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Punter
Date of birth: February 17, 1986
Place of birth: Grand Island , New York
Height: 1.88 m Weight: 98 kg
NFL debut
2008 for the Denver Broncos
Career
College : Toledo
Not drafted in 2008
 Teams:
Current status: Active
Career highlights and awards
Selected NFL stats
as of week 17 of the 2019 season
Punts     912
Space gain     41,928 yards
average     46.0 yards
Statistics at NFL.com
Statistics at pro-football-reference.com

Brett Alan core (* 17th February 1986 in Grand Iceland , New York ) is an American American football poker players on the position of the punters . He plays for the Tennessee Titans in the National Football League (NFL).

college

Kern attended the University of Toledo and played for their team, the Rockets , as a punter college football from 2004 to 2007 . In his first season he scored 40.6 yards per punt. Only 18 of his 44 punts were carried back, with twelve placed Kern within the 20 yard line. However, due to an injury, he missed two games. In 2005 he had an average of 39.5 yards per punt. He also threw a pass at a fake punt twice, completing one of them for 34 yards and a new first try. As a junior , he had an average of 41.7 yards per punt, with his longest punt going over 69 yards. Kern placed 21 of the 60 points within the 20-yard line.

His best year was the 2007 season when he was a finalist for the Ray Guy Award and was voted third-team All-American . His punt average of 46.1 yards per punt was the nation's second best, earning him the MAC Special Team Player of the Year title . His career average was 42.3 yards per punt. For the 100th anniversary of the Rockets in 2017, Kern was voted 31st in the all-century team.

NFL

Denver Broncos

He was not considered in the 2008 NFL Draft , but was signed on April 28, 2008 by the Denver Broncos as an Undrafted Free Agent . In the pre-season he was able to prevail against his opponent Sam Paulescu and was already the only punter in his rookie season . With 46.7 yards per punt he was able to show the second best value and with 37.8 net yards (gain of space after deduction of returns and touchbacks) per punt the ninth best value of the American Football Conference (AFC). He was elected to the all-rookie team for his achievements.

Also in 2009 Kern was the punter and holder of the Broncos. They were, however , dissatisfied with Kern's inconsistency in directional punting and his preference for long, low punts that were ideal to return to . He finished tenth in the NFL with 46.1 yards per punt after a punt was carried back by Darren Sproles in the game against the San Diego Chargers for a touchdown , but with 34.5 yards per punt only 27th place for net yards. Kern also caused six touchbacks with only 27 punts , but also placed nine within the 20-yard line. He was released from the Broncos on October 26, 2009 after only 6 games.

Tennessee Titans

Kern was signed by the Tennessee Titans the following day and was used in all ten games of the season. He punted 37 times for 1,665 yards, placing 18 punts within the opponent's first 20 yards. In 2010 he played all 16 games for the Titans for the first time. He kicked 77 punts for 3,302 yards and a net cut of 39.6 yards per punt, which was the fifth best value in the AFC. In February 2011, the Titans extended Kern's contract for several years.

In 2012 he broke the franchise record for net yards per punt for the first time and then broke this record again in 2014. Also in 2014, he broke another franchise record with a 79-yard punt against the Indianapolis Colts . 28 of his total of 88 punts ended up within the first 20 opposing yards. In March 2015, he was awarded a five-year contract for $ 15 million. In 2016 , Kern became the first punter in NFL history to shoot more than 80 punts, causing fewer than two touchbacks and a net average of over 40 yards per punt.

In 2017, he had his best season to date when he punted an average of 49.7 yards and punted for 44.6 yards net. Both broke the franchise records he had held, and at Nettoyards he has held the top six in franchise history ever since. His net worth was the second best in NFL history and his gross worth was the eighth best. For these achievements he was appointed to the Pro Bowl for the first time and was elected to the second-team All-Pro . At the beginning of the 2017 season , Kern broke another record in the game against the Miami Dolphins when he became the first NFL punter to punt at least ten times in a game with a net average of over 50 yards per punt.

In 2018 he was reappointed to the Pro Bowl. This happened after a season in which Kern averaged 47.1 yards per punt gross and 41.7 yards per punt net. He placed 39 punts within the opponent's first 20 yards and only caused three touchbacks. In March 2019, the Titans extended his contract for another four years, although his existing contract would have run for another season. The contract extension was valued at $ 12.55 million, including $ 2.2 million as a signature bonus.

In 2019 he was able to achieve the best value in the league with 37 points within the 20. For this he was elected to the First-Team All-Pro . He was also elected to the Pro Bowl .

statistics

season team Punts Yards cut Blocked Longest
2008 THE 46 2,150 46.7 0 64
2009 27 1,245 46.1 0 67
TEN 37 1,665 45.0 0 64
2009 total 64 2,910 45.5 0 67
2010 TEN 77 3,302 42.9 0 68
2011 86 3,747 43.6 0 64
2012 81 3,855 47.6 2 71
2013 78 3,386 43.4 1 63
2014 88 4.118 46.8 1 79
2015 88 4.175 47.4 0 61
2016 77 3,402 44.2 0 71
2017 75 3,728 49.7 0 74
2018 74 3,483 47.1 1 62
2019 78 3,672 47.1 0 70
total 912 41,928 46.0 5 79

Personal

Kern is the son of Cal Kern , a former professional football goalkeeper. He is married and has three children: a son and two daughters.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Brett Kern. Retrieved March 9, 2019 .
  2. ↑ John Robinson Block (Ed.): 100 Years of Toledo Football . Toledo Blade Company , 2017, ISBN 978-0-692-94023-5 , pp. 62 .
  3. ↑ a b c Titans Sign Punter Brett Kern To Contract Extension. Retrieved March 8, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Fields, Kern, Baltz give NW Ohio a reason to cheer fourth downs. Retrieved March 8, 2019 .
  5. ↑ a b c d Titans' Brett Kern drug tested by NFL after booming 74-yard punt. Retrieved January 26, 2018 .
  6. ↑ a b core waived; Berger new Broncos punter. Denver Post, October 26, 2009, accessed March 8, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Titans pick up core. Retrieved March 8, 2019 .
  8. ^ Titans, Brett Kern agree on multiyear contract. In: nfl.com. March 8, 2015, accessed March 8, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Titans Punter Brett Kern Enjoying Football, Family at Pro Bowl. Tennessee Titans, accessed January 26, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Titans Punter Brett Kern Named First Team All-Pro, RB Derrick Henry Second Team All-Pro. In: titansonline.com. Retrieved January 3, 2020 (American English).
  11. ↑ Three Titans - Jurrell Casey, Taylor Levan and Brett Kern - Selected to Pro Bowl team. Retrieved December 20, 2018 .
  12. ↑ Grand Island's Brett Kern signs extension with Tennessee Titans. Retrieved March 8, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Titans Punter Brett Kern Named First Team All-Pro, RB Derrick Henry Second Team All-Pro. In: titansonline.com. Retrieved January 3, 2020 (American English).
  14. ^ Titans: Brett Kern finishes 1st in Pro Bowl voting among AFC punters. In: titansized.com. 2019, accessed January 3, 2020 (American English).
  15. ↑ Brett Kern. Retrieved March 9, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Core, board
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kern, Brett Alan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football player
DATE OF BIRTH February 17, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Grand Island , New York , United States