Well, I was watching the NFL games last weekend, and I noticed something. I’m a huge football fan, been watching it all my life. And I started thinking about the kickers – you know, the guys who boot the field goals and extra points. Then it hit me, how many of them are black? So I got curious and decided to dig into it.
First thing I did was to fire up Google. I typed in something like “black kickers in the NFL” and started browsing through the results. It wasn’t as straightforward as I thought it would be. Lots of articles were talking about the history of black players in the NFL, the challenges they faced, and all that. Which is important, don’t get me wrong, but it wasn’t exactly what I was looking for at that moment.
Then I found a few pieces that mentioned some names. But they were from different years! One said there were five black kickers in the 2020-2021 season, another one claimed there were four in the 2019 season. Names like Cairo Santos, Daniel Carlson, Harrison Butker, Younghoe Koo, and Greg Joseph kept popping up. But hold on, Butker isn’t black, right? So I decided to verify the information about each player mentioned.
Here’s what I did next:
- I started with the names I found online. I made a list.
- I looked up each player. It was kind of a pain to go through each one, but I wanted to be thorough, you know?
- I tried to find reliable information about their background. Sometimes it was right there on their Wikipedia page, other times I had to dig deeper.
- I cross-referenced. If one source said a player was black, I looked for another source to confirm it.
It took some time, but I managed to put together a somewhat clear picture. It seems like there haven’t been many black kickers in the NFL, at least not recently. The numbers I found were from a few years back, and things might have changed since then. But back in 2020-2021, there were a few, and in 2019, there were a couple. It’s not a lot, that’s for sure.
So, what’s the conclusion?
Well, my little investigation confirmed that there are indeed black kickers in the NFL, but not many. It made me wonder why that is. Is it because of old stereotypes? Lack of opportunities? Or maybe it’s just a coincidence? I don’t have the answers, but it definitely got me thinking.
Anyway, that’s how I spent my afternoon – digging into the world of NFL kickers. It wasn’t some groundbreaking research or anything, just a curious fan trying to satisfy his curiosity. Hope you found it somewhat interesting!
