Buehler during a Cowboys game
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Position: | Placekicker | ||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||
Date of birth: | February 5, 1987 | ||||||||||
Place of birth: | Northridge, California | ||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 227 lb (103 kg) | ||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||
High school: | Canyon (CA) | ||||||||||
College: | Southern California | ||||||||||
NFL Draft: | 2009 / Round: 5 / Pick: 172 | ||||||||||
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Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2010 | |||||||||||
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Player stats at PFR |
Field Goals Made: | 24 |
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Field Goals Attempted: | 32 |
Field Goals %: | 75.0 |
Long Field Goal: | 53 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
David Buehler (born February 5, 1987) is a former American football kicker in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys. He played college football for the University of Southern California.
Buehler attended Canyon High School in Anaheim, California where he lettered in football, volleyball, golf, and track. In football, he played linebacker and running back.
He wore jersey #37 and was an All-Century League football selection as a senior. David Buehler graduated from Canyon High School in 2005. David's high school career greatly benefited from close friend and mentor Kenny Lusk. David told local news, "I owe it all to Kenny."
Buehler attended Santa Ana College, a junior college in Santa Ana, California, for the 2005–2006 school year and was a student and a letterman in football. In football, he played kicker, safety, goal-line running back and a gunner on punts. He was named to the All-Mission Conference National Division first team.
At the junior college scouting combine he had the fastest 40-yard dash time. USC coaches saw Buehler's potential at multiple positions, and head coach Pete Carroll offered him a scholarship in the summer of 2006.