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Primary Mark<br />
VETERANS<br />
JEREMY<br />
KAPINOS<br />
PUNTER<br />
PENN STATE<br />
Ht: 6-1 Wt: 233<br />
First <strong>NFL</strong> Season<br />
First Packers Season<br />
Born: August 23, 1984<br />
<strong>NFL</strong> Gm. Played/Started: 5/0<br />
Acquired: FA-08<br />
ADMIN. &<br />
KAPINOS COACHES COMMUNITY<br />
LAMBEAU RECORDS &<br />
DRAFT &<br />
MISC. FIELD HISTORY 2008 REVIEW FREE AGENTS<br />
Left-footed punter<br />
known for his consistent<br />
college career, was<br />
signed by the Packers for the final month of the 2008<br />
season to replace Derrick Frost…Punted for the final<br />
four games, posting a 39.2-yard average, with seven of<br />
PRO<br />
career<br />
17 punts inside the 20…Enters 2009<br />
<strong>com</strong>peting for the Green Bay punting job<br />
with 2008 practice-squad pickup Durant<br />
Brooks, the same punter who beat out<br />
Frost in Washington last year…Prior to <strong>com</strong>ing to Packers,<br />
lost an offseason battle with Ben Graham for N.Y.<br />
Jets’ punting job in 2008 and was released prior to start of<br />
training camp…Had played in just one <strong>NFL</strong> game, late in<br />
the 2007 season for Jets…Originally signed by the Jets as<br />
a non-drafted rookie free agent in July 2007, was released<br />
early in training camp but joined their practice squad midway<br />
through the year and was eventually signed to the active<br />
roster in December…A four-year punter at Penn State<br />
(2003-06), where he was a Ray Guy Award finalist and a<br />
third-team All-America selection by The Associated Press<br />
as a senior…Averaged between 41.3 and 41.9 yards per<br />
punt each season and did not have a punt blocked his final<br />
three years…Attended West Springfield H.S. in Springfield,<br />
Va., where he was coached by former Packers punter<br />
Bill Renner (1986-87).<br />
2008 season<br />
Began year with N.Y. Jets, battling<br />
Graham for punting job, but was<br />
released prior to start of training camp…Signed by Green<br />
Bay as a free agent Dec. 3 and punted for the final four<br />
games...Posted a 39.2-yard average on 17 punts, with a<br />
net average of 34.5...Placed seven punts inside the 20…<br />
Vs. Houston (Dec. 7): Posted 39.5 avg. on eight kicks<br />
in first game with Green Bay, including a net avg. of 34.5.<br />
Pinned Texans inside the 20 three times, including 35-yard<br />
kick that was downed at the Houston 3 late in the fourth<br />
quarter…At Jacksonville (Dec. 14): Punted twice<br />
for 87 yards (43.5 avg.) with a net avg. of 43.5. Posted<br />
game-long 49-yard punt in the third quarter and downed<br />
a 39-yard kick later in the quarter at the Jacksonville 11…<br />
At Chicago (Dec. 22): Posted 37.8 avg. on four punts<br />
with a long of 44. Pinned Bears at their own 15 on 30-yard<br />
punt in first quarter…Vs. Detroit (Dec. 28): Punted<br />
three times for a 37.7-yard gross and net average. Placed<br />
two punts inside the 20, a 30-yarder in the second quarter<br />
downed at the Detroit 10 and a season-long 55-yard kick<br />
later in the quarter that was downed at the Lions’ 9.<br />
2007<br />
Waived by N.Y. Jets early in training camp but<br />
signed to team’s practice squad in November<br />
and to active roster in season’s final month…At Tennessee<br />
(Dec. 23): Made <strong>NFL</strong> debut and punted five<br />
times for an average of 41.6 yards (36.4 net), with one<br />
touchback and two downed inside the 20, including one at<br />
the 2…2007 Draft: Signed by the Jets as a non-drafted<br />
rookie free agent July 2.<br />
college<br />
►►Late-season signee punted final four games<br />
of 2008 for Packers, averaging 39.2 yards<br />
on 17 punts, with seven inside the 20.<br />
►►A four-year punter at Penn State, was a<br />
third-team All-America selection as a senior<br />
and averaged between 41.3 and 41.9 yards<br />
per punt each season.<br />
►►Attended West Springfield H.S. at a glance…<br />
in Springfield, Va., where he was<br />
coached by former Packers punter Bill Renner (1986-87).<br />
A four-year punter at Penn State (2003-<br />
06), holds the school record for most<br />
punting yardage in a career (10,476), and his career avteam<br />
All-Met by The Washington Post, as well as all-state<br />
178 25<br />
erage of 41.7 yards on 251 punts ranks tied for fourth<br />
in school history, just two-tenths of a yard from second<br />
place…Was remarkably consistent all four years, averaging<br />
between 41.3 and 41.9 yards per punt each season and<br />
did not have a punt blocked his final three years…Placed<br />
76 punts, or 30 percent, inside the opponent’s 20-yard<br />
line, and earned Big Ten Conference special teams player<br />
of the week honors four times…His punting averages as<br />
a freshman (41.9), sophomore (41.8) and senior (41.9)<br />
all rank in the school’s top 10 for a single season…Also<br />
has four of the top seven single-game punting averages<br />
in school history…Earned his B.S. in recreation, park and<br />
tourism management in 2006…Senior season (2006):<br />
Was a Ray Guy Award finalist and a third-team All-America<br />
selection by The Associated Press, averaging 41.9 yards<br />
on 61 punts, with 21 inside the 20…Earned Big Ten special<br />
teams player of the week at Ohio State (Sept. 23), averaging<br />
50.5 yards on six punts, including 68-yarder…Junior<br />
season (2005): Averaged 41.3 yards on 61 punts, with<br />
22 inside the 20…Won Big Ten special teams player of the<br />
week in season opener vs. South Florida (Sept. 3), when<br />
he launched season-best 60-yarder and had three punts<br />
downed inside the 20…Punted career-high 11 times for<br />
44.3-yard average in FedEx Orange Bowl vs. Florida State<br />
(Jan. 3)…Sophomore season (2004): Averaged 41.8<br />
yards on 61 punts, with 20 inside the 20…Boomed careerlong<br />
78-yarder at Ohio State (Oct. 30), averaging 50.5<br />
yards on six punts on the day to earn Big Ten special teams<br />
player of the week…The 78-yard boot was downed at the<br />
1-yard line and was the second-longest punt in school history…Also<br />
averaged 52.0 yards on five punts vs. Purdue<br />
(Oct. 9), including 70-yarder, for third-best single-game<br />
average in school history…Redshirt freshman season<br />
(2003): Posted school freshman-record 41.9-yard<br />
average on 68 punts, with 13 inside the 20…Averaged<br />
freshman record 48.7 yards on six punts, vs. Boston College<br />
(Sept. 6), a game that included a 55-yarder, two other<br />
punts longer than 50, and one downed inside the 20…Had<br />
punt of 57 yards downed on the 1 vs. Minnesota (Sept. 27)<br />
and a 52-yarder downed at the 2 vs. Ohio State (Nov. 1).<br />
personal<br />
Given name Jeremy David Kapinos…<br />
Born in West Point, N.Y. …Single...Father,<br />
David, played college football for Army in 1973 and<br />
is a retired U.S. Army Colonel, while brother, Matthew, is<br />
a captain in the U.S. Army who has served in Iraq and Afghanistan…High<br />
school: Two-sport standout at West<br />
Springfield High School in Springfield, Va., where he was<br />
coached by former Green Bay Packers punter Bill Renner<br />
(1986-87)…Named all-district, all-region and second-
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