Education
They chose him in the fifth round of the 1984 NFL Draft from Northwestern University.
They chose him in the fifth round of the 1984 NFL Draft from Northwestern University.
He played 15 seasons for the Buffalo Bills, the San Diego Chargers, the Miami Dolphins, the Detroit Lions and the New York Jets. Kidd was the highest-selected punter in Bills history. He was the starting quarterback and punter at Findlay High School in Findlay, Ohio, from which he graduated in 1980.
He continues to hold the career punting average record for his college alma mater, Northwestern (418), where he also holds the single-season average (456).
During his 1994-1997 tenure with the NFL"s Dolphins, he established the career punting average record (442) for the franchise that stood until Brandon Fields joined the team in 2007 and surpassed Kidd in 2010. In 1996, Kidd led the NFL with a 46.3 punting average.