Lowell Wallace "Chuck" Ramsey (born February 24, 1952), is an American former professional football player who was a punter for eight seasons with the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL).[1] Previously he played with the Chicago Fire of the World Football League (WFL).
During his time as a Jet, in fact, throughout his entire NFL career, he averaged exactly 40 yards per punt and only had 4 punts blocked. He punted 553 times for 22,128 yards. He averaged 42.4 yards per punt in 1980, and his longest punt was 79 yards in his first full season, 1978.
NFL career statistics
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| Bold | Career high |
Regular season
| Year | Team | Punting | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Punts | Yds | Net Yds | Lng | Avg | Net Avg | Blk | Ins20 | TB | ||
| 1977 | NYJ | 12 | 62 | 2,298 | 1,837 | 61 | 37.1 | 29.6 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 1978 | NYJ | 16 | 74 | 2,964 | 2,215 | 79 | 40.1 | 29.9 | 0 | 9 | 7 |
| 1979 | NYJ | 16 | 73 | 2,979 | 2,519 | 64 | 40.8 | 34.5 | 0 | 22 | 10 |
| 1980 | NYJ | 16 | 73 | 3,096 | 2,527 | 59 | 42.4 | 34.1 | 1 | 15 | 10 |
| 1981 | NYJ | 16 | 81 | 3,290 | 2,881 | 65 | 40.6 | 35.6 | 0 | 26 | 13 |
| 1982 | NYJ | 9 | 35 | 1,348 | 1,155 | 54 | 38.5 | 32.1 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| 1983 | NYJ | 16 | 81 | 3,218 | 2,751 | 56 | 39.7 | 33.5 | 1 | 17 | 5 |
| 1984 | NYJ | 16 | 74 | 2,935 | 2,533 | 64 | 39.7 | 33.8 | 1 | 19 | 8 |
| Career | 117 | 553 | 22,128 | 18,418 | 79 | 40.0 | 33.1 | 4 | 124 | 63 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | Punting | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Punts | Yds | Net Yds | Lng | Avg | Net Avg | Blk | Ins20 | TB | ||
| 1981 | NYJ | 1 | 4 | 132 | 121 | 41 | 33.0 | 30.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | NYJ | 2 | 11 | 420 | 400 | 47 | 38.2 | 33.3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Career | 3 | 15 | 552 | 521 | 47 | 36.8 | 32.6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |