A player who’s made three straight Pro Bowls and earned three consecutive first-team All-Pro selections would seem to be on the top of his game. There wouldn’t appear to be too much more room for growth. Don’t tell that to Johnny Hekker. The Los Angeles Rams’ star punter will be entering his seventh season with the team in 2018 and believes he can reach even new heights this upcoming year.

Hekker signed the largest contract in NFL history for his position last September and is arguably the only punter in the league who is one of the faces of his franchise. He’s already accomplished more than anyone could’ve ever imagined when he entered the league as an undrafted free agent back in 2012, and Hekker and special teams coordinator John Fassel both believe he can continue to build and add more layers to his game.

In recent comments to the team’s official website, Fassel said that Hekker is constantly experimenting “with new types of punts” during the offseason. Fassel spoke at length about the complexities of Hekker’s game and how he “doesn’t just go out there and hit a punt right and a punt left and call it a day. He’s pretty unique with what he attempts and gets pretty darn good at.”

Hekker relies on mastering the three components of punting: distance, direction, and hang time, according to Fassel. He’ll spend time practicing specific kicks for the upcoming season, say, for example, a “long-distance kick to his left.”

Fassel said there are areas where he and Hekker both feel like he can improve in 2018.

“He recognizes that there’s still a lot of room for him to get better, which I know might sound crazy if you’re coaching him, but when you see the tape he’s like ‘Oh, man, gosh — I wish I could have two or three of those back in that game,'” Fassel added.

With the amount of success Hekker has had thus far in his career, it would be easy to get complacent. The fact that he is still his own “harshest critic,” as Fassel puts it, shows that Hekker is taking nothing for granted and that he isn’t going to slack off. It’s an encouraging sign for Rams fans from one of the team’s most vocal leaders. With the dedication Hekker has to his craft, it would be surprising if Hekker is anything other than the league’s best punter again in 2018.