Last position player to punt?

[JohnTurney]

Someone on Twitter asked me if Pat McInally was last position player to punt and if he was last player with uni # above 20 to punt. I had to agree, no one came to mind, I and pretty sure he meant a full time guy, not someone who filled in when a punter got hurt.

Anyone else think of someone besides McInally?

[MatthewToy]

When did Danny White stop punting?

[Andrew McKillop]

This query I put together using PFR's Play Index reveals a lot of interesting facts on this topic.
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/p ... raft_pos=p

It appears that Pat McInally in 1980 was indeed the last non-QB position player to regularly punt.

The last non-QB position player to tally a punt was the Buccaneers' Ron Springs in 1986. He had one punt in a Week 15 game against the Packers. The Chargers Wes Chandler punted the ball a total of five times that year in Week 11 and Week 12 games.

[JohnTurney]

This query I put together using PFR's Play Index reveals a lot of interesting facts on this topic.
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/p ... raft_pos=p

It appears that Pat McInally in 1980 was indeed the last non-QB position player to regularly punt.

The last non-QB position player to tally a punt was the Buccaneers' Ron Springs in 1986. He had one punt in a Week 15 game against the Packers. The Chargers Wes Chandler punted the ball a total of five times that year in Week 11 and Week 12 games.

thanks, I will pass information along

[Throwin_Samoan]

When did Danny White stop punting?

1985, when he punted just once.

Mike Saxon took over as the Cowboys' punter that year. White was on the team until 1988.

[Gary Najman]

Someone on Twitter asked me if Pat McInally was last position player to punt and if he was last player with uni # above 20 to punt. I had to agree, no one came to mind, I and pretty sure he meant a full time guy, not someone who filled in when a punter got hurt.

Anyone else think of someone besides McInally?

A few months earlier in the USFL, Bob Parsons of the Birmingham Stallions was their punter. IIRC he wore no. 87 in the USFL (he was also a tight end). Before that he played 12 seasons in the NFL for the Chicago Bears wearing no. 86 and he has the record for the most punts in a seasons with 114 in 1981.

[Bryan]

Someone on Twitter asked me if Pat McInally was last position player to punt and if he was last player with uni # above 20 to punt. I had to agree, no one came to mind, I and pretty sure he meant a full time guy, not someone who filled in when a punter got hurt.

Anyone else think of someone besides McInally?

A few months earlier in the USFL, Bob Parsons of the Birmingham Stallions was their punter. IIRC he wore no. 87 in the USFL (he was also a tight end). Before that he played 12 seasons in the NFL for the Chicago Bears wearing no. 86 and he has the record for the most punts in a seasons with 114 in 1981.

David Greenwood was a starting safety in the USFL who also was the punter for the 1983 & 1984 Michigan Panthers. Don't know if that counts here, though.