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Yahoo
3 hours ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
From Aussie Rules booter to Seahawks mainstay, Michael Dickson re-signs on 4-year deal
More than a decade ago, Michael Dickson had never seen an entire football game. Not an American one. Dickson was a teenager in Australia. He was an Aussie Rules Football player, and a good one. He could direct the oblong balls he kicked like it was attached to a joystick. An acquaintance suggested he send films of his kicking electronically to the United States — specifically, to the University of Texas football coaches. That led to a college scholarship to play football, American style. 'I was part of a kicking program and they had contacts in American college football. I just was just punting at a local field, no helmet or pads,' Dickson said last week. 'And they just took his (the scout's) word that that I had what it took to play at Texas. 'They invited me for my official visit and that's when they offered me.' A decade later, Dickson is 29. He's recently married, to his college sweetheart at Texas, Gianni Outram. He's been an All-Pro and Pro Bowl punter for Seattle. And he just signed his third NFL contract, one that will nearly double his career earnings. Dickson signed a four-year contract extension with the Seahawks Tuesday just before the team's mandatory offseason minicamp began. It's believed to be worth $16.2 million. He's earned $17 million in his first seven seasons, all with Seattle. The team traded up in the fifth round of the 2018 draft to get him. And the Seahawks still have him, signed now through 2028. Yeah, this American football thing worked out. 'I think that it was always the dream. My purpose in college was to play the best I could to play in the NFL. But, yeah, eight years? I don't know if I would have thought I'd be playing at a high level for that long,' Dickson said. 'But, each time I achieve a goal, the goal just gets higher. It'll be fun to look back one day.'
Washington Post
7 hours ago
- Sport
- Washington Post
Seahawks punter Michael Dickson signs 4-year contract extension
RENTON, Wash. — The Seattle Seahawks signed punter Michael Dickson to a four-year contract extension that runs through the 2029 season, the team announced Tuesday. Dickson, 29, is heading into his eighth season with the Seahawks, and has been a standout special teams player since Seattle selected him in the fifth round of the 2018 draft. He was a first-team All-Pro as a rookie, and ranks third in NFL history with a 48.2 yards-per-punt average. Dickson is the Seahawks career leader in net average (42.9 yards) while trailing only Jon Ryan for punts downed inside the 20 with 212. ___ AP NFL:
Associated Press
7 hours ago
- Sport
- Associated Press
Seahawks punter Michael Dickson signs 4-year contract extension
RENTON, Wash. (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks signed punter Michael Dickson to a four-year contract extension that runs through the 2029 season, the team announced Tuesday. Dickson, 29, is heading into his eighth season with the Seahawks, and has been a standout special teams player since Seattle selected him in the fifth round of the 2018 draft. He was a first-team All-Pro as a rookie, and ranks third in NFL history with a 48.2 yards-per-punt average. Dickson is the Seahawks career leader in net average (42.9 yards) while trailing only Jon Ryan for punts downed inside the 20 with 212. ___ AP NFL:
USA Today
8 hours ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Seahawks make Michael Dickson NFL's highest-paid punter with new extension
Seahawks make Michael Dickson NFL's highest-paid punter with new extension The Seattle Seahawks gave the 12th Man a pleasant bit of news on Tuesday morning, as the Seattle faithful woke up to news of an extension granted to punter Michael Dickson. As first reported by Mike Garafolo, the Seahawks have made Dickson the highest-paid punter in the league with a new four-year, $16.2 million extension. Dickson has been one of the best punters in the league ever since his rookie campaign in 2018, and now he is once again paid accordingly. General manager John Schneider and then-head coach Pete Carroll shocked the 12's during the 2018 NFL draft when the Seahawks actually moved up to select... a punter!? How could they!? After all, Seattle still had fan-favorite Jon Ryan on the roster. Well, it turned out that the offseason punter battle became one of the most-watched for the Seahawks, and the Texas Longhorn standout won the job over the Super Bowl XLVIII champion. From there, Dickson earned both First-team All-Pro and Pro Bowl honors in his rookie season, and has been a Seattle-mainstay ever since. Dickson's booming kicks often tilt the field, which has bailed out a struggling Seahawks defense (and offense) more than a few times during his tenure in the Pacific Northwest. However, one of the gutsiest performances from Dickson actually came when he wasn't kicking. During Seattle's Week 13 game against the New York Jets, the Seahawks had to mount a comeback over Gang Green... but Dickson injured his back. It was unknown if he would return, however, he did fight through the pain to come out for a crucial field goal attempt to hold for kicker Jason Myers. Myers nailed his 43-yard attempt to make it a 21-19 game in the fourth quarter, which proved to be crucial points in the eventual 26-21 Seattle victory. It may not seem like much, but the Seahawks' special teams in 2024 (and that game in particular) were mostly disastrous. Keeping one of the few constants in place avoided further mishaps that could have doomed Seattle's comeback efforts.
Reuters
11 hours ago
- Sport
- Reuters
Report: Seahawks extend P Michael Dickson through '29
June 10 - All-Pro punter Michael Dickson has agreed to a four-year, $16.2 million extension with the Seattle Seahawks, NFL Network reported on Tuesday. Dickson, 29, who was entering the final season of a four-year, $14.5 million extension signed in 2021, once again becomes the NFL's highest-paid punter. The new deal runs through 2029 for the Australia-born Dickson, who has played in all 116 regular-season games for Seattle since making his NFL debut with Pro Bowl and All-Pro first-team nods in 2018. Dickson averaged 49.4 yards per punt in 2024 to finish in the league's top seven for the fifth time in seven seasons. His career average of 48.2 yards ranks third all-time, and he has had only one of 504 career punts blocked. --Field Level Media
