60 | 39.4 | 31.9 | 2 | 15 | 10 |
| 1990 | SDG | 16 | 61 | 2,442 | 2,271 | 59 | 40.0 | 36.6 | 1 | 14 | 2 |
| 1991 | SDG | 16 | 76 | 3,064 | 2,677 | 60 | 40.3 | 34.8 | 1 | 22 | 6 |
| 1992 | SDG | 16 | 68 | 2,899 | 2,475 | 65 | 42.6 | 36.4 | 0 | 22 | 9 |
| 1993 | SDG | 14 | 57 | 2,431 | 2,048 | 67 | 42.6 | 35.9 | 0 | 16 | 7 |
| 1994 | SDG | 2 | 7 | 246 | 226 | 53 | 35.1 | 32.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MIA | 4 | 14 | 602 | 407 | 58 | 43.0 | 29.1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1995 | MIA | 16 | 57 | 2,433 | 2,068 | 56 | 42.7 | 36.3 | 0 | 15 | 5 |
| 1996 | MIA | 16 | 78 | 3,611 | 3,023 | 63 | 46.3 | 38.8 | 0 | 26 | 11 |
| 1997 | MIA | 13 | 52 | 2,247 | 1,924 | 58 | 43.2 | 37.0 | 0 | 13 | 4 |
| 1998 | DET | 2 | 13 | 520 | 454 | 54 | 40.0 | 34.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| NYJ | 8 | 28 | 1,166 | 1,033 | 57 | 41.6 | 36.9 | 0 | 8 | 2 | |
| Career | 215 | 957 | 39,716 | 33,989 | 67 | 41.5 | 35.3 | 6 | 251 | 89 | |
| Year | Team | Punting | |||||||||
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| GP | Punts | Yds | Net Yds | Lng | Avg | Net Avg | Blk | Ins20 | TB | ||
| 1988 | BUF | 2 | 10 | 428 | 398 | 50 | 42.8 | 39.8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | BUF | 1 | 3 | 124 | 124 | 46 | 41.3 | 41.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | SDG | 2 | 13 | 587 | 497 | 55 | 45.2 | 38.2 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 1994 | MIA | 2 | 8 | 356 | 275 | 59 | 44.5 | 34.4 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1995 | MIA | 1 | 3 | 115 | 115 | 49 | 38.3 | 38.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | MIA | 1 | 7 | 262 | 252 | 47 | 37.4 | 36.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | NYJ | 2 | 9 | 404 | 328 | 53 | 44.9 | 36.4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Career | 11 | 53 | 2,276 | 1,989 | 59 | 42.9 | 37.5 | 0 | 14 | 5 | |