Doug’s Dime: Why Are #NFL Punters Coming From Australia?

Former Canadian Football League kicker Tadhg Leader returned to Ireland and founded Leader Kicking in 2022, which works with Gaelic footballers who want to make the leap to the American game. It’s been a highly successful effort, as, according to the group, there are now 20 Irish athletes active across NCAA Division I and the NFL. There’s precedent for a society realizing that it’s actually easier and more lucrative to kick an American football than kicking the ball in their local variety of rugby; a similar effort in Australia that began in 2007 to mint punters out of Aussie has resulted in six current NFL starters from Australia. Jacob Feldman, Sportico