Drew Kaser
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Kaser with the Chargers in 2016 | |||||||||||
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| Position: | Punter | ||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | February 11, 1993 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Strongsville, Ohio | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 212 lb (96 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | Cuyahoga Falls (OH) Walsh Jesuit | ||||||||||
| College: | Texas A&M | ||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2016 / Round: 6 / Pick: 179 | ||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||
| Career NFL statistics as of Week 9, 2016 | |||||||||||
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Andrew James Kaser (born February 11, 1993) is an American football punter for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League. He played college football at Texas A&M.[1]
College career
In Kaser's first season with the Texas A&M Aggies he played in only one game with two punts. Kaser was then redshirted the next year and returned to the field the following year.
As a redshirt sophomore in 2013, Kaser was a finalist for the Ray Guy Award, which is an award given to prestigious punters.[2] Kaser was also named 2013 Sporting News All-American and first-team All-SEC punter. He led the SEC with an average punt at 47.4 yards, which beat the old school record of 47.0 yards held by Shane Lechler. Kaser's longest punt of the season was a 76-yard punt against Rice university. Kaser would later be named the Special Teams MVP at the Aggies annual banquet.
In his junior year in 2014, Drew Kaser was ranked No. 11 in the national and No. 3 in the SEC. Kaser was averaging 44.5 yards a punt on 56 punts with 15 punts over 50 yards. Kaser also earned National Punter of the Week after averaging 54.7 on three punts in A&M’s victory over Auburn. Kaser had a career-high four punts downed inside the opponent 20 yard line against Mississippi State and ULM.
Professional career
Kaser was drafted by the Chargers in the sixth round, 179th overall, in the 2016 NFL Draft.[3]
References
- ↑ "DREW KASER". Texas A&M. Texas A&M University. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
- ↑ "Memphis punter Tom Hornsey wins Ray Guy Award". Boston Herald. December 13, 2013. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
- ↑ Gehlken, Michael (April 30, 2016). "Chargers release Mike Scifres, draft Drew Kaser". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved October 11, 2016.