Ole Miss punter Will Gleeson is 6-foot-3 and 197 pounds. That’s sizable for a college specialist.
But, in the first quarter of Saturday’s game in the Liberty Bowl, Memphis made Gleeson look more like a rag doll.
Gleeson took several steps to his left in a rugby-style run-up to his punt, and then a few different Memphis players undercut him as his kicking leg finished its arch.
The result: Gleeson took to the air and then got a face full of grass. At least the Rebels got to enjoy a 15-yard roughing the punter penalty out of Gleeson’s ordeal.
To no one’s surprise, Twitter enjoyed the replay.
RIP Ole Miss Punter ???
— Cohea (@DaltonCohea5) October 17, 2015
I just saw the ole miss punter fly ????
— Drew Kisman (@DrewKisman) October 17, 2015
https://twitter.com/spen_james/status/655421855243857920
Pretty sure memphis just killed our punter. Hey what's new. It's Memphis. Homicide is a thing there.
— Right Field National Champs (@RFhater) October 17, 2015
An itinerant journalist, Christopher has moved between states 11 times in seven years. Formally an injury-prone Division I 800-meter specialist, he now wanders the Rockies in search of high peaks.
