| Date of birth: | August 22, 1961 |
| Place of birth: | Springfield, IL |
| Career information | |
|---|---|
| Position(s): | Punter |
| College: | Northwestern |
| NFL Draft: | 1984 / Round: 5 / Pick: 128 |
| Organizations | |
| As player: | |
| 1984-1989 1990-1994 1994-1997 1998 1998 |
Buffalo Bills San Diego Chargers Miami Dolphins Detroit Lions New York Jets |
| Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com | |
Max John Kidd (born August 22, 1961 in Springfield, Illinois) is a former professional American football punter in the National Football League. He played fifteen seasons for the Buffalo Bills, the San Diego Chargers, the Miami Dolphins, the Detroit Lions and the New York Jets. John Kidd was the highest selected punter in Bills history. The Bills chose him in the fifth round of the 1984 NFL Draft from Northwestern University. He was the starting quarterback and punter at Findlay High School, from which he graduated in 1980.
John Kidd was a first team all American in college and won the Big Ten Medal of Honor. He set several NFL records and is the current career average leader for the Miami Dolphins and the New York Jets.
As of 2008, Kidd was running his own telecommunication company and, at one point, engaged to Los Angeles weatherforecaster and television personality, Jackie Johnson.[1]