Al Del Greco

Al Del Greco

No. 10, 17, 3
Position:	Placekicker
Personal information
Born:	(1962-03-02)March 2, 1962 Providence, Rhode Island,U.S.
Height:	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:	200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school:	Coral Gables Senior (Coral Gables, Florida)
College:	Auburn
Undrafted:	1984
Career history
Miami Dolphins(1984)* Green Bay Packers(1984–1987) St. Louis/Phoenix Cardinals(1987-1990) Houston Oilers / Tennessee Oilers / Tennessee Titans(1991–2000)
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career NFL statistics
Field goals: 347 / 449 (.773) Extra points: 543 / 551 (.985) Points scored: 1,584
Player stats atPFR

Albert Louis Del Greco(born March 2, 1962) is a formerAmerican footballplacekickerand a currentsports radiopersonality. After eight years as golf coach atSpain Park High SchoolinHoover, Alabama,Del Greco was named the head coach of the men's golf team atSamford Universityon May 2, 2014.

Early life

Albert Louis Del Greco was born on March 2, 1962, inProvidence, Rhode Island,U.S. He attendedCoral Gables Senior High SchoolinCoral Gables, Florida.

College career

A four-yearlettermanat Auburn, Del Greco completed 110 out of 111 PATs in his college career.He also set the SEC record for field goal attempts in a single game and field goals made in a single game in a 1982 game versus Kentucky where he made six out of his seven attempts.As of 2016, He and Daniel Carlson are tied for the most field goals in a single game for Auburn at 6. His 236 career points place him fifth on the Auburn career scoring list.

Professional career

Del Greco was the startingplacekickerinSuper Bowl XXXIVfor theTennessee Titans,which his team lost 23–16. In the game, he made onefield goal,which tied the game 16–16. Del Greco finished his 17 NFL seasons with 347 of 449 (77%) field goals and 551 of 554 (99.46%) extra points, giving him a total of 1,592 points. As of 2018, he's ranked 21st on the NFL's list of all-time leading scorers. He was inducted in theAlabama Hall of Fame.He was nicknamed "Automatic Al". For his popularity in fantasy football leagues, some fans consider him to be the greatest kicker in history despite missing key field goals in big moments.

Post-playing career

AtSpain Park High SchoolinHoover, Alabama,Del Greco was the boys golf coach and the football team's kicking coach.His son, Trey was the football team's place kicker prior to graduating after the 2007 season. Trey went on to play golf on an athletic scholarship atVanderbilt University.In 2003, Del Greco becameBirmingham Steeldogs' kickers coach.

He co-hosted "The Opening Drive" onWJOXinBirmingham, Alabama,withJay Barkerand Tony Kurre. The program ended in early 2018.

He is now the Men's Golf Coach at Samford University in Homewood, AL.

Career regular season statistics

Career high/bestbolded

Regular season statistics
Season	Team (record)	G	FGM	FGA	%	<20	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	LNG	BLK	XPM	XPA	%	PTS
1984	GB(8–8)	9	9	12	75.0	0–0	2–2	3–4	4–5	0–1	45	0	34	34	100.0	61
1985	GB(8–8)	16	19	26	73.1	0–0	10–12	4–4	5–9	0–1	46	0	38	40	95.0	95
1986	GB(4–12)	16	17	27	63.0	0–0	8–8	4–6	3–9	2–4	50	0	29	29	100.0	80
1987	GB(5–9–1)	5	5	10	50.0	0–0	1–2	2–4	2–4	0–0	47	0	11	11	100.0	26
1987	SLC(7–8)	3	4	5	80.0	0–0	2–3	2–2	0–0	0–0	37	0	8	9	88.9	20
1988	PHO(7–9)	16	12	21	57.1	1–1	4–6	3–3	3–9	1–2	51	0	42	44	95.5	78
1989	PHO(5–11)	16	18	26	69.2	0–0	7–7	5–6	5–11	1–2	50	0	28	29	96.6	82
1990	PHO(5–11)	16	17	27	63.0	1–1	4–4	7–10	3–6	2–6	50	0	31	31	100.0	82
1991	HOU(11–5)	7	10	13	76.9	1–1	4–5	2–3	2–3	1–1	52	0	16	16	100.0	46
1992	HOU(10–6)	16	21	27	77.8	3–3	8–9	5–6	4–8	1–1	54	0	41	41	100.0	104
1993	HOU(12-4)	16	29	34	85.3	0–0	13–13	8–9	4–5	4–7	52	0	39	40	95.5	126
1994	HOU(2-14)	16	16	20	80.0	0–0	4–5	4–4	7–8	1–3	50	0	18	18	100.0	66
1995	HOU(7–9)	16	27	31	87.1	3–3	3–3	8–8	10–12	3–5	53	0	33	33	100.0	114
1996	HOU(8–8)	16	32	38	84.2	0–0	7–7	14–16	10–12	1–3	56	1	35	35	100.0	131
1997	TEN(8–8)	16	27	35	77.1	2–2	6–6	10–11	7–14	2–2	52	0	32	32	100.0	113
1998	TEN(8-8)	16	36	39	92.3	1–1	8–8	15–15	12–15	0–0	48	0	28	28	100.0	136
1999	TEN(13–3)	16	21	25	84.0	1–1	8–8	7–9	4–6	1–1	50	0	43	43	100.0	106
2000	TEN(13–3)	16	27	33	81.8	0–0	13–15	7–8	6–9	1–1	50	0	37	38	97.4	118
Career (17 seasons)		248	347	449	77.3	13–13	112–123	110–128	91–145	21–40	56	1	543	551	98.5	1584

Oilers/Titans franchise records

• Most all-time field goals made (246)
• Most all-time extra points made (322)
• Most all-time points scored (1,060)

Celebrity golf

Del Greco has competed at theAmerican Century Championship,an annual competition to determine the best golfers among American sports and entertainment celebrities. He won the tournament in 1998 and has a total of ten top ten finishes.It was in 2000 when Del Greco’s 7 under par 65, gave him the 2000 trophy. The tournament, televised by NBC in July, is played at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course inLake Tahoe,Nevada.He also played with his new daughter in law Stephanie.

References

• Super Bowl XXXIV Rosters
• Super Bowl XXXIV#Scoring summary

External links

• Del Greco's stats
• NFL's all time leading scorers
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