Herman Weaver

Herman "Thunderfoot" Weaver is a former punter with a 11 year career in the National Football League from 1970 to 1980. He spent 11 years punting in the National Football League for the Detroit Lions and the Seattle Seahawks. During his career, Weaver punted 693 times for 27,897 total yards. In 1975, Weaver was named the NFC Punter of the Year and in 1988 the Sporting News called him “One of the Top 20 Punters of all Time”. Weaver shares the all-time NFL record for the most punts had blocked in a career at 14

Weaver played college football for the University of Tennessee Volunteers. While at Tennessee, he had a punt of 71 yards. He also had the best hang-time ever of 5.7 seconds.

"Thunderfoot"
The Detroit Lions were preparing for their game on Monday Night Football, Weaver stepped back to punt as the special teams took the field. Howard Cosell was watching practice and at the highest point of the ball flight, a blast of thunder let out of the sky. The next night on Monday Night Football, Cosell referred to Weaver as "Thunderfoot".

Career statistics

 * 1970 DET  62  2,483  40.0
 * 1971 DET  42  1,752  41.7
 * 1972 DET  43  1,734  40.3
 * 1973 DET  54  2,333  43.2
 * 1974 DET  72  2,772  38.5
 * 1975 DET  80  3,361  42.0
 * 1976 DET  83  3,280  39.5
 * 1977 SEA  58  2,293  39.5
 * 1978 SEA  66  2,440  37.0
 * 1979 SEA  66  2,651  40.2
 * 1980 SEA  67  2,798  41.8

Honors

 * NFC Punter of the Year, 1975
 * "One of the top 20 punters of all time," Sporting News, 1988