Craig Hentrich (15) holding a kick in November 2008.
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No. 17, 15 | |||||||||||
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Position: | Punter | ||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||
Date of birth: | May 18, 1971 | ||||||||||
Place of birth: | Alton, Illinois | ||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 213 lb (97 kg) | ||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||
High school: | Alton (IL) Marquette | ||||||||||
College: | Notre Dame | ||||||||||
NFL Draft: | 1993 / Round: 8 / Pick: 200 | ||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||
Career NFL statistics | |||||||||||
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Punts: | 1,150 |
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Punt yards: | 49,281 |
Average punt: | 42.9 |
Games played: | 241 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Craig Hentrich (/ˈhɛntrɪk/; born May 18, 1971) is a former American football punter in the National Football League (NFL) for 17 seasons. He played college football for Notre Dame. He was drafted by the New York Jets in the eighth round of the 1993 NFL Draft, and has also played for the Green Bay Packers and Tennessee Titans. With the Packers, he won Super Bowl XXXI against the New England Patriots.
Hentrich graduated from Marquette Catholic High School in Alton, Illinois.
Hentrich lettered four years at the University of Notre Dame, serving as both the placekicker and punter. He finished his career with a school-record 44.1-yard punting average and had 39 career field goals (on 56 attempts) to rank second behind John Carney’s 51. Also, he finished his career ranked second on the school's all-time scoring list with 294 points, the most ever by an Irish kicker, and made a record 98.3 percent (177/180) of his PAT attempts.