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Sean Landeta
Towson University
Landeta
was a four-year letterman and starter at Towson University from 1979-82.
He was a three-time All-Eastern College Athletic Conference selection
for the Tigers from 1980-82 and led Division II in punting in 1980 with
a 43.4 average, and also led the nation in field goals with 14. He was
named to the Kodak and Associated Press All-America teams as a senior in
1982 and was later selected as the punter for the NCAA Division II Team
of the Quarter Century from 1972-97. His jersey number 5 was also
retired by Towson in 1996.
He began his professional career by
playing three seasons in the United States Football League from 1983-85
with the Baltimore/Philadelphia Stars. He was the first punter selected
in the USFL Open Draft in 1983. he earned two USFL championship rings
and was a two-time, first-team All-USFL punter. In 1985 he signed
as a free agent with the New York Giants and spent the next 21 years in
the National Football League. His NFL involvement includes playing with
the Giants (1985-93), Los Angeles Rams (1993-94), St. Louis Rams
(1995-96), Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1997), Green Bay Packers (1998),
Philadelphia Eagles (1999-2002), St. Louis Rams (2003-04) and
Philadelphia Eagles (2005). Landeta is the NFL career leader in
total punting yardage with 60,707, and is second in league history in
total punts with 1,401. He holds the all-time NFL record for the highest
punting average (43.3) among punters with 1,000 or more punts. He was
named "Punter of the Decade" for the 1980s by the Pro Football Hall of
Fame, and was second-team "Punter of the Decade" for the 1990s. He was a
two-time Pro Bowl selection in 1986 and 1990 and was three-time
first-team All-Pro (1986, 1989, 1990). He punted for two Super Bowl
Champion New York Giant teams in 1987 and 1991 and was named the punter
on ESPN's All-Time Super Bowl Team in 2006.
Landeta averaged 43.3
yards per punt over his NFL career, including 381 punts downed inside
the opponents 20-yard line. He led the NFC in punting four times and he
finished third or better nine times. He supports numerous
non-profit organizations and charities throughout the country each year.
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