I'm an SDSU alum, and I love this dude - and he has been cleared of any wrongdoing (he wasn't even present at the party, and it has been proven). He deserves to play in the NFL! Someone should really pick him up now.
your statement is only half correct. He wasn't at the party. He WAS across the street, in the woods(even creepier), getting a BJ from the same underage girl. he admitted to this, so definitely not cleared of all wrongdoing.
There's video proof that he wasn't even there, he was caught on video leaving the party about 30 minutes before the incident even happened, it was good enough that the prosecutor declined charges. He's sued his accuser for defamation. He's clearly been harmed by her accusations, I hope she's a rich-kid and he wins big.
@@maggiedomos1799 The prosecutor saw video evidence of him leaving the party 30 minutes before the incident happened and declined to press charges. I don't know what your definition of "cleared" is, I call it good enough.
The title had me leaning more towards- snapping bones and ligaments. Seen some brutal injuries where they get ran into and I thought this was one of those moments. Like he got folded up big time or something.
@@cornxx3 Football is a brutal sport where 100 guys younger than you are just waiting to take your job. Break a bone or tear a ligament and you're finished. For every guy that plays 10 years and makes millions there are another 100 that play 2 years and we never hear from them again. Kickers are safer from injury but they're mostly disposable, have 2 bad games and you're done. Better off playing baseball.
@@cornxx3 Sorry, I have a bad habit of stating the obvious which can be condescending, something I really hate. I was just expanding on your point of how brutal the game is. I've had multiple concussions, lucky I can still spell my own name. It's CTE that really freaks me out but so far so good.
Dude wasn't just a punter he was their kicker as well. That's why he won the MVP. The Kicker at almost every university that plays college football is the all time leading scorer. SDSU was not undefeated that season.
@@chadchadderton lol 👌champ. No person who played above pop Warner league would say "the negative 9 yard line" anyone with a passing interest in college ball knows SDSU hasn't "went undefeated" anytime recently. In fact a simple Google search will tell you that hasn't happened since 1969. Lots of place kickers are school scoring leaders and in their rings of honor and won season MVPs the guy in the video wasn't just a punter. "This dude" missed 4 easily obtainable points of information relative to the story and got common knowledge among football fans wrong. I highly doubt he played college ball but even if he did he has very little knowledge of the game....so eat a bowl-a-dick chadderton
As a Bills fan, I really hope they make amends and bring him back if they get the chance. Having a guy accused of something like that is a PR nightmare and I understand releasing him in the moment, but now that he's acquitted he better be back.
Doesn’t matter there’s tons of other punters who come without any baggage... ray Lewis’s murder charges were dropped but people were bringing it up when his son died couple weeks ago
It's sad that the league hasn't reached out to him now - hopefully he can be clutch with the XFL/USFL or even Canadian leagues until this all blows over.
punting is my favorite part of football, i;m 6ft 4 and when i was in my early 20,s i played in a touch league, turned out i could consistently punt balls 50 yards in the air, i had no idea having never tried it before.
I'm sure the false accuser will not do jail time. Women get away with murder. In this case, she murdered his career, his finances, and his reputation. She's evil.
yes, unfortunately she might get away with it... but stating "women get away with murder" is objectively a disgustingly misogynistic comment. SHE might get away with it, but that doesn't reflect on all women and all cases. Otherwise the logic can be applied to men, considering many men do sadly get away with r*pe... so subsequently men in general always get away with r*pe right?
It's a shame what happened to him. Accused of rape and then immediately curt from the NFL and his entire life is over. His punting career and his name. All the cases were dropped and he's no longer being prosecuted, but his life is still ruined forever.
@@mr.g.culinary there is... either Matt didn't engage in any sort of litigation or simply he isn't able to prove that it was a lie... either way, false accusations (eg Malicious prosecution) is a criminal offence champ.
@@chadchadderton and why should it be on HIM to pursue that, champ? So he can continue to be attacked and dragged through the mud and have what little he has potentially taken away even more? It's totally wrong what's been done to him and he deserves justice
@@mr.g.culinary Malicious Prosecution in a criminal court is a civil wrong, and he is entitled to seek a civil claim if he wants champ. Not to mention if someone enters a false police claim than they're at risk of being criminally charged IF there's enough evidence to prove they lied (Which prosecutors might not have in this instance) apparently you're so uneducated not only are you unaware of the law, but you're also incapable of using a simple search engine to educate yourself.
