JIM TURNER
Place Kicker-Quarterback
No. 11
Utah State
"The 29-year-old Californian confesses to mixed feelings about his job as place kicker.
'It's soft physically,' says Jim Turner, the AFL's leading scorer last season, 'but mentally it's about the toughest job on any team. I think it's much harder to go out there all alone and execute perfectly when you know there is no way you can recover if any move is slightly off.' Last year Jim kicked 32 field goals, the most in the league, missing only 15. He kicked 33 extra points for 129 total points. Right now Jim ranks 16th among the all-time leading scorers and he is fifth among scorers who have got all their points by kicking.
Last season he kicked a 50-yarder against Cincinnati, tying his best ever. His success rate has shot up since Babe Parilli joined the team and began holding for him.
'He's had 16 years of experience at it,' Jim says, 'and he has tremendously quick hands to turn the laces while the ball is still in the air.' Jim goes into the 1970 season with a string of 89 straight extra points without a miss."
-Brenda and Jack Zanger, Pro Football 1970
"Jim led the AFL in scoring once again in 1969. In 1968 he set a pro record for field goals with 34 and established a pro record for most points scored purely by kicking with 145.
He has led the Jets in scoring for the six years since he joined the team and now owns the club career scoring mark. Jim once kicked 92 straight extra points.
Besides his kicking, Jim is a fine quarterback."
-1970 Topps No. 104
STEVE O'NEAL
Punter
No. 20
Texas A & M
Steve set a pro football record with a 98-yard punt last September 21 at Mile High Stadium in Denver. For the season, his 54 punts were eighth in the AFL, as were his 2,393 punting yards, and his 44.3 average was good for fourth in the circuit.
Along with Jim Turner, Steve gives the Jets an impressive tandem of record-setting kickers.
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