What does P mean in football?
P is a punter in football. The kicker who gives the ball back on fourth down, as far downfield and as hard to return as he can.
What a punter looks like
36 punters are on NFL rosters right now, and the median one is 6' 3" and 214 lb.
- On rosters
- 36
- Median height
- 6' 3"
- Median weight
- 214 lb
- Median age
- 29
Distance alone flatters him: what a club measures is net punting, distance after returns and touchbacks are taken off.