@@chadchadderton the prosecutors found evidence he was in a different fucking zip code the night of the alleged rape so they dropped the case. bro was screwed over big time
Wrong. He was cleared of those charges, when it was discovered he wasn't even there during the events that woman alleged happened to her. It'll be hard for him to get a spot, but he'll get there, one day
Back in the day, Jim Thorpe, during game warm-ups at Carlile, would kick 100-yard in-the-air punts. This showing off would psych out the other teams before the games.
@@markuhler2664 As long as we remember him and pass it on, the ones who listened to us will be better informed. Yes, I loved watching Ray Guy punting balls into the scoreboards. He won many a bet doing so.
i feel horrible for this guy, a generational talent, would have been able to set up his entire family for life, all ruined because some girl was ashamed because she let a bunch of guys blow her back out and so she fabricated a lie and said it was grape. i hope somehow this guy is able to use his gift and earn a big bag some day.
I remember Brad Wing for LSU during the year they beat Bama in regular season and lost to them in BCS championship. Brad was the first player to lose a TD for excessive celebration before scoring ("An Australian PUNTER!") and won the game ball from the win over Bama in the regular season for some end zone-to-red zone punts. But sadly, these boomers don't translate well to NFL where hang-time and placement count more. Araiza was out-kicking his coverage team, if you noticed.
The fact that he was kicking the ball way over the punt receivers head makes up for the difference of out kicking the coverage. The coverage gets there and downs the ball because the kick receiver never gets a chance to field the ball. Never having the ball returned on a punt is the BEST outcome!
Hoping Araiza becomes a Weapon like Oakland Raiders Ray Guy! I was at many a Raider game in Oakland. We would go the Top Row of the stadium during Pre-Game where the Sea Gulls hung out and Guy's Punts would soar above the top row of the Oakland Coliseum. Can't wait to see Araiza in action!
He should file a lawsuit against the nfl blackballing him. He’s wrongfully accused, then cleared of wrongdoing and still isn’t playing. Kamara actually gang beat a guy unconscious and gets 3 games.Not to mention Kaepernick, Watson and Gordon for all if the suspension blunders the league has screwed up. Also Trevor Bauer formerly of the MLB recently defended himself against a lawsuit similar to that of Ariza but should sue the league and team that let him go after the false accusations.
You obviously never saw Ray Guy punt in college and later for the Raiders. He was drafted in the 1st round - 1st punter ever to do so - . He was voted into the NFL Hall of Fame - 1st punter ever. The Ray Guy Award goes to the best collegiate punter each year. Ray Guy is the punter that turned punting into a weapon.
Utah had good kickers and punters for about 10 years and a lot of people don’t give these guys enough credit for the importance of their play - kickers rack up points and punters bail out offense
I 1/2 expected the punter to literally be the "snapper/center" on a play. I can say I am 1/2 happy to be wrong. The other 1/2 of me wanted to see that. :)
"leaving the announcers with nothing more than just fragments of sentences trying to piece it together, wrapping their head around what just happened". It'd be nice to actually hear those mythical announcers utter those fragments of sentences. Not that I don't think everything on the internet is true; just as a bonus.
How about a discussion of left-footed punters? If punters and quarterbacks were left handed at the same rate as the general population there would be three of each in the NFL. At the moment there is one quarterback and quite a few punters. I enjoy your channel, thanks.
What's your point? Is it that we now have another new class of oppressed people? Are we fostering hand dominance discrimination? Is there now going to be demands for more hand dominance diversity? Equal opportunity for the Left(ies)? Reparations?
The ball rotates differently from a lefty and makes it harder for some people to catch because the aren’t used to it. So it’s a detriment to QBs(hurts their WRs) and bonus for punters (more muffs)
@@UBBlifestyle i was 2 yrs into HS ball before someone finally told me why i was so valuable as a lefty punter. it also explained why receivers dropped my punts half the time. i just thought it was the the advantage of the extra half step DE had to travel to try and block. lol
Rohn Stark. Check his career as a lefty punter. Not to mention an all-American decathlete for Florida State. In their hall of Fame for both sports. Pat Mcafee, in his endless parade of tank tops, wishes he was half the athlete Stark was.
There are a lot of great players sitting on the bench if given a chance will prove themselves over and over again especially in high school! Some coaches just don't see these players potentials!
