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Position: | Punter | ||||||
Personal information | |||||||
Date of birth: | June 9, 1954 | ||||||
Place of birth: | Knoxville, Tennessee | ||||||
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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Player stats at PFR |
Punting yards: | 17,795 |
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Punts: | 431 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Joseph Craig Colquitt (born June 9, 1954) is a former American football punter who spent eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Pittsburgh Steelers (1978–1981, 1983–1984) and Indianapolis Colts (1987). He was a member of two Super Bowl Champions with the Steelers in 1978 and 1979. He is the father of two current NFL punters, Dustin and Britton Colquitt. His nephew, Jimmy Colquitt, was a punter for the Seattle Seahawks in 1985. All four played college football at the University of Tennessee. Craig was inducted into the Greater Knoxville Hall of Fame July 16, 2009.