Rich Camarillo
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Richard Jon Camarillo (born in 1959) is a former professional American Football punter who played 16 seasons in the NFL for the New England Patriots (1981-1987), Los Angeles Rams (1988), Phoenix Cardinals (1989-1993), Houston Oilers (1994-1995), and Oakland Raiders (1996). Before his NFL career, he played for the University of Washington.
A solid, dependable punter during his 16 seasons, Camarillo led the NFL in punting yards twice (1985, 1994), punts in the 20 once (1994), net yard average twice (1983, 1991), and yards per punt once (1989). With the Patriots, Camarillo made a championship appearance in Super Bowl XX, and ended up getting to punt quite often as his team was blown out 46-10 by the Chicago Bears. Camarillo punted 6 times for 263 yards (43.8 avg), with 225 net yards (37.5 avg), 1 touchback, and 1 punt in the 20, including a then Super Bowl record 62-yard punt that planted the Bears back at their own 4-yard line. However, Chicago still managed to drive a Super Bowl record 96 yards and score a touchdown anyway.
Camarillo finished his career with 1027 punts for 43,895 yards (42.7 avg) and 279 punts in the 20, with 107 touchbacks and a net average of 35.9.
Camarillo coached the Ahwatukee American Little League Allstars from Phoenix, Arizona in the 2006 Little League World Series in Williamsport, PA.
