Ray Guy

Ray Guy
	Guy playing for the Raiders in 1985
No. 8
Position:	Punter
Personal information
Born:	December 22, 1949; Swainsboro, Georgia, U.S.
Died:	November 3, 2022 (aged 72); Hattiesburg, Mississippi, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:	195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school:	Thomson ; (Thomson, Georgia)
College:	Southern Miss (1970–1972)
NFL draft:	1973 / Round: 1 / Pick: 23
Career history
	Oakland / Los Angeles Raiders (1973–1986);
Career highlights and awards
	3× Super Bowl champion (XI, XV, XVIII); 6× First-team All-Pro (1973–1978); 2× Second-team All-Pro (1979, 1980); 7× Pro Bowl (1973–1978, 1980); Golden Toe Award (1975); NFL 1970s All-Decade Team; NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team; NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team; First-team All-American (1972); Southern Miss Golden Eagles No. 44 retired;
Career NFL statistics
Punts:
Punts:	1,049
Punting yards:	44,493
Punting average:	42.4
Longest punt:	77
Inside 20:	210
	Player stats at NFL.com · PFR
	Pro Football Hall of Fame
	College Football Hall of Fame

William Ray Guy (December 22, 1949 – November 3, 2022) was an American professional football punter who played for the Oakland / Los Angeles Raiders of the National Football League (NFL).^[1] Guy was a first-team All-American selection in 1972 as a senior for the Southern Miss Golden Eagles, and is the only pure punter ever to be drafted in the first round of the NFL draft,^[2] when the Raiders selected him with the 23rd overall pick in the 1973 NFL draft.^[3] He won three Super Bowls with the Raiders. Guy was elected to both the College Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2014. An eight-time All-Pro, Guy is widely considered to be the greatest punter of all-time.^[4]

With his induction to the Hall of Fame on August 2, 2014, he became the first pure punter to be so honored.^[5]