John Kidd

Who is John Kidd?

Max John Kidd is a former professional American football punter in the National Football League. He played fifteen seasons for the Buffalo Bills, the San Diego Chargers, the Miami Dolphins, the Detroit Lions and the New York Jets. John Kidd was the highest selected punter in Bills history. The Bills chose him in the fifth round of the 1984 NFL Draft from Northwestern University. He was the starting quarterback and punter at Findlay High School, from which he graduated in 1980.

John Kidd was a first team All-Big Ten and first team all American in college and won the Big Ten Medal of Honor. He continues to hold the career punting average record for his college alma mater, Northwestern, where he also holds the single-season average.

During his 1994–97 tenure with the Miami Dolphins he established the career punting average record for the franchise that stood until Brandon Fields joined the team in 2007 and surpassed Kidd in 2010. In 1996 he led the NFL with a 46.3 punting average.

As of 2008, Kidd was running his own telecommunication company and, at one point, engaged to Los Angeles weatherforecaster and television personality, Jackie Johnson.