Johnny Hekker
Hekker with the Los Angeles Rams in 2016
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| No. 6 Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
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| Position: | Punter | ||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | February 8, 1990 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Redmond, Washington | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 225 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | Bothell (WA) | ||||||||||
| College: | Oregon State | ||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2012 | ||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||
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| Punts: | 434 |
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| Punting yards: | 20,367 |
| Average punt: | 46.9 |
| Inside 20-yardline: | 166 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
John Robert Hekker (born February 8, 1990), is an American football punter for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Rams as an undrafted free agent in 2012. He played college football at Oregon State.
Hekker attended Bothell High School in Bothell, Washington and graduated in 2008. Hekker was the starting quarterback of the football team during his junior and senior year.
Hekker played for the Oregon State Beavers football team while attending Oregon State University. He was a four-year starter and finished his college career as one of Oregon State's most prolific punters. As a Beaver, he set a single-game school record with a 52.5 average (6 punts for 315 yards) against Utah in 2011.
Hekker ranked third-best in career-punt yardage at OSU with a solid 41.3 yards average per punt. In 2011, he earned College Football Performance Award Punter of the Week and was named to the Ray Guy Award Watch List - given annually to the nation's best punter. In 2009, he was semi-finalist for the Ray Guy Award and the Phil Steele All-Pac-10 Second Team. As a senior, Hekker recorded a total of 52 career punts over 50 yards, including 17 when he had six different games with at least one punt of 60+ yards.
Hekker earned Pac-12 Conference Honorable Mention with 87 career punts downed inside the 20-yard line in 2011. He also had at least one punt of 50+ yards in every game but one in 2010. In 2008, Hekker was named the Sun Bowl Special Teams MVP after averaging 45 yards on 10 punts, including boots of 57 and 52 yards in the fourth quarter of a 3-0 win for the Beavers.
Hekker had several memorable kicks as a Beaver. One was the second-longest punt in OSU history - 74 yards in 2010 vs. USC. Another was a negative-yardage punt when he shanked the ball for a loss of 4 yards.
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