Kicking specialist
A kicking specialist or kick specialist, sometimes referred to as a kicker, especially when referring to a
point after touchdowns. The special teams counterpart of a kicking specialist is a return specialist
.
Kicking specialists were exceptionally rare until the 1940s; for most of the
soccer style of placekicking in the late 1960s coincided with the rapid rise of kicking specialists. Danny White of the Dallas Cowboys
was the last non-specialist kicker in the NFL, serving as a punter in addition to his quarterback duties until 1985.
See also
- Punter
- Placekicker
- Kickoff specialist
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