22 Facts About Ray Guy

Ray 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, Ray Guy is widely considered to be the greatest punter of all time.

Ray Guy attended Thomson High School in Thomson, Georgia, where he was a four-sport star.

In baseball, Ray Guy pitched a 15-inning scoreless game for Thomson in the state playoff semifinals in 1969.

Ray Guy was a member of the track team, competing in discus and triple jump.

Ray Guy was both a punter and a placekicker at the University of Southern Mississippi, once kicking a then-NCAA record 61-yard field goal in a snowstorm during a game in Utah.

Ray Guy led the nation with an average of 46.2 yards per punt, earning him first-team All-American honors from the Football Writers Association of America.

Ray Guy's career average of 44.7 yards per punt is a school record.

Ray Guy was a starting safety at Southern Miss; during his senior season, he set a single-season school record with eight interceptions and was named an All-American defensive back by the Walter Camp Football Foundation.

Ray Guy played baseball at Southern Miss, striking out 266 in 200 innings and pitching a no-hitter.

Ray Guy was the first punter ever to be selected in the first round in the NFL draft, when the Oakland Raiders selected him with the 23rd overall pick of the 1973 draft.

Ray Guy was named as the punter on the NFL's 75th and 100th anniversary teams.

Ray Guy's trademark was kicking punts that stayed in the air for long periods of time.

In Super Bowl XVIII, Ray Guy punted seven times for 299 yards, with 244 net yards.

Houston returner Billy Johnson stated that he had "never seen anyone hang kickoffs like Ray Guy did", and that the ball was "hanging up there too long".

Ray Guy punted three times for 107 yards in the game, significantly less than his career average.

Ray Guy handled kickoffs in the first five years of his career.

Ray Guy was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a member of the class of 2014 on August 2,2014.

Ray Guy was the first punter enshrined in the Hall of Fame, and as of 2024, is still the only player at his position in the Hall.

Ray Guy was inducted into both the Mississippi and Georgia Sports Halls of Fame, the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame, the National High School Sports Hall of Fame, and the College Football Hall of Fame.

In 2005, Ray Guy helped organize and participated in two-day kicking camps, held throughout the United States, for high school punters, placekickers, and long snappers.

In 2011, Ray Guy filed for bankruptcy and auctioned his three Super Bowl rings to help pay his debts.