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How deliberate mis-kicks changed one of sport's strangest positions

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Punters are one of the lowest paying positions in American football.

Only one punter has ever been drafted in the first round of the NFL .

Sam Koch , who played a franchise-record 256 games for the Baltimore Ravens , changed the way punting is being played.

Koch 's 'drop-punt' is a technique predominately used in Aussie Rules football.

In 2012 the selection of a punter in the third round prompted disbelief and a message to the American people: "Punters are people too".

Australians now dominate punting in American football.

The Ray Guy Award , given to the best punter in college football, has been won by an Australian in eight of the past 11 years .

Training schools have been set up for wannabe Aussie punters, including ProKick Australia , which launched in 2007 .

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