Stephen Gostkowski
 Gostkowski (2015) |
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| Kicker | |
| Date of birth: January 28, 1984 | |
| Place of birth: Baton Rouge | |
| Height: 1.85 m | Weight: 95 kg |
| NFL debut | |
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| 2006 for the New England Patriots | |
| Career | |
| College : Memphis | |
| NFL Draft : 2006 / Round: 4 / Pick: 118 | |
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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 | 374/428 |
| Field Goal% | 87.4 |
| Long field goal | 62 |
| Extra points | 653/664 |
| Extra Points% | 98.3 |
| Statistics at NFL.com | |
| Statistics at pro-football-reference.com | |
Stephen Carroll Gostkowski (* 28. January 1984 in Baton Rouge , Louisiana ) is an American American football poker players on the position of the Kickers . He last played for the New England Patriots in the National Football League (NFL) and is currently a free agent . His nicknames are "Beaver" and "Gotti".
Career
Gostkowski attended the University of Memphis , where he holds the school record with the most points.
It was in 2006 in the fourth round as the 118th player overall by the New England Patriots drafted . Before the season he trained with Martin Gramatica , whom the Patriots signed as a free agent due to the loss of Adam Vinatieri . However, Gramatica was sacked and Gostkowski started the entire season. He proved to be a very good football and could, among other things, a 52- yard - field goal - the longest, until then in Gillette Stadium was shot - achieved. In the second round of the 2006 play-offs against the San Diego Chargers , he was only the fourth rookie to ever score a decisive field goal.
In 2007 he was able to achieve all 74 extra points in his attempts and thus broke the record of Uwe von Schamann from 1984, who could only achieve 66 points in 70 attempts after a touchdown in one season. He also scored 137 points, just one point less than wide receiver Randy Moss , who caught 23 touchdowns this year.
In the opening game of the 2015 NFL season against the Pittsburgh Steelers , Gostkowski converted the first 33-yard extra point in NFL history after the extra point had been moved back 14 yards for the new season. In the game against the Jacksonville Jaguars he scored his 423rd consecutive extra point, breaking the NFL record. He expanded this to 523 successful attempts in a row until this series broke on January 24, 2016 in the AFC Championship Game against the Denver Broncos .
In the game against the Oakland Raiders at the Aztec Stadium on November 19, 2017, Gostkowski scored a field goal over a distance of 62 yards, breaking both his personal and franchise records for the longest ever field goal in the history of the Patriots . He was supported by the altitude in Mexico City (2310 m above sea level), which allows balls to fly further.
In 2019 Gostkowski missed a field goal and four extra points in the first four games before he was out for the rest of the season due to injury. After the season, he was released on March 23, 2020.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extra point statistics of the points made
- ↑ Extra point statistics of the attempts
- ^ Gostkowski breaks consecutive extra point record , CSNNE
- ↑ Stephen Gostkowski misses extra point (English) sbnation.com, accessed January 25, 2016
- ↑ Stephen Gostkowski: Career Stats at NFL.com. Retrieved November 20, 2017 .
- ↑ Doug Kyed: How Stephen Gostkowski Nailed Patriots Record 62-Yard Field Goal. In: nesn.com. November 19, 2017, accessed November 20, 2017 .
- ↑ Patriots releasing kicker Stephen Gostkowski. In: nfl.com. NFL.com, accessed March 24, 2020 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Gostkowski, Stephen |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gostkowski, Stephen Carroll (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1984 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Baton Rouge , Louisiana |