Height: 5-11   Weight: 215
College: West Virginia
Position: P   No: 10

Born: 1/4/1973
Hometown: Setauket, New York

Professional Career Highlights:  Drafted by the Chicago Bears in the second round (56th overall) of 1995 NFL draft; has punted for the Bears (1995-99), Kansas City Chiefs (2000), Carolina Panthers (2001-04) Denver Broncos (2005 & 2007) and New England Patriots (2006); has played in 178 career games and averaged 44.1 yards per punt, totaling 39,208 yards on 889 kicks; has placed 264 punts inside the 20-yard line; over a six-year span from 2000-05, he ranked second in the NFL with a 45.1-yard gross punting average and led the league over that time with a 37.3-yard net punting average; was selected to the NFC Pro Bowl squad for three straight seasons from 2001-03 and was named a first team Associated Press All-Pro on two occasions (2001, 2002) and earned second team honors once (2003); while with the Carolina Panthers from 2001-03, led the NFC in gross punting average each season, becoming the first player since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger to lead his conference in punting for three consecutive years.

College Accomplishments:  Enjoyed a record-setting four years at West Virginia University with 167 punts for 7,733 yards and became the NCAA’s all-time leader with a 46.3-yard career gross punting average, surpassing the previous mark of 45.6 yards set by Reggie Roby (1979-82) at the University of Iowa; a three-time first-team All-Big East Conference selection as well as an honorable mention All-America choice as a sophomore and junior, he firmly established himself atop several single-season and career collegiate records; set an NCAA record for the highest single-season gross average (min. 50 att.) with a 48.4-yard gross mark as a senior in 1994 while setting an NCAA single-year milestone with 32 punts of at least 50 yards; averaged 60.1 yards on nine punts, including a 90-yarder against Nebraska as a senior to set an NCAA single-game record with a 57.0-yard gross average; also handled the Mountaineers’ kickoff duties and was the school’s place kicker in 1993 as a junior, converting 8-of-17 field goals and 30-of-32 extra points; demonstrated remarkable leg strength as evidenced by allowing only 104 of his 221 career kickoffs to be returned; as a sophomore in 1992, his 44.3 yard average on 53 punts for 2,348 yards led the Big East and ranked seventh in the nation; initially recruited as a place kicker, was part of a recruiting class at the school that included Pro Bowl kicker Mike Vanderjagt.

Personal: Attended Ward Melville High School in East Setauket, New York, and was a letterman in football and lacrosse; In football, as a senior, he averaged 45.1 yards per punt and kicked a field goal of 62 yards on October 27, 1990 (still the New York State High School record). In lacrosse, he was a high school U.S. Lacrosse All-America selection. He is the leading midfield scorer in Ward Melville history with 109 goals and 24 assists for 133 points; is a racquetball enthusiast who competes in tournaments on the open level in Chicago in the offseason as well as several national tournaments; plans to conduct kicking camps once his NFL career concludes; has a daughter, Brooke.