I kicked 60-62 punts many times when the field was long---- on the fly. I was pulled out of practice after kicking it over the head of our return man--- an eventual NFL punt return Hall of Famer. Our coach replaced an 18-tear head coach--- and this fool recruited abpunter. Needing to NOT look like a fool for having a full scholarship punter on the bench, he replaced a porential All-American punter--- who was also a potential All-American Safety. Oh! The bad decisions of a new head coach promoting his new team, and ignoring the real talent in his seniors. 😎
Rutgers’ Adam Korsak should have won the Ray Guy that year. Adam had better statistics in EVERY major category that goes into making that decision. The Ray Guy Award voting panel was apparently seduced by the long ball. Rutgers standout Adam Korsak was denied school history Thursday night when San Diego State’s Matt Araiza won the honor, given annually to the nation’s top punter, during ESPN’s college football awards show. Korsak was bidding to become the first Scarlet Knight in program history to win a major national on-field individual award. But Araiza, who has become a viral sensation due to his booming kicks and “Punt God” nickname, got the nod over Korsak and fellow finalist Jordan Stout of Penn State. And to be frank, Korsak and Rutgers have several reasons to believe the Australian star got hosed. According to criteria outlined by the Augusta Sports Council, which created and manages the award named for the late Guy, a College Football and Pro Football Hall of Famer, “particular emphasis is placed on the following statistics: net average, percentage of total punts inside the 20-yard line and percentage of punts not returned.” Korsak’s 45.34 net average this season currently stands as a new NCAA single-season team record, and he had superior percentages of kicks downed inside the 20 and kicks returned compared to Araiza and Stout. Korsak also went the entire year without a touchback (and hasn’t had one since 2019) while Araiza had 14 touchbacks in the regular season and had a punt to be returned for a touchdown after out-kicking his coverage. But in the end, Araiza’s booming kicks and 51.4 average per kick -- on pace to be a new NCAA record -- overpowered the criteria. Korsak, who already owns all the Rutgers career punting records, will return for his final year of eligibility in 2022. Korsak ended up winning in the 2022 season BUT should have definitely won it in 2021. Nothing again Matt personally and just a total hose job for Adam by the committee when looking at what was supposed to matter in 2021.
Minus -9 yard line? The ball would be one yard from the back of the end zone, and the punter would be punting from out of bounds. I would gladly make a bet with my life savings that has never happened.
Youre not comprehending, the pubted it from the -9 yard line, meaning they were on like the 2 yard line, and get had 1 yard of space to punt it. All you had to do was WATCH the video to figure that one out
I use to collect only QB'a and Kickers autographs from the UofArk.......kicker is always a hero or a zero...we have had some excellent ones at Arkansas!
If you ever want to go to an SDSU game, just fly out here I’ll buy your ticket to the game and a beer. I have become a fan of punting because of your videos, especially covering araiza when he first burst onto the scene. Let’s hang out and watch Browning cook
Officials need to start counting punt yardage from the point of the kick like field goals are...not from the point of snap. He had an 80+ yard punt but didn't get credit for it.
I was a punter throughout high school and no one was able to tell me why the rule was set like it is. My kicking coach, who ended up coaching 5 teams in the NFL with two Super Bowl rings, had no idea why. The only thing I could figure out was the field goal has a set spot the kicker has to kick at. A punter moves from any given point after the snap and there is no set point to mark. Therefore, the set line of scrimmage is the point of reference. Guess it made it easier for the statisticians back in the day to spot the point where to start the yardage.
@@spokanetomcat1 When a ball is pitched back to a tailback or WR they don't count that distance either. The distance the ball moves forward from the line of scrimmage is what matters.
A great game by this kid, but compared to the pros, a 56.8-yard single-game average is nothing special. In the CFL, the following are the records that basically blow his average away. Highest Punting Average, one game (minimum 4 Punts) 64.7 - Nick Setta (2008) 64.3 - Cody Grace (2022) 63.5 - Paul Osbaldiston (2002) 62.4 - Richie Leone (2016) 60.2 - Ken Clark (1983)
How many NFL players have a better game? Currently in 2023 after week 2 only one player has a 52 yds avg. the rest are under 50. And none have past the 500 yds. That’s two games combined. So don’t talk stats please
@@adamfuentez7314 NFL punters aren't punting for stats and kicking as far as they can because they'd be out kicking their coverage and would get cut. There's a reason this guy wasn't even the first punter to go off the board.
