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Chiefs replacing a punting institution with fiery Tommy Townsend

Tommy Townsend is a punter trying to take over the position with the Kansas City Chiefs long held by Dustin Colquitt.

He thinks of himself more as a position player than kicking specialist, and it showed when he was in college at Florida during a 2018 game against Vanderbilt. Townsend ran the ball out of a fake punt formation, and even after gaining the first down he was never tackled to the ground, holding himself up against defenders until the play was whistled dead.

He wound up getting into a shoving match with one of his opponents.