{"id":340641,"date":"2023-10-21T03:03:50","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T03:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=340641"},"modified":"2023-10-21T04:01:02","modified_gmt":"2023-10-21T04:01:02","slug":"watch-punter-takes-his-own-blocked-punt-98-yards-for-a-touchdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=340641","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Punter takes his own blocked punt&#8230;98 yards for a touchdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The old football joke goes something like this: Sometimes your best offense is your punter.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday night, Austin Vivier of East Central High School (San Antonio, Texas) was just that. Vivier, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/tx\/san-antonio\/east-central-hornets\/athletes\/austin-vivier\/?careerid=ebh7fkj01t1aa\">a senior who plays multiple positions for East Central<\/a>, pulled off an incredible play, turning a potential disaster into a touchdown.<\/p>\n<p>Standing at his own 1-yard line, Vivier&#8217;s punt was blocked but he didn&#8217;t panic. Instead, he caught the ball in mid-air at his own 3-yard line and ran the length of the field for a touchdown that won&#8217;t be forgotten anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p>The remarkable play saw Vivier follow some good downfield blocking and then turn on the speed to take it to the house.<\/p>\n<p>The funny part of this video is that the East Central sideline doesn&#8217;t begin to understand what is happening until Vivier reaches midfield. That&#8217;s when it seems to resonate that a blocked punt might actually result in six points for them.<\/p>\n<p>And then the sideline just starts to go wild.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/1f440.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc40\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/1f440.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc40\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/1f440.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc40\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/>\u2026You have to see it to believe it \u2026Austin Vivier East Central. 99 yd touchdown run. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KSATbgc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KSATbgc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HectorLedesmaTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HectorLedesmaTV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/espn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@espn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dctf?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@dctf<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PlayoftheDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PlayoftheDay<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BigRun?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BigRun<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PlayMaker?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PlayMaker<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ECISDtweets?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ECISDtweets<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/booster_ec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@booster_ec<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_ECAthletics?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@_ECAthletics<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArriolaSuzette?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ArriolaSuzette<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joehubb74?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@joehubb74<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wWvjRpOzf0\">pic.twitter.com\/wWvjRpOzf0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 EC Hornet Football (@_ECFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_ECFootball\/status\/1715377703409594674?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>No word if on their next play from scrimmage if East Central lined up in a punt formation again.<\/p>\n<p>East Central <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/tx\/san-antonio\/east-central-hornets\/football\/schedule\/\">is now 2-6 on the season as they lost the game<\/a> 52-28 to Steele (Cibolo, Texas).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Austin Vivier turned disaster into points for his San Antonio high school football team.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":286601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340641"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=340641"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":340643,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340641\/revisions\/340643"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/286601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=340641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=340641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=340641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}