Catching up with Andy Groom
November 19, 2008
Interviewed former punter Andy Groom this week for a story that will appear in the Game Day Plus section of Saturday’s paper (online Friday evening at Dispatch.com).
Here’s some snippets that won’t be in the paper, about his now deceased career in the NFL. He left Ohio State after his senior season in 2002, went undrafted and bounced around the league for the next several years, briefly punting for Washington, St. Louis, Tampa Bay and San Francisco. He’s now with Stryker medical supplies, where he works for former OSU linebacker Jerry Rudzinski.
Q: How closely do you follow the NFL?
A: I tend not to watch on Sundays.
Q: Too upsetting thinking you could, or should, be out there?
A: There are only 32 spots in the world, and they will not allow you to be a rookie if you’re not drafted high. If you’re drafted you get the benefit of the doubt.
Q: What are your memories of the Michigan game (in 2001, his first year as starting punter)
A: I remember Jonathan (Wells) had a heck of a first half and then got cramps. It was the game of his career (129 yards). The good ones always come up big against Michigan, and he did.”
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