Craig Colquitt
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Position: | Punter | ||||||
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Born: | Knoxville, Tennessee,U.S. | June 9, 1954||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 182 lb (83 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | Knoxville (TN) South | ||||||
College: | Tennessee | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1978/ Round: 3 / Pick: 76 | ||||||
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Joseph Craig Colquitt(born June 9, 1954) is a formerAmerican footballpunterwho spent eight seasons in theNational Football League(NFL) with thePittsburgh Steelers(1978–1981,1983–1984) andIndianapolis Colts(1987).[1]He was selected by the Steelers in the third round of the1978 NFL draftout of the University of Tennessee.[2]He was a member of twoSuper Bowlchampionship teams with the Steelers in1978and1979.[3][4]
Colquitt's nephew,Jimmy Colquitt,[5]was a punter for theSeattle Seahawksin1985.[6]He is also the father of two former NFL punters,DustinandBritton Colquitt.[7]All four playedcollege footballat theUniversity of Tennessee.[8]Both his sons won Super Bowl rings, Britton with the Broncos and Dustin with the Chiefs.[9]Craig was inducted into the Greater Knoxville Hall of Fame on July 16, 2009. Craig is the author of the children's book: "JoJo! What Happened To Your Hair?".[10]
NFL career statistics
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Regular season
[edit]Year | Team | Punting | |||||||||
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GP | Punts | Yds | Net Yds | Lng | Avg | Net Avg | Blk | Ins20 | TB | ||
1978 | PIT | 16 | 66 | 2,642 | 2,323 | 58 | 40.0 | 35.2 | 0 | 14 | 4 |
1979 | PIT | 16 | 68 | 2,733 | 2,297 | 61 | 40.2 | 33.8 | 0 | 19 | 8 |
1980 | PIT | 16 | 61 | 2,483 | 2,166 | 54 | 40.7 | 35.5 | 0 | 13 | 5 |
1981 | PIT | 16 | 84 | 3,641 | 2,963 | 74 | 43.3 | 35.3 | 0 | 25 | 16 |
1983 | PIT | 16 | 80 | 3,352 | 2,794 | 58 | 41.9 | 34.9 | 0 | 20 | 7 |
1984 | PIT | 16 | 70 | 2,883 | 2,432 | 62 | 41.2 | 34.7 | 0 | 21 | 5 |
1987 | IND | 1 | 2 | 61 | 54 | 33 | 30.5 | 18.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Career | 97 | 431 | 17,795 | 15,029 | 74 | 41.3 | 34.8 | 1 | 112 | 45 |
Playoffs
[edit]Year | Team | Punting | |||||||||
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GP | Punts | Yds | Net Yds | Lng | Avg | Net Avg | Blk | Ins20 | TB | ||
1978 | PIT | 3 | 6 | 254 | 171 | 53 | 42.3 | 28.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
1979 | PIT | 3 | 7 | 297 | 265 | 66 | 42.4 | 37.9 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
1983 | PIT | 1 | 8 | 327 | 255 | 51 | 40.9 | 31.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1984 | PIT | 2 | 5 | 216 | 187 | 49 | 43.2 | 31.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Career | 9 | 26 | 1,094 | 878 | 66 | 42.1 | 32.5 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
References
[edit]- ^"Craig Colquitt Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College".Pro-Football-Reference.RetrievedMarch 10,2024.
- ^"1978 NFL Draft Listing".Pro-Football-Reference.RetrievedMarch 10,2024.
- ^"1978 Pittsburgh Steelers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees".Pro-Football-Reference.RetrievedMarch 10,2024.
- ^"1979 Pittsburgh Steelers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees".Pro-Football-Reference.RetrievedMarch 10,2024.
- ^"Former Vol Colquitt Kicks In Huge Donation".Elizabethton Star.Associated Press. October 28, 2007.RetrievedDecember 22,2021– via Google News.
- ^"Jimmy Colquitt Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College".Pro-Football-Reference.RetrievedMarch 10,2024.
- ^Longman, Jeré (February 1, 2014)."A Family of Punters Demonstrates the Heredity of Hang Time".The New York Times.RetrievedMarch 10,2024.
- ^"The Punting Colquitt Brothers Are Keeping Alive a Family Pedigree in the N.F.L."The New York Times.Associated Press. November 13, 2010.ISSN0362-4331.RetrievedSeptember 30,2022.
- ^Toppmeyer, Blake (February 2, 2020)."How former Tennessee Vols, Bearden player Dustin Colquitt fared in Super Bowl".Knoxville News Sentinel.RetrievedMarch 10,2024.
- ^Harrop, Joanne Klimovich (June 16, 2018)."Grandson's question leads former Pittsburgh Steelers punter Craig Colquitt into the literary world".TribLive.RetrievedMarch 10,2024.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information fromPro Football Reference