It isn’t often that you see punters drafted at all, especially before the seventh round. Three have gone in the fifth round already, and the Seahawks got the best in class by far in Michael Dickson. A junior from the University of Texas, Dickson is a native of Australia, where he played a lot of rugby and Aussie rules football.
If you never watched the Australian Football League at 2 am on ESPN back in the day, you really missed out. Just think of running back/linebacker hybrids that can all punt, and you’ll be close to the picture.