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ight before halftime to put Packers up 17-3 and added field<br />
goals from 33 and 45 in the fourth quarter, giving him his<br />
first game of the season and fourth career with two 45-plus<br />
yard field goals…At Chicago (Dec. 22): Made 28-yard<br />
field goal in the fourth quarter, but his 38-yarder with under<br />
30 seconds remaining and score tied at 17 was blocked…<br />
Vs. Detroit (Dec. 28): Attempted 69-yard field goal on a<br />
free kick at the end of the first half with no time left on the<br />
clock that fell a couple of yards short.<br />
2007<br />
Played in all 16 games, plus both playoff contests,<br />
making 31-of-39 FG attempts (79.5 percent)<br />
and all 48 PAT tries in the regular season, and going<br />
2-for-2 on FGs and 8-for-8 on PATs during postseason…<br />
Beat out incumbent Dave<br />
Rayner for kicking duties in<br />
the preseason and went on<br />
to capture the league scoring<br />
title with 141 points,<br />
the first rookie to do so in<br />
22 years, and earned All-<br />
Rookie honors from the<br />
Dallas Morning News…<br />
Also posted 14 touchbacks,<br />
good for third in the NFC and<br />
sixth in the league; at the<br />
time that was the most by a<br />
Green Bay kicker in 16 years<br />
(Chris Jacke, 15 in 1991)…<br />
Named ‘NFC Special Teams<br />
Player of the Month’ in November,<br />
when he made 12-<br />
of-15 field goals over a fivegame<br />
stretch, including five<br />
from 45 yards or longer…<br />
Vs. Philadelphia (Sept.<br />
9): Hit a 53-yard FG and a<br />
game-winning 42-yarder<br />
with two seconds left in his<br />
first professional contest to<br />
earn ‘NFC Special Teams<br />
Player of the Week’ honors. According to Elias Sports<br />
Bureau, became the first player in league history to kick<br />
a 50-plus yard field goal and a game-winning field goal<br />
in the final minute of his first <strong>NFL</strong> game. Scored his first<br />
<strong>NFL</strong> point on a PAT following a Tracy White touchdown on<br />
a muffed punt fumble recovery. His first career field goal<br />
came from 53 yards in the first quarter to give Green Bay<br />
a 10-0 lead; also converted a 37-yard field goal in the third<br />
quarter to tie the score 13-13…At Kansas City (Nov.<br />
4): Made 4-of-5 attempts (48, 36, 32, 45), plus all three<br />
PATs; missed a 52-yarder. His 45-yard conversion gave<br />
Green Bay a 26-22 fourth-quarter lead in the eventual 33-<br />
22 win…At St. Louis (Dec. 16): Made all four field goal<br />
attempts (44, 50, 25 and 46 yards) and all three PATs, plus<br />
two touchbacks, earning him ‘Diet Pepsi <strong>NFL</strong> Rookie of the<br />
Week’ honors…Vs. Detroit (Dec. 30): Made field goals<br />
of 33 and 35 yards, plus all four PAT attempts. In the fourth<br />
quarter, kicked a 35-yard field goal, his last points of the<br />
season that allowed him to take the scoring title from New<br />
England WR Randy Moss…Vs. Seattle (Jan. 12): Made<br />
a career-best six PAT tries in NFC Divisional playoff…2007<br />
Draft: The third of Green Bay’s three consecutive sixthround<br />
picks (193rd overall), the third kicker selected. Was<br />
the 16th player from Colorado drafted by the Packers and<br />
first since defensive tackle Darius Holland (D3a-95).<br />
college<br />
VETERANS<br />
his final two seasons and a semifinalist for the Lou Groza<br />
Award his final three years, finishing runner-up after superb<br />
2005 campaign…Hit a 58-yard field goal at Miami (Sept.<br />
24) that season, the longest field goal at “sea level” in NCAA<br />
Division I-A history without a tee, and one of four 50-plus<br />
field goals he made on the road that year…Made 10-of-14<br />
field goals from 50-plus his sophomore and junior seasons<br />
<strong>com</strong>bined before falling off that pace as a senior when he<br />
missed seven of nine from 50-plus, including two attempts<br />
from 63 (vs. Montana State) and 65 (vs. Iowa State), the<br />
