Duane Carrell - #3 - P - Florida State - Profile

PRO: Signed with Jets as free agent on Sept. 1, 1976 ... had tryout with club earlier at Houston but wasn't signed at the time ... set Jets' record for most punts in a season last year with 81 averaging 39.7 yards ... longest career punt was 72 yards at San Francisco last fall, third best in Jets' history ... individual average placed him sixth in AFC and ninth in NFL ... the net punting average of 32.6 placed Jets sixth in AFC and 11th in NFL ... must work to get more hang time into punts ... distance is adequate ... took over as holder in fifth game ... started pro ball in 1974 with Jacksonville Sharks of WFL ... joined Dallas Cowboys when Sharks folded and averaged 39.8 on 40 kicks in last half of 1974 season ... waived by Cowboys in 1975 but signed with Los Angeles and averaged 39.4 on 73 punts for Rams that year ... once completed 37-yard TD pass vs. Redskins in 1974.

COLLEGE: Three-year letterman as punter and placekicker ... played in 1971 Fiesta Bowl.

PERSONAL: Married Gloria Grigsby ... active in Fellowship of Christian Athletes ... holds B.S. in management ... salesman for Ward Hughes Co ... food brokers ... enjoys American history and model railroads ...

Birthplace and hometown: Washington, D.C.

From 1977 Jets yearbook