Carl Birdsong is a former National Football League

National Football League

The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...

 punter

Punter (football position)

A punter in American or Canadian football is a special teams player who receives the snapped ball directly from the line of scrimmage and then punts the football to the opposing team so as to limit any field position advantage. This generally happens on a fourth down in American football and a...

 from (1981

1981 NFL season

The 1981 NFL season was the 62nd regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl XVI when the San Francisco 49ers defeated the Cincinnati Bengals.-Major rule changes:...

-1985

1985 NFL season

The 1985 NFL season was the 66th regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl XX when the Chicago Bears defeated the New England Patriots.-Major rule changes:...

) for the St. Louis Cardinals.

Birdsong graduated from Amarillo High School and then from Southwestern Oklahoma State University. Birdsong made the Pro Bowl in 1983—but for an elite punter his professional career was short. By 1986, Birdsong was out of the NFL.

Married to Shylan Birdsong, Carl Birdsong is the father of Shylana and Orry Birdsong.