Bro was accused of R and lost his chance at the NFL. Turns out he wasn't how the girl claimed it happened. Acquitted but was cut from the team before the acquittal. DA didn't even want to press charges, because it was consensual according to video tape and interviews with her friends who were there that night.
if there is any justice, he will be in the league ASAP. In today's current climate of men being "guilty until proven innocent' though, I doubt he will ever get a fair shot at playing again. To too many women, he will always be guilty of rape. He admitted to having sex with her outside that house, likely assuming she was of legal age. No evidence that he forced her to do anything. She knew exactly what she was doing. It's a pretty messed up situation all around, but Araiza has paid the ultimate price for momentary gratification.
Still waiting for the punter to snap.....whatever the hell the headline means by that Also, all of his lengthy punts are due to the punt receivers not being deep enough and allowing the ball to roll downfield
I'm an SDSU alum, and I love this dude - and he has been cleared of any wrongdoing (he wasn't even present at the party, and it has been proven). He deserves to play in the NFL! Someone should really pick him up now.
your statement is only half correct. He wasn't at the party. He WAS across the street, in the woods(even creepier), getting a BJ from the same underage girl. he admitted to this, so definitely not cleared of all wrongdoing.
There's video proof that he wasn't even there, he was caught on video leaving the party about 30 minutes before the incident even happened, it was good enough that the prosecutor declined charges. He's sued his accuser for defamation. He's clearly been harmed by her accusations, I hope she's a rich-kid and he wins big.
@@maggiedomos1799
The prosecutor saw video evidence of him leaving the party 30 minutes before the incident happened and declined to press charges. I don't know what your definition of "cleared" is, I call it good enough.
@@maggiedomos1799 False. He's not going to be charged anymore.
@@Skank_and_Gutterboy - In one sentence, you say he wasn't there, AND that he left before the incident happened. You can't have it both ways.
i hope he can get his career back on track he deserves it
edit: hes getting it back on track now with the chiefs
dawg he still had sex with a Minor and gave her an STD
The sad part is there is a good chance he wouldn't be the same because his confidence might be gone
@@ajax5467 Too bad cause he kicks like that Disney mule.
All of the NFL teams are too spineless to do it
@@IMGreg..GUS! OYICH!!
I thought "snap" meant for a person to lose their cool and break down. As in, "The guy snapped and started shouting at everyone."
It does. The center snaps, the punter kicks. My sister snaps all the time and doesn't even play, she has IBS.
The title had me leaning more towards- snapping bones and ligaments. Seen some brutal injuries where they get ran into and I thought this was one of those moments. Like he got folded up big time or something.
@@cornxx3 Football is a brutal sport where 100 guys younger than you are just waiting to take your job. Break a bone or tear a ligament and you're finished. For every guy that plays 10 years and makes millions there are another 100 that play 2 years and we never hear from them again. Kickers are safer from injury but they're mostly disposable, have 2 bad games and you're done. Better off playing baseball.
@@dicksonfranssen I'm aware. Did I say something that confused you? I was just saying that I thought of another different meaning to snap.
@@cornxx3 Sorry, I have a bad habit of stating the obvious which can be condescending, something I really hate. I was just expanding on your point of how brutal the game is. I've had multiple concussions, lucky I can still spell my own name. It's CTE that really freaks me out but so far so good.
Dude wasn't just a punter he was their kicker as well. That's why he won the MVP. The Kicker at almost every university that plays college football is the all time leading scorer. SDSU was not undefeated that season.
Yeah this dude doesn't really know football. PK get a lot of recognition nowadays and there is no such thing as -9 yard line lololol
@@marvinkline5667 pretty sure "this dude" played college football and was an all-american punter at some level LMAO...
@@chadchadderton pretty sure my comment was about the channel host... derp a derpa derp derp derp.what a chadderton
@@marvinkline5667 pretty sure my comment was about the channel host.. derp a derpa derp derp derp.what a marvinkline5667
@@chadchadderton lol 👌champ. No person who played above pop Warner league would say "the negative 9 yard line" anyone with a passing interest in college ball knows SDSU hasn't "went undefeated" anytime recently. In fact a simple Google search will tell you that hasn't happened since 1969. Lots of place kickers are school scoring leaders and in their rings of honor and won season MVPs the guy in the video wasn't just a punter. "This dude" missed 4 easily obtainable points of information relative to the story and got common knowledge among football fans wrong. I highly doubt he played college ball but even if he did he has very little knowledge of the game....so eat a bowl-a-dick chadderton
And here I thought it was the Center's job to snap
I know, right? It WOULD be something to see the punter snap the ball to himself.
