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Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated
By Richard Johnson His booming kicks made fourth-and-long must-watch TV at San Diego State. Now, he is one of the rarest prospects in football: a punter with buzz. If, last summer, you asked Matt Araiza whether he’d be sitting on this bench outside of the NFL combine, he probably would have said no. After all, he’d hit only five punts in college before the 2021 season. He might have had the same answer even if you asked him 48 hours before the combine, too, thanks to a stomach bug that caused him to delay his arrival to Indy (he refuses to blame it on Southern California staple In-N-Out Burger…