Former NFL kicker reveals why he supports Trump and how he's working to flip key battleground states to the Republicans

Former NFL kicker and “NFL on CBS” announcer Jay Feeley has endorsed former President Donald Trump in the upcoming election.

Feeley's endorsement is one of many Trump has received from the sports world, including endorsements from Hulk Hogan, Dana White and Brett Favre. In an interview with OuKick's “Don't @ Me with Dan Dakich,” Feeley explained why he supports the former president.

“If you look at Donald Trump objectively, if you look at his three or four years in office, three years pre-COVID to be exact, and you look at any objective measure of how you compare it to the four years of the Biden-Harris administration, and you talk about the things that matter to people around the country, the economy, safety, shelter, homes, the border, the economy, by any objective measure, Donald Trump did a better job than the Biden-Harris administration.”

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Feely grew up in Florida but currently lives in Phoenix with his wife, where he first lived while playing for the Arizona Cardinals from 2010-13. Feely has five children: married Lexi and Del Monte; fellow kicker Jace, who plays for coach Deion Sanders at Colorado; and high school students Abby and Olivia.

Feeley believes Arizonans have a chance to turn Republican again in the next presidential election after President Trump's loss to President Biden in 2020. But he has a message for the state's Republican voters ahead of November.

“There are over 200,000 Republicans in Arizona who did not vote in the last presidential election. If half of them vote, even just half of Arizona Republicans, (Trump) will win Arizona! And this goes for battleground states too. So Republicans, just go out and vote for Donald Trump. With the gap between the two parties so wide, I don't understand why you wouldn't vote,” Feeley said.

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“Their ideas and what they want to do for our country are polar opposites, so I don't understand, 'I don't like Donald Trump, so I'm not going to vote for him.' I don't get that. You vote for policies.”

Vice President Kamala Harris is leading the former president in Arizona by less than one percentage point, according to a Fox News election poll released on August 28. In the Arizona Senate race, Democrat Ruben Gallego is leading Republican Kali Lake, 56% to 41%.

Trump won the state by 3.5 percentage points in 2016. Republicans have won Arizona in 15 of the last 16 presidential elections since 1952, losing just once in 1996.

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Jay Feely of the Arizona Cardinals kicks the extra point against the Tennessee Titans at LP Field on December 15, 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Wesley Hitt/Getty Images)

But beyond the election outcome, Feeley wants to see a cultural change in American politics.

“I think people should be able to talk about politics and who they like without getting stones thrown at them or, 'Oh, I'm going to cancel someone,'” Feeley said. “If you're a liberal and you believe in certain politicians, you should be able to talk about that and express your beliefs. If you like Trump, you should be able to express your beliefs.”

“Hopefully I can get back to that state again someday.”

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