Donor Spotlight

Name: Sean Landeta

Title: Retired

Employer: NFL Punter

TU Sport Played: Football

Bio:
Sean played 25 seasons as a professional football player.  He played 22 years in the NFL and 3 years in the United States Football League in the early 1980's.  He retired as the longest tenured punter in NFL history.  He is also the oldest punter to ever play in an NFL game.

Sean was named All-Pro eight times during his pro football career. ('83, '84, '85, '86, '89, '90, '94, 96)

He was also the first punter in NFL history to play 20 years at the position.

He played for six different teams during his career.  His longest tenure was with the New York Giants, with whom he spent ten seasons and was a member of Super Bowl Champion teams in 1986 & 1990.

Sean was selected First Team All-NFL 3 times and was chosen to play in 2 Pro Bowls.  He was named NFL's Punter of the Decade in the 1980's and 1990's.  He set team records with every club he played for. In three years in the USFL, he earned All-USFL honors while helping the Philadelphia Stars win two USFL titles.

Recently inducted into the Maryland State Athletic Hall of Fame, Sean is the all-time leading punter in Tiger football history with a school record 225 career punts and a 42.0 average. He was also a prolific place kicker for the Tigers, scoring 148 points in his career. In addition to holding the school record for the longest field goal (57 yards), he owns the school record for conversion percentage (.974). In 1980, he led NCAA Division II in punting average and field goals, becoming the first player to lead the NCAA in those two categories.

An All-American punter at Towson and a two-time All-ECAC pick, Sean was inducted into the Towson University Hall of Fame in 2005, the Division II College Football Hall of Fame in 2006 and the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 2010.

Sean graduated from nearby Loch Raven High School in 1979. Last fall, he was part of the first class of the Loch Raven Athletic Hall of Fame.

Sean was born and raised in Baltimore.  He currently resides in Long Island, N.Y. and Bucks County, Pa.  He has one son, Joey, and is married to his wife Donna.
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What are you doing right now?

"Although I am retired after spending 25 years in professional sports, I find myself busier than ever doing a lot of work between New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore within the professional football industry."

What is your fondest Tiger moment?

"Going for my first play as a 17 year old freshman in 1979 in front of a sold out, then called Doc Minnegan Stadium, against Morgan State University."

Why do you give back to Towson University?

"I give back because the people at Towson during my four years there were very good to me and, even though it has been over 30 years since I played at Towson, the new regime in athletics has been very kind to me and my family."  

What does the Tiger Club mean to you?

"The Tiger Club, to me, is a way to stay in touch with great people from my past, meet new people that care about Towson Athletics and most importantly to help support Towson's forward progress in athletics."