Max Runager

Max Culp Runager (March 24, 1956 – June 30, 2017) was an American professional football punter in the National Football League (NFL) for eleven seasons for the Philadelphia Eagles, San Francisco 49ers, and Cleveland Browns. A graduate of Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School, he was selected by the Eagles in the eighth round (211th overall) of the 1979 NFL draft. Runager played college football at the University of South Carolina. He punted for two Super Bowl teams, the Eagles in 1980 and the 49ers in 1984.

Runager is one of at least 345 NFL players to be diagnosed after death with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which is caused by repeated hits to the head.

NFL career statistics Legend Won the Super Bowl Bold Career high

Regular season Year Team Punting Punts 1979 PHI 16 74 2,927 2,607 57 39.6 34.8 1 13 6 1980 PHI 16 75 2,947 2,563 58 39.3 33.7 1 16 8 1981 PHI 15 63 2,567 2,201 64 40.7 34.9 0 18 6 1982 PHI 9 44 1,784 1,448 53 40.5 32.9 0 8 1 1983 PHI 12 59 2,459 2,020 55 41.7 34.2 0 12 5 1984 SFO 14 56 2,341 1,925 59 41.8 33.8 1 18 12 1985 SFO 16 86 3,422 2,948 57 39.8 33.9 1 30 9 1986 SFO 16 83 3,450 2,917 62 41.6 34.3 2 23 8 1987 SFO 12 55 2,157 1,850 56 39.2 33.0 1 14 7 1988 SFO 1 1 24 24 24 24.0 24.0 0 0 0 CLE 13 48 1,935 1,694 52 40.3 33.9 2 13 2 1989 PHI 4 17 568 518 52 33.4 30.5 0 5 1 Career 144 661 26,581 22,715 64 40.2 33.9 9 170 65

Playoffs Year Team Punting Punts 1979 PHI 2 9 383 330 52 42.6 36.7 0 2 1 1980 PHI 3 11 382 339 46 34.7 30.8 0 2 1 1981 PHI 1 7 297 256 47 42.4 36.6 0 0 0 1984 SFO 3 11 425 376 48 38.6 34.2 0 3 0 1985 SFO 1 6 228 179 46 38.0 29.8 0 1 1 1986 SFO 1 10 400 343 49 40.0 34.3 0 3 0 1987 SFO 1 6 245 216 49 40.8 36.0 0 1 0 1988 CLE 1 3 106 106 43 35.3 35.3 0 3 0 Career 13 63 2,466 2,145 52 39.1 34.0 0 15 3