Thomas Morstead - New Orleans Saints Punter
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 31 July 2020
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Episode 527
Thomas Morstead is entering his 12th season as the punter for the New Orleans Saints. He is a Super Bowl champion and a Pro Bowler.
He is the author of the new book "The Middle School Rules of Thomas Morstead" that he wrote with Sean Jensen.
On today's podcast, we talk to Thomas about why he wanted to write his new book, his maturity during his college years at SMU, going from being the young guy to the veteran teacher in the NFL and why it has been on his heart to give back to sick children through his "What Will Give Will Grow" foundation.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast where we bring Jesus into the conversation. |
| 0:18.1 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
| 0:20.2 | Hey guys, welcome to Sports Spectrum. |
| 0:22.1 | I am Jason Romano. |
| 0:23.7 | My email address, Jason at Sportspectrum.com. |
| 0:26.8 | Jason at Sports Spectrum. |
| 0:28.4 | com. |
| 0:29.7 | And we are presented today by IJM, the International Justice Mission, helping to protect |
| 0:35.0 | more than 150 million people from violence worldwide. |
| 0:39.0 | Check them out at IJM.org slash TF to learn how you can become a freedom partner today. |
| 0:45.8 | Very excited to welcome Thomas Morstedt to Sports Spectrum. |
| 0:50.2 | Thomas has been in the NFL since 2009, selected in the fifth round of the 2009 NFL draft, pick |
| 0:57.1 | number 164. And interestingly enough, Thomas is the punter for the New Orleans Saints. |
| 1:03.6 | Punters don't get selected too often in the NFL draft. Thomas not only was selected by the Saints, |
| 1:10.5 | but he's still a part of the Saints. |
| 1:13.2 | Twelve years later, he's now going into his 12th season in the NFL here in 2020. |
| 1:18.9 | And that first season in the NFL back in 2009, Thomas became a Super Bowl champion. |
| 1:26.0 | That success came really quickly for him. |
| 1:27.9 | Super Bowl 44 when the Saints beat the Colts and won their first ever Super Bowl title. |
| 1:33.3 | And Thomas has a ring for that. |
| 1:35.0 | He was also selected to the Pro Bowl in 2012 and currently holds the record for most kickoff |
| 1:40.9 | touchbacks in one game. |
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