David Johnson is from Cambridge, England and has done various sports such as rugby, football (soccer) and swimming. Although he watched and enjoyed the NFL for over a decade, his playing football career started when he joined his university team.

Following his all-time favorite player Pat McAfee he decided to get into the world of kicking. This led to training from multiple sources including Coach Wihan van der Riet (Rocketfoot Academy) and Coach Bradley Charalambous (United Kicking).

With a keen eye for the science behind the sport, he started learning as much as he could by watching film and breaking it down (putting the student in student-athlete). Eventually, this led him to have a greater understanding of the mechanics of specialists in a way that could be transferred to others in a positive way.

In the summer of 2022, David transitioned into a new position/role via injuries, where he began the process of becoming and learning more about long snappers and snapping. From then on he has used his knowledge of film breakdown to decode and dissect others and his own film to improve his abilities and coaching. To add to this, he has been coached and helped by various coaches including NFL-level players and specialist coaches.

David believes there is a massive untapped market for British and European talent looking to get into American colleges to spend their whole college careers out there or just while they do further learning. For a lot of people, they already have the physical and mental attributes, it’s just about honing their skills.

David was approached by his former Coach Bradley Charalambous to join United Kicking as a coach and Head of Media.

David accepted and with his fellow coaches hopes to change British kicking/Punting and Long Snapping.

Career History:

* Derby Braves: 2019-2022

* Cambridgeshire Cats: 2021 – Present

* (Specialists Coach) Anglia Ruskin Siege 2022- Present