Max Runager
American football player (1956–2017) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Max Culp Runager (March 24, 1956 – June 30, 2017) was a professional American football punter in the National Football League (NFL) for eleven seasons for the Philadelphia Eagles, the San Francisco 49ers, and the Cleveland Browns. A graduate of Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School,[1] Runager played college football at the University of South Carolina. He punted for two Super Bowl teams, the Philadelphia Eagles in 1980 and the San Francisco 49ers in 1984.[2]
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| Position: | Punter | ||||||||
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| Born: | March 24, 1956 Greenwood, South Carolina, U.S. | ||||||||
| Died: | June 30, 2017 (aged 61) Orangeburg, South Carolina, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 189 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Orangeburg-Wilkinson (Orangeburg, South Carolina) | ||||||||
| College: | South Carolina | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1979: 8th round, 211th pick | ||||||||
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Runager is one of at least 345 NFL players to be diagnosed after death with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which is caused by repeated hits to the head.[3][4]
NFL career statistics
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| Won the Super Bowl | |
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Regular season
| Year | Team | Punting | |||||||||
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| GP | Punts | Yds | Net Yds | Lng | Avg | Net Avg | Blk | Ins20 | TB | ||
| 1979 | PHI | 16 | 74 | 2,927 | 2,607 | 57 | 39.6 | 34.8 | 1 | 13 | 6 |
| 1980 | PHI | 16 | 75 | 2,947 | 2,563 | 58 | 39.3 | 33.7 | 1 | 16 | 8 |
| 1981 | PHI | 15 | 63 | 2,567 | 2,201 | 64 | 40.7 | 34.9 | 0 | 18 | 6 |
| 1982 | PHI | 9 | 44 | 1,784 | 1,448 | 53 | 40.5 | 32.9 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 1983 | PHI | 12 | 59 | 2,459 | 2,020 | 55 | 41.7 | 34.2 | 0 | 12 | 5 |
| 1984 | SFO | 14 | 56 | 2,341 | 1,925 | 59 | 41.8 | 33.8 | 1 | 18 | 12 |
| 1985 | SFO | 16 | 86 | 3,422 | 2,948 | 57 | 39.8 | 33.9 | 1 | 30 | 9 |
| 1986 | SFO | 16 | 83 | 3,450 | 2,917 | 62 | 41.6 | 34.3 | 2 | 23 | 8 |
| 1987 | SFO | 12 | 55 | 2,157 | 1,850 | 56 | 39.2 | 33.0 | 1 | 14 | 7 |
| 1988 | SFO | 1 | 1 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CLE | 13 | 48 | 1,935 | 1,694 | 52 | 40.3 | 33.9 | 2 | 13 | 2 | |
| 1989 | PHI | 4 | 17 | 568 | 518 | 52 | 33.4 | 30.5 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Career | 144 | 661 | 26,581 | 22,715 | 64 | 40.2 | 33.9 | 9 | 170 | 65 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | Punting | |||||||||
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| GP | Punts | Yds | Net Yds | Lng | Avg | Net Avg | Blk | Ins20 | TB | ||
| 1979 | PHI | 2 | 9 | 383 | 330 | 52 | 42.6 | 36.7 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 1980 | PHI | 3 | 11 | 382 | 339 | 46 | 34.7 | 30.8 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 1981 | PHI | 1 | 7 | 297 | 256 | 47 | 42.4 | 36.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | SFO | 3 | 11 | 425 | 376 | 48 | 38.6 | 34.2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | SFO | 1 | 6 | 228 | 179 | 46 | 38.0 | 29.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1986 | SFO | 1 | 10 | 400 | 343 | 49 | 40.0 | 34.3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | SFO | 1 | 6 | 245 | 216 | 49 | 40.8 | 36.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | CLE | 1 | 3 | 106 | 106 | 43 | 35.3 | 35.3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Career | 13 | 63 | 2,466 | 2,145 | 52 | 39.1 | 34.0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | |
References
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