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1987 NFL Punting

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Super Bowl Champion: Washington Redskins

AP MVP: John Elway

AP Offensive Rookie of the Year: Troy Stradford

AP Defensive Rookie of the Year: Shane Conlan

AP Offensive Player of the Year: Jerry Rice

AP Defensive Player of the Year: Reggie White

Passing Leader: Neil Lomax, 3387 Yds

Rushing Leader: Charles White, 1374 Yds

Receiving Leader: J.T. Smith, 1117 Yds

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Punting

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Punting Table
					Games		Punting
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	RetYds	Net	NY/P	Lng	TB	TB%	In20	In20%	Blck
1	John Teltschik	PHI	23	P	12	0	82	3131	38.2	399	2652	32.0	60	4	4.9%	13	15.9%	1
2	Dale Hatcher	RAM	24	P	15	0	76	3140	41.3	317	2743	35.6	62	4	5.3%	20	26.3%	1
3	Don Bracken	GNB	25	P	12	0	72	2947	40.9	354	2493	34.2	65	5	6.9%	13	18.1%	1
4	Mike Saxon	DAL	25	P	12	0	68	2685	39.5	260	2325	34.2	63	5	7.4%	20	29.4%	0
5	Ralf Mojsiejenko*	SDG	24	P	12	0	67	2875	42.9	392	2243	33.5	57	12	17.9%	15	22.4%	0
6	Sean Landeta	NYG	25	P	12	0	65	2773	42.7	606	2047	31.0	64	6	9.2%	12	18.5%	1
7	Dave Jennings	NYJ	35	P	12	0	64	2444	38.2	100	2224	34.8	58	6	9.4%	12	18.8%	0
8	John Kidd	BUF	26	P	12	0	64	2495	39.0	148	2207	34.5	67	7	10.9%	20	31.3%	0
9	Harry Newsome	PIT	24	P	12	0	64	2678	41.8	373	2045	31.5	57	13	20.3%	8	12.5%	1
10	Steve Cox	WAS	29	P	12	0	63	2571	40.8	193	2238	35.0	77	7	11.1%	14	22.2%	1
11	Rich Camarillo	NWE	28	P	12	0	62	2489	40.1	333	1996	31.7	73	8	12.9%	14	22.6%	1
12	Frank Garcia	TAM	30	P	12	0	62	2409	38.9	553	1756	28.3	58	5	8.1%	12	19.4%	0
13	Rick Donnelly	ATL	25	P	12	0	61	2686	44.0	501	2025	32.1	62	8	13.1%	9	14.8%	2
14	Rohn Stark	IND	28	P	12	0	61	2440	40.0	353	1947	30.9	63	7	11.5%	12	19.7%	2
15	Kelly Goodburn	KAN	25	P	13	0	59	2412	40.9	403	1909	32.4	55	5	8.5%	13	22.0%	0
16	Stan Talley	RAI	29	P	12	0	56	2277	40.7	207	1970	34.6	63	5	8.9%	13	23.2%	1
17	Max Runager	SFO	31	P	12	0	55	2157	39.2	167	1850	33.0	56	7	12.7%	14	25.5%	1
18	Scott Fulhage	CIN	26	P	11	0	52	2168	41.7	216	1852	35.6	58	5	9.6%	10	19.2%	0
19	Brian Hansen	NOR	27	P	12	0	52	2104	40.5	135	1849	35.6	60	6	11.5%	19	36.5%	0
20	Lee Johnson	2TM	26	P	12	0	50	1969	39.4	249	1640	32.8	66	4	8.0%	8	16.0%	0
21	Ruben Rodriguez	SEA	22	P	12	0	47	1880	40.0	182	1598	34.0	63	5	10.6%	17	36.2%	0
22	Jim Arnold*+	DET	26	P	11	0	46	2007	43.6	104	1823	39.6	60	4	8.7%	17	37.0%	0
23	Greg Coleman	MIN	33	P	9	0	45	1786	39.7	323	1403	30.5	54	3	6.7%	5	11.1%	1
24	Jeff Gossett	2TM	30	P	9	0	44	1777	40.4	234	1423	31.6	55	6	13.6%	4	9.1%	1
25	Mike Horan	DEN	28	P	12	0	44	1807	41.1	186	1521	33.1	61	5	11.4%	11	25.0%	2
26	Greg Horne	2TM	23	P	9	0	43	1730	40.2	237	1353	31.5	57	7	16.3%	6	14.0%	0
27	Greg Cater	STL	30	P	9	0	39	1470	37.7	204	1226	30.7	68	2	5.1%	10	25.6%	1
28	Bryan Wagner	CHI	25	P	10	0	36	1461	40.6	195	1186	32.1	71	4	11.1%	9	25.0%	1
29	Reggie Roby	MIA	26	P	10	0	32	1371	42.8	87	1224	38.3	77	3	9.4%	8	25.0%	0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	RetYds	Net	NY/P	Lng	TB	TB%	In20	In20%	Blck
30	Ray Criswell	TAM	24	P	3	0	26	1046	40.2	68	878	33.8	61	5	19.2%	3	11.5%	0
31	Al Herline	NWE	23	P	3	0	25	861	34.4	64	717	27.6	50	4	16.0%	1	4.0%	1
32	Bill Renner	GNB	28	P	3	0	20	712	35.6	68	624	31.2	49	1	5.0%	4	20.0%	0
33	Bucky Scribner	MIN	27	P	4	0	20	827	41.4	79	728	36.4	54	1	5.0%	4	20.0%	0
