Cincinnati Bengals Punter Left Tuesday Practice With Apparent Injury

One area the Cincinnati Bengals have been looking to improve has been at the punter position. In the 2023 NFL Draft, the Bengals used a sixth-round pick on Brad Robbins out of Michigan. After beating Drue Chrisman for the punting job a year ago, he's in the middle of another battle.

During team warmups on Tuesday, Robbins evidently tweaked his right quad and was down for a few minutes before walking off under his own power.

He had a short conversation with head coach Zac Taylor and special teams coordinator Derrin Simmons before heading to the locker room for treatment.

Last year, Robbins was the full-time punter and launched 76 punts on the season. He had an average of 44.3 yards per punt and 40.1 net yards per punt. His season-long was a 62-yard bomb in the Week 4 loss to the Tennessee Titans.

Robbins landed 20 of his 76 punts inside the 20 and only allowed five touchbacks.

This year, he's been in a punting competition with undrafted rookie Ryan Rehkow . Austin McNamara was also on the roster but was let go on August 7.

The team added Rehkow at the end of July. After serving a three-year mission, Rehkow was actually a massive weapon for the BYU Cougars. As a freshman, he punted 28 times for 45.1 a piece. In 2021, it was 40 punts for 48.6 per. Rehkow punted 40 more times in 2022 for 46.2 yards per punt. And then last year, he punted 68 times for 48.4 yards per.