latter falling less than a yard short…Made two FGs of 50-<br />
plus in one game three times in his career…Missed only<br />
two extra points over his final three years in college, making<br />
78 of 80, including 60 straight to conclude career…Noted<br />
for his booming kickoffs as<br />
well, on 203 career kickoffs<br />
recorded 138 touchbacks,<br />
including 88 that went<br />
through the end zone…Majored<br />
in <strong>com</strong>munication…<br />
Senior season (2006):<br />
Was an All-American firstteam<br />
selection by The <strong>NFL</strong><br />
Draft Report, Pro Football<br />
Weekly and the Walter<br />
Camp Foundation, adding<br />
third-team honors from The<br />
Associated Press…All-Big<br />
12 Conference first-team<br />
choice for the third consecutive<br />
year, only the seventh<br />
player in school history to<br />
achieve that…Scored 76<br />
points on 19-of-28 FGs and<br />
19-of-19 PATs…Six of his<br />
misses were on long-range<br />
attempts (three from 50-59<br />
yards, three from past 60<br />
yards)…Only 15 of his 43<br />
kickoffs were returned, with<br />
11 of 27 touchbacks out of<br />
the end zone…The opposition’s average starting point after<br />
kickoffs was the 22-yard line…Tried first and only punt of<br />
his career in season opener vs. Montana St. (Sept. 2), good<br />
for 43 yards…Converted a 40-yard FG in second quarter vs.<br />
Colorado St. (Sept. 9), his 49th field goal to surpass Jeremy<br />
Aldrich for the most field goals in a CU career…With two<br />
FGs and one PAT at Missouri (Sept. 30), became school’s<br />
all-time leading scorer, besting previous record holder Eric<br />
Bieniemy (254 points)…Closed his career by be<strong>com</strong>ing<br />
the first Colorado placekicker to play in the Senior Bowl,<br />
where he helped the North to a 27-0 win with nine points<br />
on three PATs and two FGs of 38 and 21 yards…Junior<br />
season (2005): Became the first Colorado placekicker to<br />
earn consensus All-American first-team honors (The Associated<br />
Press, the Football Writers Association of America,<br />
The Sporting News, The <strong>NFL</strong> Draft Report, SI.<strong>com</strong>, Walter<br />
Camp and Rivals.<strong>com</strong>.)…Runner-up for the Lou Groza<br />
Award by just six points to Oregon State’s Alexis Serna…<br />
Unanimous All-Big 12 first-team choice and named Special<br />
Teams Player of the Year by the league’s coaches…<br />
Led the team in scoring with 94 points, converting all 31<br />
PATs and 21-of-28 field goals…Was 5-of-7 from beyond<br />
50 yards, with four of the five made ones <strong>com</strong>ing on the<br />
road, and 8-of-11 from 40 to 49 yards…Also led the nation<br />
in FGs made from 50 yards or more for the second straight<br />
year, and led the nation in average distance per field goal<br />
made at 41.2 yards…Only 18 of his 61 kickoffs were returned,<br />
with 33 of his 43 touchbacks out of the end zone…<br />
Earned Big 12 Player of the Week honors four times (vs.<br />
Colorado State, at Miami, at Kansas State and Missouri),<br />
joining Texas Tech QB Kliff Kingsbury (2002) as the only<br />
other Big 12 player to receive the honor at least four times<br />
in a season…Opened the season vs. Colorado State on his<br />
Established a total of 31 game, season<br />
and career records at Colorado, where<br />
he holds the all-time records for points scored (307), field<br />
goals made (66) and attempted (88), extra points made<br />
(109) and attempted (117), field goal percentage (75.0) and<br />
longest field goal made (60 yards)…His field goals made,<br />
attempted and percentage also set Big 12 Conference career<br />
marks…Earned various first-team All-America honors 21st birthday (Sept. 3) by booting a 48-yard field goal to<br />
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ADMIN. &<br />
DRAFT &<br />
COMMUNITY COACHES CROSBY FREE AGENTS<br />
2008 REVIEW HISTORY<br />
RECORDS &<br />
LAMBEAU<br />
FIELD<br />
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