John Kidd (American football)
{{Short description|American football player (born 1961)}}
{{Other people|John Kidd}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = John Kidd
| number = 4, 10, 17
| position = Punter
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|8|22}}
| birth_place = Springfield, Illinois, U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 3
| weight_lb = 215
| high_school = Findlay (Findlay, Ohio)
| college = Northwestern[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2706&dat=19831014&id=Gx5KAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hh4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=3008,2409145&hl=en NU punting is Kidd stuff]
| draftyear = 1984
| draftround = 5
| draftpick = 128
| pastteams =
- Buffalo Bills ({{NFL Year|1984|1989}})
- San Diego Chargers ({{NFL Year|1990|1994}})
- Miami Dolphins (1994–{{NFL Year|1997}})
- Detroit Lions ({{NFL Year|1998}})
- New York Jets (1998)
| highlights =
- Second-team All-Big Ten (1982)
- First-team All-Big Ten (1983)
- Football News first-team All-America (1983)
- Gannett News Services second-team All-America (1983)
- UPI second-team All-Conference (1996)[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1996/allpro.htm 1996 NFL All-Pros]
| statlabel1 = Punts
| statvalue1 = 957
| statlabel2 = Punt yards
| statvalue2 = 39,716
| statlabel3 = Longest punt
| statvalue3 = 67
| pfr = KiddJo20
}}
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.
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.{{Cite web |title=1984 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1984/draft.htm |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} 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.[http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/nw/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2010footballyearbook.pdf Northwestern Football 2010 Media Guide] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303215908/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/nw/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2010footballyearbook.pdf |date=2016-03-03 }}, NU Sports, 2010. 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).{{cite book|title=Northwestern Football 2011 Yearbook|publisher=NUSports.com|page=163|year=2011}}
During his 1994–97 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/mia/career-kicking.htm|title=Miami Dolphins Kicking & Punting Career Register|accessdate=2013-07-10|publisher=Pro-Football-Reference.com}} In 1996, Kidd led the NFL with a 46.3 punting average.{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1996/leaders.htm|title=1996 NFL Leaders and Leaderboards|accessdate=2013-07-10|publisher=Pro-Football-Reference.com}}
NFL career statistics
| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! colspan="2"| Legend |
| style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"|
| Led the league |
| Bold
| Career high |
= Regular season =
| class=wikitable style="text-align:center;" | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Team ! colspan="10"| Punting | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{abbr|GP|Games played}} | Punts | {{abbr|Yds|Yards}} | {{Nowrap|Net Yds}} | {{abbr|Lng|Longest punt}} | {{abbr|Avg|Average}} | {{Nowrap|Net Avg}} | {{abbr|Blk|Blocked punts}} | {{abbr|Ins20|Inside 20 yard line}} | {{abbr|TB|Touchbacks}} | |
| 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 || style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"| 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 | |||||||||
| rowspan="2" | 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 || style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"| 46.3 || 38.8 || 0 || 26 || 11 | |||||||||
| 1997 | MIA
| 13 || 52 || 2,247 || 1,924 || 58 || 43.2 || 37.0 || 0 || 13 || 4 | |||||||||
| rowspan="2" | 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 | ||||||||||
| colspan="2"| Career | 215 | 957 | 39,716 | 33,989 | 67 | 41.5 | 35.3 | 6 | 251 | 89 |
= Playoffs =
| class=wikitable style="text-align:center;" | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Team ! colspan="10"| Punting | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{abbr|GP|Games played}} | Punts | {{abbr|Yds|Yards}} | {{Nowrap|Net Yds}} | {{abbr|Lng|Longest punt}} | {{abbr|Avg|Average}} | {{Nowrap|Net Avg}} | {{abbr|Blk|Blocked punts}} | {{abbr|Ins20|Inside 20 yard line}} | {{abbr|TB|Touchbacks}} | |
| 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 | |||||||||
| colspan="2"| Career | 11 | 53 | 2,276 | 1,989 | 59 | 42.9 | 37.5 | 0 | 14 | 5 |
References
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External links
- [http://www.nfl.com/players/johnkidd/profile?id=KID415290 NFL.com player page]
- [http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2008/07/the_jackie_johnson_interv.php]
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