John Kidd

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. 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. 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).

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. In 1996, Kidd led the NFL with a 46.3 punting average.

NFL career statistics Legend Led the league Bold Career high

Regular season Year Team Punting Punts 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 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 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 46.3 38.8 0 26 11 1997 MIA 13 52 2,247 1,924 58 43.2 37.0 0 13 4 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 Career 215 957 39,716 33,989 67 41.5 35.3 6 251 89

Playoffs Year Team Punting Punts 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 Career 11 53 2,276 1,989 59 42.9 37.5 0 14 5