Thomas Morstead lands six-year deal!

[DallasDiehard]

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/82042 ... -year-deal

Second-highest salary in NFL for a punter.

CONGRATULATIONS, Thomas! Well deserved!

[gostangs]

time to endow an SMU scholarship

[SMUguy]

Not bad for a guy who walked on at SMU and largely taught himself to be a great punter and worked like a madman to be a big, strong athlete.
Good things happening to a really good guy.

[AusTxPony]

Well-deserved and I will never forget that onside kick in the Super Bowl.

[SMUguy]

Well-deserved and I will never forget that onside kick in the Super Bowl.

I was just thinking the same thing. Absolute greatness.

[SMUFan]

I'm old enough to remember losing my mind when the Yankees signed Dave Winfield to a 25-year, $25 million contract. Now we're talking about this kind of money for a punter?
Couldn't happen to a better guy -- known in New Orleans as LEGATRON.

[Junior]

Not bad for a guy who walked on at SMU and largely taught himself to be a great punter and worked like a madman to be a big, strong athlete.
Good things happening to a really good guy.

don't think gansz deserves any credit?

[jimhagle]

6 years for a punter? Has that ever happened before? Congrats TM.

[sbsmith]

6 years for a punter? Has that ever happened before? Congrats TM.

Just last year (Michael Koenen with the Bucs, 6 years 19 million dollars), in fact I'm sure Morestead's agent used that as a baseline for negotiations.

[SMUguy]

Not bad for a guy who walked on at SMU and largely taught himself to be a great punter and worked like a madman to be a big, strong athlete.
Good things happening to a really good guy.

don't think gansz deserves any credit?

Sure he does. But Morstead improved a lot before Coach Gansz arrived, partly because he spent a ton of time working out on his own, punting balls up and down the field and tweaking his steps, the way he dropped the ball, etc.

[Junior]

Not bad for a guy who walked on at SMU and largely taught himself to be a great punter and worked like a madman to be a big, strong athlete.
Good things happening to a really good guy.

don't think gansz deserves any credit?

Sure he does. But Morstead improved a lot before Coach Gansz arrived, partly because he spent a ton of time working out on his own, punting balls up and down the field and tweaking his steps, the way he dropped the ball, etc.

gotcha.

I think Bennett deserves the most credit, though, for giving him so many in-game opportunities to showcase his talents.

[ponyboy]

Should've employed a swinging gate punt.

[Corso]

Always good to see a Mustang as one of the best in the NFL!

[RE Tycoon]

Thomas Morstead Practice Bubble.

[whitwiki]

[quote="SMUguy"]Not bad for a guy who walked on at SMU and largely taught himself to be a great punter and worked like a madman to be a big, strong athlete.
Good things happening to a really good guy.

don't think gansz deserves any credit?

Sure he does. But Morstead improved a lot before Coach Gansz arrived, partly because he spent a ton of time working out on his own, punting balls up and down the field and tweaking his steps, the way he dropped the ball, etc.

gotcha.

I think Bennett deserves the most credit, though, for giving him so many in-game opportunities to showcase his talents.[/quote]
And Doug Flutie for teaching him the rugby drop kick.