Justin Tucker
.jpg) Tucker 2013 |
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| Baltimore Ravens - No. 9 | |
| Placekicker | |
| Date of birth: November 21, 1989 | |
| Place of birth: Houston , Texas | |
| Height: 1.85 m | Weight: 83 kg |
| NFL debut | |
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| 2012 for the Baltimore Ravens | |
| Career | |
| College : Texas | |
| Not drafted in 2012 | |
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| Current status: Active | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Selected NFL stats as of week 17 of the 2019 season |
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| Field goals | 265 |
| Field goal attempts | 292 |
| Field Goal% | 90.8 |
| Longest | 61 yards |
| Statistics at NFL.com | |
| Statistics at pro-football-reference.com | |
Justin Paul Tucker (born on 21st November 1989 in Houston , Texas ) is an American American football poker players on the position of Place Kickers . He played college football at the University of Texas before being signed to the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free agent in 2012 . Since then he has been active for the Ravens in the National Football League (NFL) and won Super Bowl XLVII with them .
Early years
Tucker attended Westlake High School in Austin , Texas , where he played with Nick Foles , now the Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback . He then attended the University of Texas , where he played 52 games for the Texas Longhorns. During this time he converted 40 of 48 field goal attempts and all of his 71 PATs for a total of 190 points.
NFL
Baltimore Ravens
In the 2012 NFL Draft , Tucker was not selected by any of the 32 teams, but received a contract with the Baltimore Ravens on May 29, 2012 , where he should fight with Billy Cundiff for the starting place. After performing well in the preseason , he finally prevailed and Cundiff was fired. As a rookie , he showed himself to be a very precise kicker when he converted all of his 42 PATs and only missed three in 33 field goal attempts. On January 12, 2013 he succeeded in the Divisional Round Play-off game at the Denver Broncos in the second overtime the winning field goal from 47 yards, whereby the Ravens reached the AFC Championship Game for the second time in a row . In Super Bowl XLVII against the San Francisco 49ers , Tucker missed the first attempt at a fake field goal in Super Bowl history when he was only one yard short of first down. The Ravens still won 34–31.
Although he missed two field goals against the Cleveland Browns on the second day of the 2013 season , he showed consistently good performances over the entire season. In the 18–16 win against the Detroit Lions , he scored all points of his team with six converted field goals and set a Ravens franchise record with six converted field goals in one game . He also scored his longest field goal to date with 61 yards in this game. After the season he was voted into his first Pro Bowl and All-Pro .
After the 2015 season, the Ravens took Tucker with the franchise tag . In June 2016, he finally agreed a new four-year contract for $ 16.8 million with the Ravens, which made him the NFL's second-highest-paid kicker after Stephen Gostkowski .
Ravens Franchise Records
- Most field goals in one season - 38 (2013)
- Most points scored in one season - 140 (2013)
- Most field goals in one game - 6 (2013)
- Longest field goal - 61 yards (2013)
NFL records
- Longest field goal in an enclosed stadium - 61 yards (2013)
- First kicker with field goals from beyond the 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 yard line within a game (2013)
Web links
Profile with the Baltimore Ravens
Profile with the Texas Longhorns
Individual evidence
- ↑ how drew brees, nick foles rose from same texas high school (English) sport.yahoo.com, accessed October 30, 2015
- ↑ Justin Tucker's Longhorn bio (English) texassports.com, accessed October 30, 2015
- ↑ ravens officially sign kicker justin tucker (English) baltimoreravens.com, accessed on October 30, 2015
- ↑ baltimore reaches AFC title game after tuckers FG washingtonpost.com, accessed October 30, 2015
- ↑ tucker kicks ravens past lions with 6 fgs (English) usatoday.com, accessed October 30, 2015
- ↑ ravens use franchise tag on kicker tucker (English) espn.com, accessed on September 14, 2016
- ↑ ravens sign kicker justin tucker to four year deal (English) cbssports.com, accessed on September 14, 2016
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Tucker, Justin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tucker, Justin Paul (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 21, 1989 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Houston , Texas |