Punter · Green Bay Packers

Daniel Whelan

No. 19 · 5th season

Whelan's making history one kick at a time, and camp hasn't even started

A kicking competition shouldn't be the thing everyone's watching heading into training camp. And yet, here we are.

Daniel Whelan is a punter for the Green Bay Packers, and the word around him lately is history-making — which is not the usual language attached to the position. Punters exist in a quiet corner of the game, noticed mostly when something goes wrong. Whelan has apparently found a way to make people notice when something goes right.

The reputation he's built has come the unglamorous way: work across every part of his craft, the kind that doesn't show up on a highlight reel but tends to show up in the standings. Now there's a kicking competition taking shape as camp approaches, and Whelan is at the center of it.

Whatever he's been doing, it's put him somewhere most punters never get — in a story people actually want to follow.

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