{"id":29815,"date":"2017-09-11T22:27:03","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T02:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=29815"},"modified":"2021-03-14T15:21:36","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T19:21:36","slug":"lions-punter-kasey-redfern-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2017\/09\/11\/lions-punter-kasey-redfern-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Lions Punter Kasey Redfern Out for Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/lions\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Detroit Lions<\/a> punter <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/R\/RedfKa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kasey Redfern<\/a><\/strong> is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/lions\/2017\/09\/11\/detroit-lions-punter-kasey-redfern\/653625001\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">out for the season<\/a> after tearing both his ACL and MCL during the team\u2019s week one victory over the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/cardinals\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arizona Cardinals<\/a>. Redfern suffered the injury with six minutes remaining in the first quarter, when the rookie fumbled a snap in the endzone and was forced to scramble 21 yards to avoid the safety.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Some Lions punter news: Kasey Redfern suffered a torn ACL &amp; MCL &amp; partial tear of patellar tendon. Tough break for a guy everyone rooted for<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dave Birkett (@davebirkett) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davebirkett\/status\/907269481055051776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 11, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1><b>Detroit Lions Punter Kasey Redfern Out for Season<\/b><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Redfern was an undrafted free agent back in 2014 after punting for four years at Wofford. The North Carolina native then spent the following three seasons as a practice squad member of the<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/jaguars\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Jaguars<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/chargers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chargers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/panthers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Panthers<\/a> and<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/browns\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Browns<\/a>. Sunday\u2019s game against Arizona marked Redfern\u2019s NFL debut. The 25-year-old totaled one punt for 50 yards in his only successful attempt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After Redfern went down, the Lions resorted to kicker <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/P\/PratMa20.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt Prater<\/a><\/strong> to handle punting duties for the rest of the afternoon. But Prater struggled- averaging only 34.8 yards per punt -and the team will search elsewhere to find a competent replacement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/M\/MartSa01.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sam Martin<\/a><\/strong>, who has served as Detroit\u2019s starting punter the last four seasons, is out at least five weeks due to a foot injury he sustained over the off-season. On Monday, the Lions worked out four punters to fill the void until Martin returns: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/D\/DarrMa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt Darr<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/B\/ButlDr00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Drew Butler<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/L\/LockJe00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeff Locke<\/a><\/strong> and <strong>Richie Leone<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Darr averaged 46 yards per punt between 2015 and 2016 for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/dolphins\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dolphins<\/a>. Butler averaged 42.9 yards per punt over four years with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/steelers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steelers<\/a> and Cardinals. Locke averaged 43.2 yards per punt during four seasons with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/vikings\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vikings<\/a> and Leone last played in the CFL, where he was an All-Star in both 2015 and 2016. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It looks as if Detroit will sign their new starting punter soon. 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