Sean Edward Landeta Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Sean Edward Landeta (born January 6, 1962) is a former American football punter who played in both the United States Football League and the National Football League. Landeta played 22 seasons in the National Football League for five different teams between 1985 and 2006. Landeta was named to the 1980s All-Decade Team as the first punter and the 1990s All-Decade Team as the second punter, as chosen by the Hall of Fame Selection Committee members.Landeta played almost half of his career for the New York Giants, where he won two championship rings in Super Bowl XXI and Super Bowl XXV. He also played for the Rams, Buccaneers, Packers and Eagles. Landeta led the NFL in punts with 107 in 1999, led the NFL in gross punting in 1994 with a 44.8 average, led the NFL with a 37.8 net average in 1989, and led the league with 24 punts inside the 20 in 1990.Before his pro career, he played college football at Towson University in '79, '80, '81 and '82. He led the nation in punting (NCAA Division II) in 1980 and was named First-Team All American in 1982 (NCAA Division II). Landeta was elected to the Towson University Hall of Fame in September 2005, and to the NCAA Division II College Football Hall of Fame in November 2006.Landeta was the last active NFL player who played in the United States Football League of the 1980s, punting for the Philadelphia/Baltimore Stars in all three USFL seasons. Landeta was named as the punter to the All-USFL team in 1983 and 1984. The Stars won two USFL championships in 1984 and 1985.After playing his first nine seasons in the NFL with the New York Giants, he went and played for the Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams from 1993–1996. He re-joined the Rams for the 2003 and 2004 seasons, giving him six years with the organization. After spending one season (1997) with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, he moved on to play for the Green Bay Packers in 1998. In 1999, he signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia Eagles. He spent five seasons with the Eagles where he became the oldest punter in NFL history at the age of 44.Other career highlights include being the first punter in NFL history to average more than 50-yards per punt in a game in three different decades. He also recorded the longest punt in Tampa Bay Buccaneers history, with a 74-yarder in 1997 in a game against the New York Jets. As a member of the Green Bay Packers, he set a club record for the highest net punting average and most punts inside the 20 in team history (since the AFL/NFL merger in 1970). As a member of the Eagles, Landeta set the NFL's all-time record for number of punts in a career, punting yardage and punts inside the 20 during the 2002 season.By the time Landeta retired, he had amassed 1,401 punts for 60,707 yards (43.3 yards per punt average), with 381 punts inside the 20 and a 35.3 net average. His punts, punting yards, and punts landing inside the 20 were either first or second in NFL history at the time of his retirement. Landeta was also the longest tenured pu
Retired from The NFL after 21 seasons and is living in St. Louis. [August 2005]
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Led the NFL in Punting Average (44.8) in 1994.
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He is the longest tenured punter in NFL history. He is the NFL's all-time leading punter with 1,327 career punts and also leads NFL with most career punting yardage (57,491) and highest average for over 1,000 punts (43.3).
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The only NFL punter to record a 42.0-yard-plus average in 18 different seasons. Sean was originally drafted by Philadelphia in 14th round (161st overall) of 1983 USFL Draft.
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Sean has been and continues to be involved in many charities, including the American Cancer Society, the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, the Leukemia Society of America, and the Special Olympics. Sean was The New York Giants' 1989 recipient of the Ed Block Courage Award.
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Year
Status
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Sing Yourself Silly!
1990
Video short performer: "Put Down the Duckie" 1986 - uncredited
Sesame Street, Special
1988
TV Movie performer: "Put Down the Duckie"
Self
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Year
Status
Character
Hannity
2014
TV Series
Himself - 22-Year NFL Veteran
30 for 30
2009
TV Series documentary
Himself - Punter, Philadelphia Stars
NFL Monday Night Football
1985-2005
TV Series
Himself - New York Giants Punter / Himself - Philadelphia Eagles Punter / Himself - St. Louis Rams Punter / ...
ESPN's Sunday Night Football
1987-2004
TV Series
Himself - Philadelphia Eagles Punter / Himself - St. Louis Rams Punter / Himself - New York Giants Punter / ...
NFL on FOX
1995-2003
TV Series
Himself - Philadelphia Eagles Punter / Himself - St. Louis Rams Punter / Himself - Tampa Bay Buccaneers Punter
The NFL on CBS
1986-1998
TV Series
Himself - New York Giants Punter / Himself - Green Bay Packers Punter / Himself - Los Angeles Rams Punter
The NFL on NBC
1985-1996
TV Series
Himself - St. Louis Rams Punter / Himself - New York Giants Punter
TNT Sunday Night Football
1990-1995
TV Series
Himself - New York Giants Punter / Himself - St. Louis Rams Punter