Jerry DePoyster
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| Position: | Kicker/Punter | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | July 6, 1946 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Omaha, Nebraska) | ||||||||
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| College: | University of Wyoming | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1968 / Round: 2 / Pick: 37 | ||||||||
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| Field goals: | 15 attempts / 3 made |
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| Extra points: | 20 attempts / 18 made |
| Punts - yards: | 177 for 6912 yards |
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Jerry Dean DePoyster (born July 6, 1946, in Omaha, Nebraska) is a former American football placekicker and punter who also played in the National Football League.
Jerry DePoyster was an All-American college football player at the University of Wyoming. He was recruited as a wide receiver and defensive back, but he made his biggest impact as a punter and kicker. In his junior season, 1966, DePoyster set a record which has never been broken though others have equaled it. He became the first kicker in NCAA history to make three field goals of over 50 yards in one game, connecting from 54, 54 and 52 yards in an October 8, 1966 game against Utah. He also still holds several records for most field goals attempted, and was the top-rated kicker in college football in 1966. He was a member of two Western Athletic Conference championship teams, in 1966 and 1967, both of which finished with 10-1 won-loss records. The 1967 team went undefeated in the regular season and appeared in the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans on New Year's Day in 1968. DePoyster was inducted into the University of Wyoming Athletics Hall of Fame on September 15, 2006.
DePoyster was a 2nd round selection (37th overall pick) the 1968 Common Draft by the Detroit Lions. He played in all 14 of the Lions games that season, as both a punter and placekicker. He then served in the military for two years. During the 1971 NFL season, he was signed as a free agent by the Oakland Raiders after the team cut veteran Mike Eischeid. DePoyster appeared in the last 12 games of the 1971 season as well as the entierty of the 1972 season. He was strictly a punter and kickoff specialist: future Hall of Famer George Blanda handled the field goals and extra points. In 1973, the Raiders drafted another future Hall of Famer, Ray Guy (who was the first pure punter ever taken in the first round of the NFL draft). DePoyster retired from football to raise a family and to work in the home-building and oil industries.
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