Adam Podlesh
Podlesh with the Chicago Bears in 2011
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| Position: | Punter | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | August 11, 1983 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Rochester, New York | ||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Pittsford (NY) Sutherland | ||||||||
| College: | Maryland | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2007 / Round: 4 / Pick: 101 | ||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of 2013 | |||||||||
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| Punts: | 467 |
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| Punt Yards: | 19,816 |
| Punting Yard Average: | 42.4 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Adam Podlesh (born August 11, 1983) is an American football punter who is currently a free agent. He played college football for the Maryland Terrapins, and is the only player in school history to be on the All-Atlantic Coast Conference team for four years. His punting average of 43.1 yards ranks second in school history. He has been a member of the Jacksonville Jaguars, Chicago Bears, and Pittsburgh Steelers.
Podlesh, who is Jewish, is a graduate of Pittsford Sutherland High School in Pittsford, New York and is a three-time letterman in football. Podlesh also played defense and offense, recording 92 tackles, 5 sacks, 638 rushing yards, and 9 touchdowns.
Podlesh was also a standout athlete for the Pittsford (NY) Sutherland track team. He posted the fastest 200 metres and 400 metres times in New York state in his junior year, with times of 21.58 seconds and 50.5 seconds, respectively.
He also ran the third leg of the state title-winning 4 x 100 metres relay team in 2000.
He played college football for the Maryland Terrapins. He spent his freshman year on the scout team. He is the only player in school history to be on the All-Atlantic Coast Conference team for four years. In Podlesh's 48 games played at Maryland, he punted 216 times for 9,314 yards, which ranks fourth in school history (behind Dan DeArmas, Dale Castro, Russ Edwards, and Darryl Wright). His punting average of 43.1 yards ranks behind Brooks Barnard in school history. He had 83 of his attempts land inside the 20-yard line, with 35 of them landing inside the 10-yard line. Podlesh set the school record for a punter in the spring with a 4.44 time in the 40-yard dash in 2006 spring training, which earned him the Iron Terp Award. He was named to the Jewish Sports Review’s 2005 College Football All-America Team.
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