Monte Robbins

Dammond R. "Monte" Robbins (born September 19, 1964) is an American former professional football punter. He played for the University of Michigan from 1984 to 1987. He holds Michigan's all-time records for the longest punt (82 yards) and for average yards per punt in a career (42.6) and in a year (45.0).

University of Michigan A native of Great Bend, Kansas, Robbins played for the University of Michigan from 1984 to 1987 under Michigan head coach Bo Schembechler. In his four years at Michigan, he punted 187 times for 8,053 yards, averaged 42.6 yards per punt, and had only one punt blocked. Robbins later recalled his record-setting kick: "I guess my highlight was in the Hawaii game in 1986 when we were backed up on our goal-line. I kicked one 82 yards that turned the game around. After we got better field position, we scored a TD on our next possession that won the game." Robbins was later selected by Athlon Sports as the punter on the All-Time Michigan Team.

Michigan punting records Robbins holds and/or held the following Michigan punting records: He holds Michigan's current career record for yards per punt with an average of 42.8 yards per punt. He was the highest drafted punter in Buccaneers history. After averaging 36.6 yards on seven punts in the 1988 exhibition season, Robbins was cut by the Buccaneers on August 22, 1988. Robbins signed as a free agent with the Washington Redskins in early 1989 and was traded to the New England Patriots in April 1989. In August 1989, he was waived by the Patriots to make room on the roster for Russ Francis. In April 1992, he was waived by the Montreal Machine of the World League of American Football.

Later life After retiring from football, Robbins went into the mortgage banking business. From 1994 to 2002, he was a regional vice president for Amresco Commercial Lending, Inc. From 2002 to 2010, he was the president and chief executive officer of CapWest Mortgage Corporation in Overland Park, Kansas.