Brad Maynard was not only the MAC Defensive Player of the Year but the conference MVP in 1996 as a punter.
Bears fan here. That man was the coffin kick machine.
Lifetime Bear fan - never heard that about Brad!! What the snap, lol
Well there was that one kicker , Ray Finkle . Now he really snapped .
In his defense, Dan really should've had the laces out.
😂😊
That's amazing that he got MVP as a punter. He belongs in the NFL.
As a Bills fan, I really hope they make amends and bring him back if they get the chance. Having a guy accused of something like that is a PR nightmare and I understand releasing him in the moment, but now that he's acquitted he better be back.
Doesn’t matter there’s tons of other punters who come without any baggage... ray Lewis’s murder charges were dropped but people were bringing it up when his son died couple weeks ago
Would you go back to the team that didn't have your back, didn't believe you and then cut you..... I sure as heII wouldn't.
@@SDA5up Araiza has no baggage
@@bennypit4411 He already said he wasn't opposed to going back to the Bills
He wasn't acquitted, the prosecutor's office declined to charge him. Big difference.
Great video. I love to see you showing the importance of punting! 😀
It's sad that the league hasn't reached out to him now - hopefully he can be clutch with the XFL/USFL or even Canadian leagues until this all blows over.
And yet, Ray Guy still is the greatest punter EVER.
EVER.
I was just thinking that
@@steveogle3679
I love how much you love punting. Keep up the good work!
punting is my favorite part of football, i;m 6ft 4 and when i was in my early 20,s i played in a touch league, turned out i could consistently punt balls 50 yards in the air, i had no idea having never tried it before.
The TN Titans' punter just had the greatest year in the history of the NFL. He only made the Pro Bowl as an alternate. The Titans nevver get respect.
All this kid as been through and yet the one who caused it all of it, with a lie, has faced no legal consequences. Completely absurd.
The punt god will resurrect.
Matt Burton in the NRL
They have to inform air traffic control when he orbits one
Definitely a "clinic" for aspiring punters. Some pros' nine best punts in an entire season don't compare
Ray Guy is the original punt god
I'm sure the false accuser will not do jail time. Women get away with murder. In this case, she murdered his career, his finances, and his reputation. She's evil.
yes, unfortunately she might get away with it... but stating "women get away with murder" is objectively a disgustingly misogynistic comment.
SHE might get away with it, but that doesn't reflect on all women and all cases. Otherwise the logic can be applied to men, considering many men do sadly get away with r*pe... so subsequently men in general always get away with r*pe right?
Agreed!
Thanks, Matt.
It really sucks we never really got a chance to see how good he really is
That was an awesome story.
Hold my football coach. You're about to see me kick! I'm gonna be the real MVP!
It's a shame what happened to him. Accused of rape and then immediately curt from the NFL and his entire life is over. His punting career and his name. All the cases were dropped and he's no longer being prosecuted, but his life is still ruined forever.
That’s why I believe there should be some penalty or jail time for false accusations.. it’s awful what happened to him
@@mr.g.culinary there is...
either Matt didn't engage in any sort of litigation or simply he isn't able to prove that it was a lie...
either way, false accusations (eg Malicious prosecution) is a criminal offence champ.
@@chadchadderton and why should it be on HIM to pursue that, champ? So he can continue to be attacked and dragged through the mud and have what little he has potentially taken away even more? It's totally wrong what's been done to him and he deserves justice
@@mr.g.culinary Malicious Prosecution in a criminal court is a civil wrong, and he is entitled to seek a civil claim if he wants champ. Not to mention if someone enters a false police claim than they're at risk of being criminally charged IF there's enough evidence to prove they lied (Which prosecutors might not have in this instance)
apparently you're so uneducated not only are you unaware of the law, but you're also incapable of using a simple search engine to educate yourself.
@@chadchadderton the prosecutors found evidence he was in a different fucking zip code the night of the alleged rape so they dropped the case. bro was screwed over big time
That's my team right there. Shame about the post season but that doesn't take away from the brilliant year they had.
Lost the championship due to missing half the team for covid protocol and won a very good bowl game. 1-1. That's fine imo
@@justingolden21 Roger that. Absolutely not complaining. It was an amazing season.
Punter MVP is a sick accomplishment
Can’t believe his career was ruined
He ruined it himself lol. I’m a bills fan so it sucks but like, he did horrible horrible things.
