‘A lot of dreams coming true right now’: Former Ole Miss punter Mac Brown put on a show in the XFL
Talk of Champions
OMSpirit
4.7 • 677 Ratings
🗓️ 25 April 2023
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
In this edition of Talk of Champions, Ben Garrett is joined by former Ole Miss punter Mac Brown, who became a viral sensation with the XFL’s Orlando Guardians this season.
Brown signed with the Guardians three weeks into the XFL’s return season off a call from their head coach, Terrell Buckley, the former Ole Miss cornerbacks coach. Brown went on to complete a pair of big-gain fake-punt passes in back-to-back games to close out the year.
Both passes — including the latest, an 84-yarder on fourth-and-21 for a touchdown to former NFL tight end Jordan Thomas — went viral. Brown averaged 44.8 yards per punt this season, with a long of 60. Eight of his punts were downed inside the 20-yard-line.
He also led the XFL in yards per completion.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Talk of Champions at Ole Miss Spirit podcast with Ben Garrett. |
| 0:06.7 | It's up. It's up. It's not. It's not. It's up. |
| 0:10.5 | Welcome to Talk of Champions. |
| 0:24.6 | I'm Ben Garrett at Spirit Ben on Twitter. |
| 0:26.4 | Joining me now, Matt Brown, former Ole Miss Punter, current punter for the XFL's Orlando |
| 0:31.8 | Guardians, viral sensation. |
| 0:33.8 | Can we say that now, Mac? |
| 0:34.8 | What's up? |
| 0:35.9 | Oh, man. |
| 0:36.6 | Thanks for having me on, Ben. Happy to be here. |
| 0:39.1 | No, thank you for coming back on, man, because like I said, you're a viral sensation. Not just with |
| 0:44.1 | your punting exploits, one of the best punters in college football during your time at Ole Miss, |
| 0:48.0 | and now in the XFL, but with your arm too, a cannon, a surprise cannon, I guess, a pair of 60 plus yard completions, |
| 0:56.1 | one of which went for a touchdown. |
| 0:57.7 | Mack, where did this come from? |
| 0:59.5 | I think it's always been there. |
| 1:01.5 | It's always been there. |
| 1:02.4 | I just never got the opportunity. |
| 1:03.8 | So, you know, Teabuk gave me the green light this year, and, you know, we really took advantage |
| 1:09.0 | of the opportunities, which was fun. I was excited to finally |
| 1:11.5 | be able to showcase the arm off a little bit. Okay, how did it become a thing? How did the coaches |
| 1:16.0 | find out that you had this kind of arm in your arsenal here? And did you ever try to get |
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