Special teams isn’t a sexy topic. Pass rushers, stud inside linebackers and safeties who can roam sideline to sideline are the celebrities of a defense. Your punter? He doesn’t usually even get his named called unless he’s making a mistake or gets the rare chance for a fake. Even then we usually only end up noting how bad of a decision the fake was. The UCLA Football defense has been lucky though. They’ve got a guy who doesn’t make big mistakes just big punts.
Stefan Flintoft isn’t even supposed to be the starter. In fact he wasn’t even a scholarship player a week ago.