Wrong. He was cleared of those charges, when it was discovered he wasn't even there during the events that woman alleged happened to her. It'll be hard for him to get a spot, but he'll get there, one day
@@haydenanderson2121 Try again. It was a false accusation and the Bills had a knee-jerk reaction.
@@haydenanderson2121turns out he didn't
@@haydenanderson2121you haven't been paying attention have you.
Back in the day, Jim Thorpe, during game warm-ups at Carlile, would kick 100-yard in-the-air punts. This showing off would psych out the other teams before the games.
also caught his own 50 yarder and ran it in
People can't even remember back to Ray Guy in the '70s, you expect them to know who Jim Thorpe was?
@@markuhler2664 As long as we remember him and pass it on, the ones who listened to us will be better informed. Yes, I loved watching Ray Guy punting balls into the scoreboards. He won many a bet doing so.
Had to watch this because in the UK “when a punter snaps” means something entirely different 😂
i feel horrible for this guy, a generational talent, would have been able to set up his entire family for life, all ruined because some girl was ashamed because she let a bunch of guys blow her back out and so she fabricated a lie and said it was grape.
i hope somehow this guy is able to use his gift and earn a big bag some day.
We had such high hope for him here in Western New York, as he was drafted by the Buffalo Bills.
You know they say! "Punters are people too" 👍👍👍
He got screwed. Should be in the NFL setting records.
I remember Brad Wing for LSU during the year they beat Bama in regular season and lost to them in BCS championship. Brad was the first player to lose a TD for excessive celebration before scoring ("An Australian PUNTER!") and won the game ball from the win over Bama in the regular season for some end zone-to-red zone punts.
But sadly, these boomers don't translate well to NFL where hang-time and placement count more. Araiza was out-kicking his coverage team, if you noticed.
The fact that he was kicking the ball way over the punt receivers head makes up for the difference of out kicking the coverage. The coverage gets there and downs the ball because the kick receiver never gets a chance to field the ball. Never having the ball returned on a punt is the BEST outcome!
Accuracy can be improved. Raw power is irreplaceable.
Im glad we got to hear the announcers...
i remember watching this game and was surprised by how many times he bombed it down field
Jeff Ferguson for Oklahoma in 2000 really helped the Sooners beat the Seminoles in the national championship game.
Matt better be gracious and humble. I don’t want to replace Tommy!
I hate left footers. The balls drift the wrong way and spin the wrong way when catching. Having said that, they are great to have on your team.
Hoping Araiza becomes a Weapon like Oakland Raiders Ray Guy! I was at many a Raider game in Oakland. We would go the Top Row of the stadium during Pre-Game where the Sea Gulls hung out and Guy's Punts would soar above the top row of the Oakland Coliseum. Can't wait to see Araiza in action!
Damnnn just whopping punts over the return’s head.. gotta feel good
The punter didn't snap once in this video. He punted. The center is the one that snapped.
Great story!
He should file a lawsuit against the nfl blackballing him. He’s wrongfully accused, then cleared of wrongdoing and still isn’t playing. Kamara actually gang beat a guy unconscious and gets 3 games.Not to mention Kaepernick, Watson and Gordon for all if the suspension blunders the league has screwed up. Also Trevor Bauer formerly of the MLB recently defended himself against a lawsuit similar to that of Ariza but should sue the league and team that let him go after the false accusations.
Probably the first punter to ever be able to go into the first round if he keeps this up. 😮😅😅😅
You obviously never saw Ray Guy punt in college and later for the Raiders. He was drafted in the 1st round - 1st punter ever to do so - . He was voted into the NFL Hall of Fame - 1st punter ever. The Ray Guy Award goes to the best collegiate punter each year. Ray Guy is the punter that turned punting into a weapon.
DANNNG - the punter.... I aint ganna lie "Punt-God" is a boss name..... for a punter
Utah had good kickers and punters for about 10 years and a lot of people don’t give these guys enough credit for the importance of their play - kickers rack up points and punters bail out offense
werent a couple them out of playing Aussie Rules?
Where/when/why/how did he snap?
Woo-who, go Aztecs! Class of '94!!! 😂
He wouldnt have to punt so much if maybe his team could get a first down.
I 1/2 expected the punter to literally be the "snapper/center" on a play. I can say I am 1/2 happy to be wrong. The other 1/2 of me wanted to see that. :)
We weren't undefeated in regular season. Lost to fresno state that year.
and then an angry ex girlfriend makes a false claim and ruins his life.
