Rich Camarillo

Who is Rich Camarillo?

Richard Jon Camarillo is a former professional American Football punter who played 16 seasons in the NFL for the New England Patriots, Los Angeles Rams, Phoenix Cardinals, Houston Oilers, and Oakland Raiders. Before his NFL career, he earned All-America honors at Cerritos Junior College. He then transferred to the University of Washington,. Where he was selected as a member of the Huskies All-Century team. A consistently solid, dependable punter during his 16 NFL seasons, Camarillo led the league in punting yards twice, net yard average three times, gross yards per punt once. He also led the league in 1994 with 35 balls inside the 20. With the Patriots, Camarillo made a championship appearance in Super Bowl XX, and ended up getting to punt quite often as his team was blown out 46-10 by the Chicago Bears. Camarillo punted 6 times for 263 yards, with 225 net yards, 1 touchback, and 1 punt in the 20, including a then Super Bowl record 62-yard punt that planted the Bears back at their own 4-yard line. However, Chicago still managed to drive a Super Bowl record 96 yards and score a touchdown anyway.