34	Kevin Brown	CHI	24	P	3	0	18	742	41.2	108	554	29.2	58	4	22.2%	4	22.2%	1
35	Ralph Giacomarro	DEN	26	P	3	0	18	757	42.1	238	499	27.7	50	1	5.6%	4	22.2%	0
36	Tom O'Connor	NYJ	24	P	3	0	18	602	33.4	62	520	28.9	47	1	5.6%	2	11.1%	0
37	Rick Partridge	BUF	30	P	3	0	18	678	37.7	31	607	31.9	52	2	11.1%	3	16.7%	1
38	George Winslow	CLE	24	P	5	0	18	616	34.2	11	565	31.4	45	2	11.1%	5	27.8%	0
39	Tommy Barnhardt	2TM	24	P	5	0	17	719	42.3	100	599	35.2	52	1	5.9%	6	35.3%	0
40	Joe Prokop	SDG	27	P	3	0	17	654	38.5	37	597	35.1	50	1	5.9%	1	5.9%	0
41	John Bruno	PIT	23	P	3	0	16	619	38.7	22	517	30.4	56	4	25.0%	5	31.3%	1
42	Buzz Sawyer	DAL	25	P	3	0	16	639	39.9	116	503	31.4	54	1	6.3%	1	6.3%	0
43	Stacy Gore	MIA	24	P	3	0	14	502	35.9	21	481	34.4	60	0	0.0%	6	42.9%	0
44	Dana Moore	NYG	26	P	2	0	14	486	34.7	154	332	22.1	46	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1
45	Jack Weil	WAS	25	P	3	0	14	482	34.4	38	424	30.3	51	1	7.1%	5	35.7%	0
46	Dave Bruno	MIN	24	P	2	0	13	464	35.7	22	422	32.5	53	1	7.7%	2	15.4%	0
47	Vincent Gamache	RAI	26	P	3	0	13	519	39.9	49	470	33.6	53	0	0.0%	2	15.4%	1
48	Jim Asmus	SFO	29	P	3	0	12	384	32.0	28	336	28.0	51	1	8.3%	3	25.0%	0
49	Blair Kiel	IND	26	QB	4	1	12	440	36.7	16	404	33.7	50	1	8.3%	3	25.0%	0
50	Russell Griffith	SEA	23	P	2	0	11	386	35.1	57	329	29.9	51	0	0.0%	1	9.1%	0
51	Mark Royals	2TM	22	P	2	0	11	431	39.2	155	256	23.3	48	1	9.1%	3	27.3%	0
52	Dale Walters	CLE	26	P	2	0	11	400	36.4	28	352	32.0	56	1	9.1%	2	18.2%	0
53	Lewis Colbert	KAN	24	P	2	0	10	377	37.7	39	318	31.8	47	1	10.0%	0	0.0%	0
54	Dave Jacobs	PHI	30	K	3	0	10	369	36.9	34	335	30.5	44	0	0.0%	4	40.0%	1
55	Jim Miller	NYG	30	P	1	0	10	345	34.5	51	274	27.4	53	1	10.0%	1	10.0%	0
56	Don Strock	MIA	37	QB	12	0	9	277	30.8	0	277	30.8	44	0	0.0%	5	55.6%	0
57	Steve Superick	HOU	24	P	2	0	8	269	33.6	25	224	28.0	45	1	12.5%	2	25.0%	0
58	Louis Berry	ATL	22	P	2	0	7	258	36.9	15	223	31.9	51	1	14.3%	0	0.0%	0
59	Jeff Hayes	MIA	28	P	2	0	7	274	39.1	33	241	30.1	51	0	0.0%	1	14.3%	1
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	RetYds	Net	NY/P	Lng	TB	TB%	In20	In20%	Blck
60	Matt Kinzer	DET	24	P	1	0	7	238	34.0	35	203	29.0	42	0	0.0%	2	28.6%	0
61	Mike Black	DET	26	P	1	0	6	233	38.8	12	221	36.8	47	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	0
62	Greg Davis	ATL	22	K	3	0	6	191	31.8	6	165	27.5	55	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	0
63	John Misko	DET	33	P	1	0	6	242	40.3	23	219	36.5	51	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	0
64	John Starnes	ATL	25	P	1	0	6	203	33.8	19	184	30.7	49	0	0.0%	2	33.3%	0
65	Eddie Murray	DET	31	K	12	0	4	155	38.8	3	112	28.0	46	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	0
66	Barry Bowman	SEA	23	P	1	0	3	104	34.7	12	92	30.7	36	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
67	Craig Colquitt	IND	33	P	1	0	2	61	30.5	7	54	18.0	33	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1
68	Boomer Esiason	CIN	26	QB	12	12	2	68	34.0	12	56	28.0	41	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	0
69	Guido Merkens	PHI	32	QB	3	0	2	61	30.5	0	61	20.3	38	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1
70	John Elway*	DEN	27	QB	12	12	1	31	31.0	0	31	31.0	31	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0
71	Russell Erxleben	DET	30	P	1	0	1	52	52.0	0	52	52.0	52	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
72	Mick Luckhurst	ATL	29	K	12	0	1	37	37.0	0	17	17.0	37	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0

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