"leaving the announcers with nothing more than just fragments of sentences trying to piece it together, wrapping their head around what just happened". It'd be nice to actually hear those mythical announcers utter those fragments of sentences. Not that I don't think everything on the internet is true; just as a bonus.
Good video!
Thank you :)
I thought "snap" meant to lose one's mind.
How about a discussion of left-footed punters? If punters and quarterbacks were left handed at the same rate as the general population there would be three of each in the NFL. At the moment there is one quarterback and quite a few punters. I enjoy your channel, thanks.
What's your point? Is it that we now have another new class of oppressed people? Are we fostering hand dominance discrimination? Is there now going to be demands for more hand dominance diversity? Equal opportunity for the Left(ies)? Reparations?
The ball rotates differently from a lefty and makes it harder for some people to catch because the aren’t used to it. So it’s a detriment to QBs(hurts their WRs) and bonus for punters (more muffs)
@@UBBlifestyle i was 2 yrs into HS ball before someone finally told me why i was so valuable as a lefty punter. it also explained why receivers dropped my punts half the time. i just thought it was the the advantage of the extra half step DE had to travel to try and block. lol
Rohn Stark. Check his career as a lefty punter. Not to mention an all-American decathlete for Florida State. In their hall of Fame for both sports. Pat Mcafee, in his endless parade of tank tops, wishes he was half the athlete Stark was.
Original punt god, two years ago. This dude likes punting and hyperbole in equal measure.
I thought you were going to tell me about a punter who slotted in to long snap.
Narrated by, Matt Araiza!
They did him so dirty - he needs an NFL team to stop the nonsense and give him a spot.
Looks like he got his spot
Im from the same town as the gramatica brothers... we would legit win games one kick at a time...
hes a little good
There's only one punt God and he's in the NFL Hall of Fame.
I was at that game. They were playing my Seahawks. I still have my ticket stub
He was the third punter drafted that year. I hope he proves them wrong with K.C.
There are a lot of great players sitting on the bench if given a chance will prove themselves over and over again especially in high school! Some coaches just don't see these players potentials!
Let's hear the announcers...
I kicked 60-62 punts many times when the field was long---- on the fly. I was pulled out of practice after kicking it over the head of our return man--- an eventual NFL punt return Hall of Famer.
Our coach replaced an 18-tear head coach--- and this fool recruited abpunter. Needing to NOT look like a fool for having a full scholarship punter on the bench, he replaced a porential All-American punter--- who was also a potential All-American Safety.
Oh! The bad decisions of a new head coach promoting his new team, and ignoring the real talent in his seniors. 😎
Do Tory Taylor!! Go Hawks
Rutgers’ Adam Korsak should have won the Ray Guy that year. Adam had better statistics in EVERY major category that goes into making that decision.
The Ray Guy Award voting panel was apparently seduced by the long ball.
Rutgers standout Adam Korsak was denied school history Thursday night when San Diego State’s Matt Araiza won the honor, given annually to the nation’s top punter, during ESPN’s college football awards show.
Korsak was bidding to become the first Scarlet Knight in program history to win a major national on-field individual award. But Araiza, who has become a viral sensation due to his booming kicks and “Punt God” nickname, got the nod over Korsak and fellow finalist Jordan Stout of Penn State.
And to be frank, Korsak and Rutgers have several reasons to believe the Australian star got hosed.
According to criteria outlined by the Augusta Sports Council, which created and manages the award named for the late Guy, a College Football and Pro Football Hall of Famer, “particular emphasis is placed on the following statistics: net average, percentage of total punts inside the 20-yard line and percentage of punts not returned.”
Korsak’s 45.34 net average this season currently stands as a new NCAA single-season team record, and he had superior percentages of kicks downed inside the 20 and kicks returned compared to Araiza and Stout. Korsak also went the entire year without a touchback (and hasn’t had one since 2019) while Araiza had 14 touchbacks in the regular season and had a punt to be returned for a touchdown after out-kicking his coverage.
But in the end, Araiza’s booming kicks and 51.4 average per kick -- on pace to be a new NCAA record -- overpowered the criteria.
Korsak, who already owns all the Rutgers career punting records, will return for his final year of eligibility in 2022.
Korsak ended up winning in the 2022 season BUT should have definitely won it in 2021. Nothing again Matt personally and just a total hose job for Adam by the committee when looking at what was supposed to matter in 2021.
Wow
Minus -9 yard line? The ball would be one yard from the back of the end zone, and the punter would be punting from out of bounds. I would gladly make a bet with my life savings that has never happened.
