{"id":17682,"date":"2021-01-04T01:16:48","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T02:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=17682"},"modified":"2021-01-04T03:43:29","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T03:43:29","slug":"aussie-punters-mid-game-afl-move-stuns-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=17682","title":{"rendered":"Aussie punter&#039;s mid-game AFL move stuns USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Fremantle forward Max Duffy has sent America wild after pulling out an &quot;AFL move&quot; during a college football game for Kentucky.<\/p>\n<p>Playing in his farewell game for the Wildcats, Duffy stunned fans by selling the dummy on a punt attempt in order to avoid being blocked as Kentucky ran out 23-21 winners in the Gator Bowl against North Carolina State.<\/p>\n<p>Duffy, who played in three games for the Dockers between 2014 and 2015, said he resorted to his AFL roots after Kentucky&#x27;s special teams struggled to block for him.<\/p>\n<p>We&#x27;d done a bit of homework in the week leading up on one of the guys that came after it. He blocked a fair few punts during the year. The plan was to block him. Apparently we didn&#x27;t want to do that,&quot; he told <em>RSN Breakfast<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"8756319f-36e6-4221-9dd6-4364bbdd8c1b\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/8756319f-36e6-4221-9dd6-4364bbdd8c1b\" alt=\"Max Duffy\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;I knew he was going to be coming after it pretty hard and it was just a spur of the moment (decision) to go back to the AFL days.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;When I went off to the sideline I was pretty p&#8212;ed off to be honest because we didn&#x27;t do the job that we wanted. But then I got to the sideline and all the guys were going crazy and telling me &#x27;You&#x27;re going to be on ESPN&#x27; and &#x27;That&#x27;s definitely top 10 (on SportsCenter)&#x27;.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I was caught off guard because I was more worried about the bad job we&#x27;d done with the punt. Since then I&#x27;ve got a fair few messages, which is funny because it&#x27;s something we seen every weekend in Australia in the AFL.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"d377717e-8941-4c8e-9a64-7f34927be910\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/d377717e-8941-4c8e-9a64-7f34927be910\" alt=\"Max Duffy\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old&#x27;s next step will be to hopefully hear his name called in this year&#x27;s NFL Draft, but he isn&#x27;t so sure that he will be able to replicate the dummy at the next level.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;That was my last game so it was good to go out on a good note and get a highlight in,&quot; he said. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;Unfortunately in the NFL they don&#x27;t let the (punters) run around like they do in college, so they&#x27;ll probably see it and they&#x27;ll laugh but it doesn&#x27;t really correlate to (what NFL scouts are looking for).&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, the WA native left Kentucky fans wanting more with one last brilliant highlight play.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffDarlington\/status\/1345801251754283008\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffDarlington\/status\/1345801251754283008<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KySportsRadio\/status\/1345427925038936065\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/KySportsRadio\/status\/1345427925038936065<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Shaynegraham17\/status\/1345484945993707520\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Shaynegraham17\/status\/1345484945993707520<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" title=\"For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><em>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Former Fremantle forward Max Duffy has sent America wild after pulling out an &quot;AFL move&quot; during a college football game for Kentucky. 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