Britton Colquitt

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Britton Colquitt
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Britton Colquitt 2011
Minnesota Vikings - No. 2
Punter
Date of birth: March 20, 1986
Place of birth: Knoxville , Tennessee , Tennessee
Height: 1.91 m Weight: 93 kg
NFL debut
2009 for the Denver Broncos
Career
College : Tennessee
Not drafted in 2009
 Teams:
Career highlights and awards
Selected NFL stats
as of week 17 of the 2019 season
Punts     780
Space gain     35,468 yards
average     45.5 yards
Statistics at NFL.com
Statistics at pro-football-reference.com

Britton Colquitt (* 20th March 1986 in Knoxville , Tennessee ) is an American American football poker players on the position of the punters . He plays for the Minnesota Vikings in the National Football League (NFL). He won Super Bowl 50 with the Denver Broncos .

Early years

Colquitt went to high school in his native Knoxville, Tennessee, where he played soccer as well as American football. He later went to the University of Tennessee .

NFL

Denver Broncos

On December 22, 2009, Colquitt, not considered in the 2009 NFL Draft, signed a contract for the Practice Squad with the Miami Dolphins . On December 30 of the same year Colquitt was brought into the roster of the Denver Broncos . With the Denver Broncos, he reached in the 2015 season to the Super Bowl 50 , which with 24:10 against the Carolina Panthers was recovered.

Cleveland Browns

After Colquitt was fired from the Broncos on August 30, 2016, he signed a one-year contract with the Cleveland Browns shortly thereafter .

Minnesota Vikings

After Colquitt was fired before the start of the 2019 season, the Minnesota Vikings signed him.

Personal

Colquitt comes from a family that has produced many punters in the NFL. His father Craig Colquitt won the Super Bowl twice with the Pittsburgh Steelers , his older brother Dustin Colquitt is a punter with the Kansas City Chiefs and his uncle Jimmy Colquitt was a one-season punter with the Seattle Seahawks in 1985 .

Individual evidence

  1. Britton Colquitt College Bio .
  2. Britton Colquitt Profile with the Denver Broncos . Archived from the original on August 1, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 1, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.denverbroncos.com
  3. ^ Broncos sign P Colquitt .
  4. browns sign britton colquitt (English) nfl.com, accessed on September 4, 2016
  5. Judd Zulgad: Vikings sign veteran punter Britton Colquitt, release Matt Wile on skornorth.com. September 1, 2019, accessed on September 2, 2019.