Youre not comprehending, the pubted it from the -9 yard line, meaning they were on like the 2 yard line, and get had 1 yard of space to punt it. All you had to do was WATCH the video to figure that one out
Having an undefeated teams’ best player being the punter is wild
They were 11-1 in the regular season, slight correction
@@a-c17 it said undefeated in the vid so idk
I use to collect only QB'a and Kickers autographs from the UofArk.......kicker is always a hero or a zero...we have had some excellent ones at Arkansas!
Shoutout Thomas Morestead greatest punter ever🏆🏅
If you ever want to go to an SDSU game, just fly out here I’ll buy your ticket to the game and a beer. I have become a fan of punting because of your videos, especially covering araiza when he first burst onto the scene. Let’s hang out and watch Browning cook
Just punt on first down.
As a Buffalo fan I’m ashamed of Beane for letting him go.
Amazing punter! But SD didn't finish undefeated in the regular season like the end of the video says, they lost to Fresno State 30 to 20 on 10/30/21.
"Ball on the MINUS NINE YARD LINE"? How is that even possible?
Special teams are important. Kickers win games. Boom.
Officials need to start counting punt yardage from the point of the kick like field goals are...not from the point of snap. He had an 80+ yard punt but didn't get credit for it.
I was a punter throughout high school and no one was able to tell me why the rule was set like it is. My kicking coach, who ended up coaching 5 teams in the NFL with two Super Bowl rings, had no idea why. The only thing I could figure out was the field goal has a set spot the kicker has to kick at. A punter moves from any given point after the snap and there is no set point to mark. Therefore, the set line of scrimmage is the point of reference. Guess it made it easier for the statisticians back in the day to spot the point where to start the yardage.
@@spokanetomcat1 When a ball is pitched back to a tailback or WR they don't count that distance either. The distance the ball moves forward from the line of scrimmage is what matters.
@@jima28080 You are correct.
whats up with that punter 10 seconds in... he was full of swagg... that aint normal, and what would make a punter feel that cool
Has “snap” been redefined? I can’t keep up.
Given that it is extremely rare to find a woman who is not a liar in today’s world they never should’ve released him.
Don't tell me you've never heard of Ray Guy
What about Reggie Roby? Played for the Dolphins and could kick distance and even better had massive "hang time".
Ray Guy is prolly still considered the best Punter of all time. IMO.
A great game by this kid, but compared to the pros, a 56.8-yard single-game average is nothing special. In the CFL, the following are the records that basically blow his average away.
Highest Punting Average, one game (minimum 4 Punts)
64.7 - Nick Setta (2008)
64.3 - Cody Grace (2022)
63.5 - Paul Osbaldiston (2002)
62.4 - Richie Leone (2016)
60.2 - Ken Clark (1983)
How many NFL players have a better game? Currently in 2023 after week 2 only one player has a 52 yds avg. the rest are under 50. And none have past the 500 yds. That’s two games combined. So don’t talk stats please
@@adamfuentez7314 NFL punters aren't punting for stats and kicking as far as they can because they'd be out kicking their coverage and would get cut. There's a reason this guy wasn't even the first punter to go off the board.
Bro was accused of R and lost his chance at the NFL. Turns out he wasn't how the girl claimed it happened. Acquitted but was cut from the team before the acquittal. DA didn't even want to press charges, because it was consensual according to video tape and interviews with her friends who were there that night.
Damn bro atleast say goodbye and invite us to subscribe at the end sheesh
Goodbye, and please subscribe
If I was king the first thing I'd do is ban all kicking in football. No punts, no pk's.
And then the game would be terrible
Confusing title. It is the center who snaps the ball; the punter kicks the ball.
Too much yakking ! Blaa Blaa Blaa
if there is any justice, he will be in the league ASAP. In today's current climate of men being "guilty until proven innocent' though, I doubt he will ever get a fair shot at playing again. To too many women, he will always be guilty of rape.
He admitted to having sex with her outside that house, likely assuming she was of legal age. No evidence that he forced her to do anything. She knew exactly what she was doing.
It's a pretty messed up situation all around, but Araiza has paid the ultimate price for momentary gratification.
If this dude goes to the jets and breece hall is healthy the jets are going to be a nightmare to deal w this season.
Still waiting for the punter to snap.....whatever the hell the headline means by that
Also, all of his lengthy punts are due to the punt receivers not being deep enough and allowing the ball to roll downfield
How are they 0-1 week one?