# Ray Guy

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American football player (1949–2022)

This article is about the American football punter. For the Canadian humorist, see [Ray Guy (humorist)](/source/Ray_Guy_(humorist)).

Ray Guy Guy playing for the Los Angeles Raiders in 1981 No. 8 Position Punter Personal information Born (1949-12-22)December 22, 1949 Swainsboro, Georgia, U.S. Died November 3, 2022(2022-11-03) (aged 72) Hattiesburg, Mississippi, U.S. Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Listed weight 195 lb (88 kg) Career information High school Thomson (Thomson, Georgia) College Southern Miss (1970–1972) NFL draft 1973: 1st round, 23rd overall pick Career history Oakland / Los Angeles Raiders (1973–1986) Awards and highlights 3× Super Bowl champion (XI, XV, XVIII) 6× First-team All-Pro (1973–1978) 2× Second-team All-Pro (1979, 1980) 7× Pro Bowl (1973–1978, 1980) Golden Toe Award (1975) NFL 1970s All-Decade Team NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team First-team All-American (1972) Southern Miss Golden Eagles No. 44 retired Career NFL statistics Punts 1,049 Punting yards 44,493 Punting average 42.4 Longest punt 77 Inside 20 210 Stats at Pro Football Reference Pro Football Hall of Fame College Football Hall of Fame

**William Ray Guy** (December 22, 1949 – November 3, 2022) was an American professional [football](/source/American_football) [punter](/source/Punter_(gridiron_football)) who played for the [Oakland](/source/Oakland_Raiders) / [Los Angeles Raiders](/source/Los_Angeles_Raiders) of the [National Football League](/source/National_Football_League) (NFL).[1] Guy was a first-team [All-American](/source/College_Football_All-America_Team) selection in 1972 as a senior for the [Southern Miss Golden Eagles](/source/Southern_Miss_Golden_Eagles_football), and is the only pure punter ever to be drafted in the first round of the [NFL draft](/source/NFL_draft),[2] when the Raiders selected him with the 23rd overall pick in the [1973 NFL draft](/source/1973_NFL_draft).[3] He won three [Super Bowls](/source/Super_Bowl) with the Raiders. Guy was elected to both the [College Football Hall of Fame](/source/College_Football_Hall_of_Fame) and the [Pro Football Hall of Fame](/source/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame) in 2014. An eight-time [All-Pro](/source/All-Pro), Guy is widely considered to be the greatest punter of all time.[4]

With his induction to the Hall of Fame on August 2, 2014, he became the first pure punter to be so honored.[5]

## Early life

Guy attended [Thomson High School](/source/Thomson_High_School) in [Thomson, Georgia](/source/Thomson%2C_Georgia), where he was a four-sport star. Playing [quarterback](/source/Quarterback), [safety](/source/Safety_(gridiron_football_position)), [linebacker](/source/Linebacker), and [tailback](/source/Halfback_(American_football)), aside from [kicking](/source/Placekicker) and punting duties, Guy led Thomson to the Georgia Class A state football championships in 1967 and 1968. Guy averaged 49.7 yards per [punt](/source/Punt_(gridiron_football)) in 1968. Playing [basketball](/source/Basketball), Guy scored 39 points in a Thomson basketball game the day after the 1968 state championship football game, with no practice. In [baseball](/source/Baseball), Guy [pitched](/source/Pitch_(baseball)) a 15-[inning](/source/Inning) scoreless game for Thomson in the state playoff semifinals in 1969. He was also a member of the [track](/source/Track_and_field) team, competing in discus and triple jump.[6][7]

