If you’re an NFL general manager who drafts a punter, you had better get consistently exceptional performances from that player in order to make that draft pick worthwhile. The Seattle Seahawks got not just an exceptional performance from fifth-round pick Michael Dickson on Sunday; they got an all-time performance.
Dickson, who punted six times in his rookie debut on Sunday, did something that has only been achieved a handful of times in NFL history by putting up a gross punting average of 59 yards. His net yardage of 57.5 ranks second all-time for a single game with four or more punts, while four of his six were downed inside the 20-yard line.