Kai Forbath
 Forbath in Washington Redskins' dress (2014) |
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| Kicker | |
| Date of birth: September 2, 1987 | |
| Place of birth: Santa Monica , California | |
| Height: 1.80 m | Weight: 89 kg |
| NFL debut | |
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| 2012 for the Washington Redskins | |
| Career | |
| College : UCLA | |
| Not drafted in 2011 | |
Teams:
* only offseason / no regular season assignments |
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| Current status: Free Agent | |
| 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 | 131/151 |
| Quota | 86.8% |
| Longest field goal | 57 yards |
| Statistics at NFL.com | |
| Statistics at pro-football-reference.com | |
Kai August Forbath (* 2. September 1987 in Santa Monica , California ) is an American American football poker players on the position of the Kickers . After the draft in 2011 he was hired as a free agent by the Dallas Cowboys , where he did not play a game due to injury. After a short interlude with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers , stints with the Washington Redskins , New Orleans Saints , Minnesota Vikings and Jacksonville Jaguars followed . An intermezzo with the New England Patriots was followed by a job with the Cowboys. He is currently a free agent.
college
Forbath attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and played for their team, the Bruins, college football from 2007 to 2010, scoring 102 field goals in 104 attempts .
NFL
Despite his good performance in college, Forbath was not considered in the 2011 NFL Draft , but was hired as a free agent by the Dallas Cowboys in August 2011 , but could not prevail due to injury and was fired in 2012 without having played a single game.
Washington Redskins
After he had completed the pre-season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers , but was sacked before the start of the regular season , signed him in October 2012, the Washington Redskins as a replacement for the injured Billy Cundiff . Forbath knew how to convince and remained the team's kicker for the following two seasons. In 2015 he was fired after the first game.
New Orleans Saints
On 19 October 2015 he was selected by the New Orleans Saints committed to Zach Hocker to replace.
On September 6, 2016 Forbath was fired by the Saints, instead of him the rookie Wil Lutz was signed .
Minnesota Vikings
After the Minnesota Vikings fired Blair Walsh during the current 2016 season , they signed Forbath on November 16, 2016, giving him a two-year contract. This was extended for another year on March 20, 2018, but the Vikings fired Forbath on August 20, 2018 and decided to go into the 2018 season with the newly drafted kicker Daniel Carlson .
Jacksonville Jaguars
After the groin injury of their regular kicker Josh Lambo, Forbath was able to prevail against three other candidates and was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars on December 14, 2018. After the end of the season he was released again.
New England Patriots
On November 29, 2019, the New England Patriots signed Forbath after their previous kicker Nick Folk was out for an appendix operation.
Return to the Dallas Cowboys
On December 9, 2019, the Dallas Cowboys signed Forbath a second time after he won a workout that was held due to great dissatisfaction with the performance of the previous cowboys' kicker, Brett Maher . First, the Cowboys extended the contract with Forbath for the 2020 season, but he could not prevail against Greg Zuerlein and was therefore released on August 1st.
Individual evidence
- ^ College statistics at sports-reference.com. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
- ↑ Report on dallascowboys.com from April 16, 2012. Accessed October 24, 2015.
- ↑ Report on espn.go.com from October 19, 2015. Accessed October 24, 2015.
- ^ Report of the New Orleans Advocate dated September 6, 2016. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
- ↑ Report on nfl.com from November 16, 2016. Accessed November 16, 2016.
- ↑ Kai Forbath. In: spotrac.com. Retrieved March 23, 2018 .
- ^ Vikings go with Daniel Carlson at kicker, cut Forbath. In: nfl.com. August 20, 2018, accessed on August 23, 2018 .
- ↑ Jags sign former Vikings kicker kicker Kai Forbath jaguarswire.usatoday.com, December 14, 2018, accessed on December 18, 2018
- ↑ Report on profootballtalk.nbcsports.com from February 19, 2019, accessed on September 11, 2019
- ↑ Nick Shook: Patriots sign K Kai Forbath to replace Nick Folk on nfl.com. November 29, 2019, accessed November 29, 2019.
- ↑ https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/28260921/cowboys-release-kicker-brett-maher-sign-kai-forbath
- ^ Rob Phillips: Kai Forbath Released; Rookie LB Waived / Injured on nfl.com. August 1, 2020, accessed on August 24, 2020.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Forbath, Kai |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Forbath, Kai August (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd September 1987 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Santa Monica , California , United States |