Matt Allen

Matt Allen (born October 23, 1977) is a former American football punter in the NFL who played for the New York Giants. He played college football at Troy State.
Early life.
Allen played football, basketball, and baseball for Calvary Christian Academy.
College career.
Allen played for Troy State University.
NFL career.
Before joining the Giants, Allen played for the Atlanta Falcons in the preseason. In his lone NFL season, Allen had 63 punts for 2,326 yards with 2,045 net yards and an average 36.9 yards per punt. He is infamously known for attempting a pass to Rich Seubert after a botched snap from Trey Junkin on a field goal attempt to win the game on the last play of the Giants-49ers NFC Wildcard game on January 5, 2003. The pass fell incomplete, ending the Giants' season, although an obvious pass interference penalty wasn't called by officials. Had that penalty been called, the Giants would have had another chance to kick the winning field goal, as it would have offset their own ineligible man downfield penalty and resulted in an extra, untimed down. However, as it was not 4th down and the team had a timeout left, Allen also could have earned another field goal attempt if he had spiked the ball or taken a knee and then used the time out.
This play ended up being #10 on NFL Top 10's "Top Ten Meltdowns" and "Top Ten Controversial Calls" at #7.