Kyle Richardson
{{Short description|American football player (born 1973)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| image =
| position = Punter
| number = 5, 10
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|03|2}}
| birth_place = Farmington, Missouri, U.S.
| death_date =
| undraftedyear = 1996
| college = Arkansas State
| teams =
- Rhein Fire ({{RHE season|1997}})
- Miami Dolphins (1997)
- Seattle Seahawks (1997)
- Baltimore Ravens (1998–2001)
- Minnesota Vikings (2002)
- Philadelphia Eagles (2003)*
- Cincinnati Bengals (2003–2004)
- Cleveland Browns (2005)
| statlabel1 = Punts
| statvalue1 = 572
| statlabel2 = Punting yards
| statvalue2 = 23,489
| statlabel3 = Punting average
| statvalue3 = 41.1
| pfr = R/RichKy20
| highlights =
- Super Bowl champion (XXXV)
}}
Kyle Davis Richardson (born March 2, 1973) is a former National Football League (NFL) punter. He played college football at Arkansas State University and went on to have a ten-year professional career. He played for the Rhein Fire in NFL Europe in 1996, the Miami Dolphins and Seattle Seahawks in 1997, the Baltimore Ravens from 1998 to 2001, the Minnesota Vikings in 2002, the Cincinnati Bengals from 2003 to 2004, and the Cleveland Browns in 2005. With the Ravens, he won Super Bowl XXXV over the New York Giants.
High school and college
Richardson attended high school at Farmington Senior High School. During his time at Farmington, he played football, basketball, and track. In his high school football career, Richardson played the positions of defensive back, punter, placekicker, and wide receiver, and was a three-year starter and All-conference/All-region member of the football team those three years.{{cite web|title=Journal of the Senate|url=http://www.senate.mo.gov/01info/journals/DAY23.htm|work=Missouri State Senate|date=February 12, 2001|access-date=2009-04-30|archive-date=2015-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924100317/http://www.senate.mo.gov/01info/journals/DAY23.htm|url-status=dead}}
NFL career
Richardson was a member of the Baltimore Ravens team that won Super Bowl XXXV.{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl XXXV - Baltimore Ravens vs. New York Giants - January 28th, 2001 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200101280nyg.htm |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He, along with New York Giants punter Brad Maynard, hold the record for most punts (both teams) in a Super Bowl with 21 punts.
Maynard holds the individual record with 11 punts (38.4 yd/avg) and Richardson is second with 10 punts (43.0 yd/avg.)."[http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/records/superbowls/team/punting]." NFL.COM stats. Retrieved on Sept. 21, 2011.
References
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{{Super Bowl XXXV}}
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Category:American football punters
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Category:People from Farmington, Missouri
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