INDIANAPOLIS COLTS WEEKLY PRESS RELEASE

PAT MCAFEE
Punter 6-1 233 West Virginia
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NFL Exp: 5 (5th Year With Colts)
How Acquired: D7 – 2009 (222nd overall)
Born: 5/2/87
GP/GS (Postseason): 71/0 (5/0)
CAREER TRANSACTIONS:
• Selected by the Colts in the seventh-round (222nd overall) of the 2009 NFL Draft.
PRO CAREER:
• Holds Colts career records in kickoffs (349), kickoff touchbacks (149), punting gross average (45.5) and punting net average (38.6).
• Ranks fourth in franchise history in career punts (325) and punting yards (14,797) and third in punts inside the 20 (104).
• Tied the fifth-longest punt in Colts history with a 66-yard kick at Jacksonville (10/3/10).
• In 2012, set franchise single-season records for gross punting average (48.2), net punting average (40.3) and games averaging 50-
plus gross yards per punt (five) while tying records for punts inside the 20 (26) and kickoff touchbacks (45).
• Named to the PFW/PFWA and The Sporting News NFL All-Rookie Teams in 2009.
2013 (COLTS):
• In the team’s regular season opener against Oakland (9/8), totaled three punts for a 39.0 average, one kick inside the 20-yard line
and a long boot of 45 yards. Also contributed with four touchbacks on kickoffs.
• Notched four punts for a 51.5 average and a long kick of 60 yards against Miami (9/15) in Week 2. Also pinned one punt inside the 20-
yard line. It marked his 10th career game averaging 50.0-plus gross yards per punt.
• In a Week 3 victory at San Francisco (9/22), totaled four punts for a 48.0 average while pinning three kicks inside the 20-yard line.
Also added a long punt of 52 yards and contributed with three touchbacks on kickoffs.
• Compiled three punts for a 46.0 average and a long kick of 60 yards in Week 4 at Jacksonville (9/29). Added four touchbacks on eight
kickoffs and was the holder for Adam Vinatieri’s three field goals and four extra points.
• Totaled three punts for a 46.5 average and had one kick blocked in a Week 5 victory against Seattle (10/6). Added eight kickoffs, six of
which went for touchbacks. Handled holding duties for kicker Adam Vinatieri to split the uprights on two field goals and two extra
points.
• In a Week 6 loss at San Diego (10/14), compiled five punts for a 40.6 average while landing two kicks inside the 20-yard line. Also
tallied two touchbacks on three kickoffs.
• Finished a Week 7 victory against Denver (10/20) with nine punts for a 48.9 average and added four touchbacks on kickoffs. Set a
franchise record with six punts inside the 20-yard line besting Rohn Stark’s previous mark of five, which he set on November 11, 1990
at New England. Made a touchdown-saving tackle when he took down Broncos returner Trindon Holliday on a kickoff return in the first
quarter.
• Posted five punts for a 44.4 average while adding two kicks inside the 20-yard line and a long punt of 56 yards in the team’s win at
Houston (11/3). Recorded two touchbacks on four kickoffs and served as the holder for kicker Adam Vinatieri to record two field
goals and one extra point. Also finished with one tackle on special teams.
2012 (COLTS):
• Set franchise single-season records for gross punting average (48.2), net punting average (40.3) and games averaging 50-plus gross
yards per punt (five) and tied the records for punts inside the 20 (26) and kickoff touchbacks (45).
• Tied for third on the team with nine special teams tackles (five solo).
• In a Week 1 meeting at Chicago (9/9), recorded a long punt of 63 yards, which marked the third-longest punt of his career and the
longest since a 64-yard kick against Kansas City (10/9/11).
• Recorded 268 punt yards against Minnesota (9/16) and became the fifth Colts punter all-time with 10,000 punting yards. Registered a 64-
yard punt, which tied the second-longest of his career (10/9/11 vs. Kansas City, 64).
• Totaled four punts for a 53.3-yard average and a net of 49.8 against Tennessee (12/9). He pinned two punts inside the 20 to pass
Chris Gardocki (80) for the third-most in Colts history.
• Totaled five punts for 242 yards and a 48.4-yard average at Houston (12/16). Passed Chris Gardocki (277) for the fourth-most punts in
Colts history and also passed Gardocki for the fourth-most punting yards in team history.
• Totaled five punts for 230 yards and a 46.0-yard average against Houston (12/30) while adding one touchback. Became the career
franchise leader in punting average (45.5) and net average (38.3).
• Notched four punts for a 48.5 average and a long kick of 53 yards in the team’s Wild Card Playoff loss at Baltimore (1/6). Also added
one kickoff touchback.
2011 (COLTS):
• Set a then-franchise-record with a 46.6 gross punting average and logged the club’s second-best net average for a single season with
a 39.2 mark.
• Finished the year with 88 punts for a 46.6 average and 63 kickoffs, 41 of which went for touchbacks.
• Contributed with 21 punts inside the 20 and recorded a long kick of 64 yards.
• Ranked second in the NFL with a 68.3 touchback percentage.
• Totaled a season-best of five touchbacks and tied a single-game record on four occasions (vs. Pittsburgh, 9/25; vs. Kansas City, 10/9;
vs. Tennessee, 12/18 and vs. Houston, 12/22).
• Tied for the team lead with eight special teams tackles.
• Posted six punts for a 46.8 average and a long kick of 57 yards in the season opener at Houston (9/11).
• Registered five touchbacks on kickoffs and seven punts for a 44.4 average against Pittsburgh (9/25).
• Totaled five punts for a 55.4 average, a net of 47.6, which included the second-longest punt of his career with a 64-yard kick against
Kansas City (10/9). Also had five touchbacks on kickoffs.
• Netted six punts for a 44.8 average with two dropped inside the 20 at
Tennessee (10/30). Recorded touchbacks on all three of his kickoffs and added
one special teams tackle.
• Amassed seven punts for a 45.9 average and dropped one kick inside the 20
vs. Tennessee (12/18). Connected on a 60-yard punt, which tied for the fifthlongest
of his career.
McAFEE SINGLE-GAME HIGHS
Punts: 9, two times (Last: vs. DEN (10/20/13)
Avg: 55.4 (5 punts) vs. K.C. (10/9/11)
LG: 66 at JAX (10/3/10)
In20: 6 vs. DEN (10/20/13)