## College career

Guy was both a punter and a placekicker at the [University of Southern Mississippi](/source/University_of_Southern_Mississippi), once kicking a then-[NCAA](/source/NCAA) record 61-yard [field goal](/source/Field_goal) in a snowstorm during a game in [Utah](/source/Utah).[8] In 1972, he kicked a 93-yard punt in a game against the [University of Mississippi](/source/University_of_Mississippi).[9] He led the nation with an average of 46.2 yards per punt, earning him first-team [All-American](/source/College_Football_All-America_Team) honors from the [Football Writers Association of America](/source/Football_Writers_Association_of_America).[7][10] After his senior season, Guy was named [most valuable player](/source/Most_valuable_player) of the 1972 [Chicago College All-Star Game](/source/Chicago_College_All-Star_Game), in which an [all-star](/source/All-star_game) team of college seniors played the current [Super Bowl](/source/Super_Bowl) champion.[11] His career average of 44.7 yards per punt is a school record.[12][8] He was also a starting [safety](/source/Safety_(gridiron_football_position)) at Southern Miss; during his senior season, he set a single-season school record with eight [interceptions](/source/Interception) and was named an All-American defensive back by the [Walter Camp Football Foundation](/source/Walter_Camp_Football_Foundation).[9][11][13]

Guy also played baseball at Southern Miss, [striking out](/source/Striking_out) 266 in 200 innings and pitching a [no-hitter](/source/No-hitter).[14]

## Professional career

Guy was the first kicker to be selected in the first round in the [NFL draft](/source/NFL_draft), when the [Oakland Raiders](/source/Oakland_Raiders) selected him with the 23rd overall pick of the [1973 draft](/source/1973_NFL_draft).[15]

In his career as a punter, Guy played his entire career with the Raiders and was selected to seven [Pro Bowl](/source/Pro_Bowl) teams, including six in a row from 1973 to 1978.[16] He was named as the punter on the [NFL's 75th](/source/National_Football_League_75th_Anniversary_All-Time_Team) and [100th anniversary teams](/source/National_Football_League_100th_Anniversary_All-Time_Team).[17] His trademark was kicking punts that stayed in the air for long periods of time.[18] His punts frequently left opposing offenses pinned deep in their end of the field; by the time opposing punt returners fielded a Guy punt, the Raiders had the field covered so well that a return was impossible. Pro Football Hall of Fame historian Joe Horrigan once said of Guy, "He's the first punter you could look at and say: 'He won games.'"[19]

In [Super Bowl XVIII](/source/Super_Bowl_XVIII), Guy punted seven times for 299 yards (42.7 average), with 244 net yards (34.8 average). Five of his punts pinned the [Washington Redskins](/source/Washington_Redskins) inside their own 20. Due in part to his effective punting, the [Los Angeles Raiders](/source/Los_Angeles_Raiders) easily won the game, 38–9.[20]

After a 1977 game against [Houston](/source/Houston_Oilers), Oilers coach [Bum Phillips](/source/Bum_Phillips) accused Guy of using [footballs](/source/Football_(ball)) illegally inflated with [helium](/source/Helium). Houston returner [Billy Johnson](/source/Billy_%22White_Shoes%22_Johnson) stated that he had "never seen anyone hang kickoffs like Guy did", and that the ball was "hanging up there too long". Additionally, the Raiders had used a new ball for every punt, adding to the Oilers' suspicions. Phillips said after the game that he would send the ball to [Rice University](/source/Rice_University) for testing.[21] Guy punted three times for 107 yards in the game,[22] significantly less than his career average.

During his career, Guy was also the Raiders' emergency quarterback.[23][24] He also handled [kickoffs](/source/Kickoff_(gridiron_football)) in the first five years of his career.[24][25]

In his 14-year career, Guy:

- Played in 207 consecutive games[26]

- Punted 1,049 times for 44,493 yards, averaging 42.4 yards per punt, with a 33.8 net yards average[27]

- Had 210 punts inside the 20-yard line (not counting his first 3 seasons, when the NFL did not keep track of this stat), with just 128 [touchbacks](/source/Touchback)[28]

- Led the NFL in gross yards per punt three times[28]

- Had a streak of 619 consecutive punts before having one blocked[18]

- Has a record of 111 career punts in [postseason](/source/NFL_playoffs) games[29]

### Hall of Fame

Guy was inducted into the [Pro Football Hall of Fame](/source/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame) as a member of the class of 2014 on August 2, 2014.[30][31] For many years before his induction, he was considered one of the most worthy players who had not yet been selected for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.[32] He was the first punter enshrined in the Hall of Fame, and as of 2024, is still the only player at his position in the Hall. In his enshrinement speech, he proudly proclaimed, "Now the Hall of Fame has a complete team."[33]

