Tell me if I'm off my rocker

as long as you knew you were kicking it out of bounds and those big fat guys didn't have to cover

do a study on how many yards you are averaging on the punt and then see how far your kicker can kick it. Probably a big difference. We did this accidentally 2 years ago when we had a very good kicker and went for a 55+ field goal...the kid shanked it and we had to cover. Worked pretty well though...

We've thought about it. Especially when your punter is averaging about 18 yards per kick.

i think you are freaking nuts

i just think that by game planning the situation
I would bring an all out block, like fg block and extra point block.
Use the same points of attacks

but, that is just me

I could be and have been wrong before

I would like to see it on film and in game situation to really get a good fill for it

I do not think that my HC would go for that

he already is a little worried about our punt protection scheme
but since i took over the punt team we have not had a punt blocked because of protection

has any one done this or seen it in the past seasons?

I wanted to do it this season, but didn't get a chance to. Our kicker was also our punter, and he got better hang-time and distance (even without a roll) on his placekicks. This is something I'll be trying to talk our HC into doing next season.

I was thinking along the lines of Coach Huey that it doesn't have to be the FG personnel/formation. I've been meaning to toy with the idea and develop something to try out, but haven't had the time. I'd love to hear ideas on how to go about it.

East St. John of out Louisiana does a fg punt. Their kicker, Radi Jabour, had a 59 yard field goal this year. He also hit the up right on a 62 yarder. He tries to make them whenever they are in this range, but it doesnt matter if they miss because they are using it as a punt.

Do a search on Radi Jabour and you might be able to find the video of his 59 yarder.

Adapted fed.


In most states, I assume that you have to fair catch the ball to do this. Would make it difficult. For us, you could do it as the play following the return.


Since 2004, we've used the explicit Fed version of this (cuts down how you can use it greatly). Scooter Register at Little Rock Catholic is the "king of the free kick" down here. He did this frequently with the old rule (while at El Dorado) and still does it frequently now with the adaptation of the complete fed rule concerning it.

I saw a team do this a few years ago against a team that had the best football player in the state returning punts against them. It worked very well for them.