Chuck Ramsey Named ACC Legend
9/30/2015 12:00:00 AM | Football
Wake Forest Athletic Communications (@WakeFB)
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -Former Wake Forest quarterback and punter Chuck Ramsey will be honored as an ACC Legend at the ACC Night of Legends presented by the Belk Bowl on Friday, Dec. 4 at the 11th annual Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship.
Ramsey was a three-year letterman for the Demon Deacons from 1971-73. He led the nation in punting in 1973 while earning All-America honors. Ramsey averaged 44.8 yards per punt as a senior and was named first team All-America by the Football Writers Association, Time magazine, the Sporting News and the Newspeper Enterprise Association. From 1971-73, Ramsey was the ACC's top punter and was a first team All-ACC pick as a junior and senior.
Following his senior year, the Rock Hill, S.C. native, who grew up in Knoxville, Tenn., played in the Blue-Gray, East-West Shrine and Hula Bowl all-star games. Following his collegiate career, Ramsey spend eight productive years in the NFL. He was named to the New York Jets' All-Time Four Decade team in 2003. A sixth round pick of New England in 1974, Ramsey originally signed with Chicago of the World Football League. He punted for the Jets from 1977 through 1984.