Tommy Townsend resides the dream within the NFL. Three seasons into his skilled profession and the Boone High product has already grow to be its greatest punter.
His postseason accolades show as a lot:
- Voted first workforce NFL All-Pro by The Associated Press
- Voted NFL All-Pro by NFL.com
- Voted NFL All-Pro by Pro Football Focus
- Voted first-team all-NFL by his friends within the first-ever gamers NFL All-Pro voting
It’s a clear sweep of awards that places Townsend, who averaged a league-high 45.6 web yards per punt, in a class all by himself.
“It’s something I’ve been working toward by entire life, my entire career and honestly it comes as a bit of a shock that all of this happened as quickly as it did,” he mentioned. “Obviously it doesn’t happen with a lot of guys on rookie contracts … three-year deals … so it’s just rally hard to wrap my mind around.”
Not solely is Townsend the very best punter within the league, he’s additionally taking part in, arguably, on the very best workforce within the NFL. The Chiefs (14-3) open the playoffs Saturday internet hosting Jacksonville.
“Everything has been great so far. It has been a great start but there is still a lot of worrk to be done,” he mentioned. “It’s tough to stick around in the the NFL. It’s been really great early on, but the big trick is trying to stick around for awhile.”
Townsend went into the NFL as an undrafted free agent, which makes his accomplishments much more spectacular.
“I definitely think going undrafted sets a little bit of a different standard and I think there are different expectations that come along with being a drafted guy vs. being an undrafted guy,” he mentioned, “But the last two NFL Pro Bowl punters have been undrafted free agents, so I do think it’s pretty cool that us undrafted guys are stepping up and showing that it’s not just drafted guys who can accomplish these things.”
Townend’s brother, Johnny Townsend, was a fifth-round draft decide of the Raiders within the 2018 NFL Draft. Johnny used to the be the big-time punter of the household, however the older Townsend nonetheless finds himself on the lookout for an NFL job after being reduce by then-coach Jon Gruden in 2019.
“Growing up I was always kind of overshadowed by Johnny and his spotlight and everything he had done,” Tommy mentioned. “But I believe a whole lot of that helped propel me and assist inspire me to be the very best I may be. That brotherly competitors will at all times be there.
“But I know what Johnny’s capable of and I’m excited for him to get another opportunity and I think he’s really going to take off. He’s still a mentor to me a still really pushes me.”
For now, Tommy is the one taking off.
“It’s a lot of fun,” he mentioned. “I used to be simply speaking about that with one pf my teammates about that, just like the Raiders sport a few weeks in the past. That was simply enjoyable. That’s was essentially the most enjoyable I’ve had throughout a sport.
“It’s always a great feeling when the team is really clicking and I definitely feel really good about where we are as a team and for everything to be clicking right before the playoffs. It’s a great feeling.”
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