Guy was inducted into both the Mississippi[34] and Georgia[35] Sports Halls of Fame, the [Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame](/source/Bay_Area_Sports_Hall_of_Fame),[36] the National High School Sports Hall of Fame,[37] and the [College Football Hall of Fame](/source/College_Football_Hall_of_Fame).[38]

## NFL career statistics

Legend Won the Super Bowl Led the league Bold Career high Underline Incomplete data

### Regular season

Year Team GP Punting Pnt Yds Y/P Lng Blck 1973 OAK 14 69 3,127 45.3 72 0 1974 OAK 14 74 3,124 42.2 66 0 1975 OAK 14 68 2,979 43.8 64 0 1976 OAK 14 67 2,785 41.6 66 0 1977 OAK 14 59 2,552 43.3 74 0 1978 OAK 16 81 3,462 42.7 69 2 1979 OAK 16 69 2,939 42.6 71 1 1980 OAK 16 71 3,099 43.6 77 0 1981 OAK 16 96 4,195 43.7 69 0 1982 RAI 9 47 1,839 39.1 57 0 1983 RAI 16 78 3,336 42.8 63 0 1984 RAI 16 91 3,809 41.9 63 0 1985 RAI 16 89 3,627 40.8 68 0 1986 RAI 16 90 3,620 40.2 64 0 Career 207 1,049 44,493 42.4 77 3

### Postseason

Year Team GP Punting Pnt Yds Y/P Lng Blck 1973 OAK 2 — 180 — — 0 1974 OAK 2 — 516 — — 0 1975 OAK 2 — 341 — — 0 1976 OAK 3 16 659 41.2 60 1 1977 OAK 2 13 554 42.6 52 0 1980 OAK 4 25 1,155 46.2 71 0 1982 RAI 2 7 282 40.3 45 0 1983 RAI 3 15 615 41.0 55 0 1984 RAI 1 8 335 41.9 54 0 1985 RAI 1 2 68 34.0 35 0 Career 22 111 4,705 42.4 71 1

## Ray Guy Award

In 2000, the Greater Augusta Sports Council instituted the [Ray Guy Award](/source/Ray_Guy_Award), to be awarded to the nation's best collegiate punter.[39]

## Pro kicking camps

In 2005, Guy helped organize and participated in two-day kicking camps, held throughout the United States for high school punters, placekickers and [long snappers](/source/Long_snapper).[40]

## Personal life and death

Guy was married to Beverly Guy. The couple had two children, Ryan and Amber.[41]

In 2011, Guy filed for [bankruptcy](/source/Bankruptcy) and auctioned his three [Super Bowl rings](/source/Super_Bowl_ring) to help pay his debts.[42] The auction of the rings brought in $96,216, exceeding the upper estimate of $90,000.[43][44]

After a lengthy illness, Guy died on November 3, 2022, in [Hattiesburg, Mississippi](/source/Hattiesburg%2C_Mississippi), at age 72.[45][46] The cause was advanced-stage [chronic obstructive pulmonary disease](/source/Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease).[45]

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## External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Ray Guy](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ray_Guy).

- Career statistics from [Pro Football Reference](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GuyxRa20.htm)

- [*Rayguypuntingcamps.com*](http://www.rayguypuntingcamps.com) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20221104105835/http://rayguypuntingcamps.com/) November 4, 2022, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

- [*ProKicker.com*](http://www.prokicker.com)

- [Ray Guy's Southern Miss career](http://www.goldeneaglefans.homestead.com/Guy.html)

- [*"The Guy Behind Guy"* – Article about the Ray Guy Award statue](http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/100800/fea_077-0925.000.shtml) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20081203150608/http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/100800/fea_077-0925.000.shtml) December 3, 2008, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

- ["A Closer Look at Ray Guy's Hall of Fame Candidacy"](https://fifthdown.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/05/a-closer-look-at-ray-guys-hall-of-fame-candidacy/) at NY Times blog

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