Bucky Scribner
Appearance
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Position: | Punter | ||||||
Personal information | |||||||
Born: | Lawrence, Kansas, U.S. | July 11, 1960||||||
Died: | September 16, 2017 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. | (aged 57)||||||
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 207 lb (94 kg) | ||||||
Career information | |||||||
High school: | Lawrence | ||||||
College: | Kansas | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1983 / Round: 11 / Pick: 299 | ||||||
Career history | |||||||
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||
Career NFL statistics | |||||||
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Player stats at PFR |
William Charles "Bucky" Scribner (July 11, 1960 – September 16, 2017) was a professional American football punter in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Kansas Jayhawks and was selected as the first-team punter on the 1980 All-Big Eight Conference football team. A left-footed punter, he played five seasons for the Green Bay Packers (1983–1984) and the Minnesota Vikings (1987–1989).[1][2]
He died from brain cancer on September 16, 2017.[3]
NFL career statistics
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Regular season
[edit]Year | Team | Punting | |||||||||
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GP | Punts | Yds | Net Yds | Lng | Avg | Net Avg | Blk | Ins20 | TB | ||
1983 | GNB | 16 | 69 | 2,869 | 2,345 | 70 | 41.6 | 33.5 | 1 | 11 | 7 |
1984 | GNB | 16 | 85 | 3,596 | 2,988 | 61 | 42.3 | 35.2 | 0 | 18 | 12 |
1987 | MIN | 4 | 20 | 827 | 728 | 54 | 41.4 | 36.4 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
1988 | MIN | 16 | 84 | 3,387 | 2,802 | 55 | 40.3 | 32.6 | 2 | 23 | 9 |
1989 | MIN | 16 | 72 | 2,864 | 2,404 | 55 | 39.8 | 33.4 | 0 | 16 | 8 |
Career | 68 | 330 | 13,543 | 11,267 | 70 | 41.0 | 33.8 | 3 | 72 | 37 |
Playoffs
[edit]Year | Team | Punting | |||||||||
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GP | Punts | Yds | Net Yds | Lng | Avg | Net Avg | Blk | Ins20 | TB | ||
1987 | MIN | 3 | 18 | 610 | 583 | 46 | 33.9 | 32.4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
1988 | MIN | 2 | 14 | 566 | 451 | 51 | 40.4 | 32.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1989 | MIN | 1 | 4 | 128 | 122 | 39 | 32.0 | 24.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Career | 6 | 36 | 1,304 | 1,156 | 51 | 36.2 | 31.2 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
References
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Categories:
- 1960 births
- 2017 deaths
- Sportspeople from Lawrence, Kansas
- Players of American football from Kansas
- American football punters
- Kansas Jayhawks football players
- Green Bay Packers players
- Minnesota Vikings players
- Deaths from brain cancer in the United States
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