Dan Carpenter
Carpenter with the Buffalo Bills in 2014
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| No. 2 Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
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| Position: | Placekicker | ||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | November 25, 1985 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Omaha, Nebraska | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 225 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | Helena (MT) | ||||||||||
| College: | Montana | ||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2008 | ||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of 2015 | |||||||||||
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| Field goals: | 217 |
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| Field goal attempts: | 256 |
| Field goals %: | 84.8 |
| Longest field goal: | 60 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Daniel Roy Carpenter (born November 25, 1985) is an American football placekicker for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League. He was signed by the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent in 2008 after playing college football for the University of Montana.
Carpenter attended Helena High School in Helena, Montana, where he was a member of the National Honor Society and had a 3.7 grade point average. As a football player at Helena, Carpenter was a two-time all-state and two-time all-league selection as a kicker and punter. During his senior season, he converted 26 of 29 point after attempts and made five field goals with a long of 53 yards. Additionally, he was a first all-conference and second-team all-state selection as a wide receiver, setting school records with 931 receiving yards and 13 touchdowns.
Carpenter enrolled at the University of Montana, and became the placekicker for the Montana Grizzlies football team as a true freshman in 2004. He went 18-for-29 (62.1 percent) on field-goal attempts while converting all 63 extra-point tries. Carpenter also rushed twice for 17 yards and scored a touchdown. His 123 points that season were the second-highest total in school history, and his performance earned him a second-team All-Big Sky selection.
As a sophomore in 2005, Carpenter went 14-for-21 (66.7 percent) on field-goal attempts and punted nine times for a 41.4-yard average. on the way to his second straight second-team All-Big Sky selection. His streak of 67 consecutive extra points made dating back to his freshman season was snapped in the 2005 season opener against Fort Lewis.
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