Michael Dickson is an Australian professional American football punter for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). Michael played college football in Texas. Regarded as one of the best punters in the league, his career punt average of 47.4 yards per punt ranks as the second-highest in NFL history.
In 2015, at the age of 19, he moved to Melbourne to trial with Prokick Australia, a coaching program designed to help aspiring kickers and punters cross the Pacific and crack American football.
Where did Michael Dickson go to high school?
Born in Sydney, Dickson first played soccer in his youth before switching to Australian rules football at the age of 9. Michael Dickson went to Kirrawee High School (Sydney, NSW, Australia).
Michael continued to play for UNSW and the Swans reserves in the North East Australian Football League in an attempt to be drafted to a professional AFL team but was overlooked at the 2014 AFL draft. Dickson’s Australian football career highlight occurred when he was chosen to play for the Swans in the 2014 NEAFL Grand Final.
