By his own admission, Justin Tucker has not regularly practiced tackling since high school.

Does that mean the most accurate field goal kicker in NFL history might want to cede his kickoff duties to a Ravens teammate now that radically revised league rules could put him more regularly in the line of fire?

No, sir.

Asked Thursday if he wants to be the man kicking off this season, Tucker said: “Hell yeah! I want to be out there. Any chance I get to be on the field, living out my childhood dream — wherever, whenever that is, I’m going to make sure I’m ready to go and put the best product on the field I possibly can.”

The new rule, designed to increase sharply the number of kickoff returns, has coaching staffs across the league dreaming up potential innovations. Kansas City Chiefs special teams coordinator Dave Toub, for example, has said he’s considering using safety Justin Reid to kick off instead of kicker Harrison Butker. Reid has a strong leg and would give the Chiefs an extra tackler to reduce the possibility of big returns.

Ravens coach John Harbaugh said it makes sense to consider all possibilities, but he didn’t mention any specific candidates to nudge Tucker out of his traditional role.

“I would say that we’ve thought about everything,” Harbaugh said. “It’s just a matter of, ‘Do you have a guy that can kick it in there consistently?’ If you do, it probably is an advantage because you get an extra tackler in there, and you don’t put your kicker at risk. So, I’d say we’re looking at every aspect we can think of.”“It’s not just going to keep the play in the game; it’s going to be a lot more exciting,” Ravens kicker Justin Tucker said of the NFL’s new kickoff rules. Karl Merton Ferron/Staff