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The two punters who will take the field on Sunday in Super Bowl LIII first took the same field in 2008 http://www.tennesseetitansteamonline.com/amani-hooker-jersey , and the field in question was the practice field at Oregon State.Rams punter Johnny Hekker and Patriots punter Ryan Allen both enrolled as walk-ons at Oregon State in 2008, and battled for the punting job and a scholarship. Hekker won the competition and remained at Oregon State, while Allen transferred to Louisiana Tech, where he earned a scholarship of his own.“Having that competition really set us both up for future successes,” Hekker said Taylor Rapp Jersey , via the . “So it’s been a ton of fun to just admire his career from afar, be his biggest fan and share a field with him in the Super Bowl.”Added Allen, “It’s cool to see where we started to now playing on the biggest stage in sports.”Allen and Hekker have developed into two of the best punters in football. They have come a long way. Ozzie Newsome isn’t the Ravens General Manager anymore, but it is going to take him more than a few months to break out of the feelings associated with the job.Newsome remains in the organization and he said he’s been spending more time watching tape of players heading into the draft than he did in past seasons. That’s led him to feel anxiety “just like I have in the past” despite the fact that Eric DeCosta is now filling his old job.Newsome added that his relationship with DeCosta hasn’t been much different despite the change in title.“It’s gone very well. Eric was thoroughly prepared for this opportunity,” Newsome said Shareef Miller Jersey , via the team’s website. “The first two or three months, he’s done an awesome job. It’s almost been seamless, his ability to do this job. The communication between him and I has really been about the same. I utilized him so much over the last four or five years, we’re just accustomed to talking to each other. And that has not changed.”Newsome said he’s enjoyed his level of involvement this year, but doesn’t know how long he’ll continue to feel that way. For now Germaine Pratt Jersey , though, things won’t look too different inside the draft room in Baltimore.