Nate Kaeding

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Nate Kaeding
Nate Kaeding.jpg
Position (s):
Kicker 		Jersey number (s):
10
born on March 26, 1982 in Iowa City , Iowa
Career information
Active : 2004 - 2012
NFL Draft : 2004 / Round: 3 / Pick: 65
College : Iowa
Teams
Career statistics
Field goals     181
tries     210
Success rate     86.2%
longest field goal     57 yards
Stats at NFL.com
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards

Nathaniel James "Nate" Kaeding (born March 26, 1982 in Iowa City , Iowa ), nicknames : Kato , Mr. Automatic or Big Game Nate , is a former American American football player on the position of the kicker . He played nine years with the San Diego Chargers in the National Football League (NFL).

Player career

college

Nate Kaeding was born to Larry and Terry Kaeding in Iowa City and attended high school there . At school he played basketball and soccer as well as American football . After graduating from high school, he studied at the University of Iowa . In 2001 he played with the Iowa Hawkeyes, the University of Iowa football team, in the Alamo Bowl against Texas Tech University . The team from Iowa won the game with four field goals by Kaeding 19:16. In 2003, his team played in the Orange Bowl against the University of Southern California (USC). The game was lost with 38:17. Kaeding scored a field goal.

Profile career

Philip Rivers

Kaeding was selected by the San Diego Chargers in the third round in 2004 in 65th place in the NFL Draft . Originally, the New York Giants would have been the team that could have signed a player at the time of the draft. In order to sign quarterback Eli Manning , as the Giants intended, they had to reach an agreement with the Chargers. The Chargers, who had the first access right in the draft, selected Eli Manning first in the first round and handed him over to the Giants. In return, the Giants gave the fourth-placed quarterback Philip Rivers, together with the Giants' draft right, to the Chargers in the third round. They used the opportunity to tie Kaeding in the third round of the draft. Kaeding was signed earlier than usual for a kicker .

Kaeding justified the trust the San Diego team put in him. By the end of 2010 he was able to convert 86.5% of his field goals . From 2005 to 2008 he transformed all points after touchdown (PAT).

In 2004, the Chargers won 12 of their 16 games. They failed in the play-offs, however, in the first round at the New York Jets . In the 20:17 defeat, Kaeding managed a field goal.

In 2006 the Chargers won 14 of the 16 games. Again they did not make it into the Super Bowl , they failed because of the New England Patriots . Kaeding missed a field goal in the 21:24 defeat.

In 2007, Kaeding broke his leg while tackling a game against the Denver Broncos . He still played the season to the end. The Chargers moved into the AFC Championship Game in 2007 after one season with eleven wins , but lost to the Patriots with 12:21. Kaeding scored four field goals in the game.

Although the Chargers finished the regular season 2008 with a balanced record, they moved into the play-offs. There they failed at the eventual Super Bowl winner, the Pittsburgh Steelers , with 24:35. Kaeding scored a field goal to temporarily lead the Chargers 10: 7.

Honors

Mike Scifres

Nate Kaeding received the 2002 Lou Groza Award for the best college football kicker of the year . In 2006 he was voted All-Pro . In 2007 and 2009 he played in the Pro Bowl .

Off the field

Kaeding is married and has two sons. He is an avid cyclist and is involved in an association that aims to improve safety for cyclists in road traffic. With his support, the von Kaeding family founded an organization that promotes amateur sports. The organization organizes a golf tournament every year. Kaeding has founded an organization with the Chargers punter , Mike Scifres , which supports a pension in which families with sick children can live cheaply while the children are treated in a hospital.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistics from the Alamo Bowl
  2. ↑ Statistics of the Orange Bowl ( Memento from June 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Match statistics San Diego Chargers vs New York Jets 2004
  4. ↑ Match statistics New England Patriots vs San Diego Chargers 2006
  5. ^ Message from the San Diego Chargers
  6. ↑ Match statistics New England Patriots vs San Diego Chargers 2007
  7. ↑ Match statistics Pittsburgh Steelers vs San Diego Chargers
  8. ↑ Kaeding with the Iowa Bicycle Coalition ( Memento from May 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ^ Iowa Children's Open ( April 13, 2014 memento in the Internet Archive )
  10. ^ Homepage of the organization San Diego Kick for Kids ( Memento from January 30, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Kaeding, Nate
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kaeding, Nathaniel James (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football player
DATE OF BIRTH March 26, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Iowa City , Iowa , United States