Hartley signs an autograph at the Saints Super Bowl parade in 2010
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Position: | Placekicker | ||||||||||||
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Date of birth: | May 16, 1986 | ||||||||||||
Place of birth: | Keller, Texas | ||||||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 195 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||||||
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High school: | Southlake (TX) Carroll | ||||||||||||
College: | Oklahoma | ||||||||||||
Undrafted: | 2008 | ||||||||||||
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Career NFL statistics as of 2015 | |||||||||||||
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Field Goals Made: | 85 |
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Field Goals Attempted: | 104 |
Field Goals %: | 81.7% |
Long Field Goal: | 55 |
Touchbacks: | 14 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Garrett Hartley (born May 16, 1986) is an American football placekicker who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the Denver Broncos as an undrafted free agent in 2008. Later that year he became the placekicker for the New Orleans Saints, for whom he set an NFL record (now surpassed) for most consecutive successful field goals to start a career, and then became the first kicker in NFL history to convert three field goals of more than 40 yards in the Super Bowl. He played college football at Oklahoma.
Hartley has also played for the Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers.
Hartley prepped at Carroll High School in Southlake, Texas, where he was coached by former North Texas coach Todd Dodge. He set a state record with 90 PAT's in 2002 (surpassed by Carroll Dragon, Kevin Ortega, in 2004 and then another Carroll Dragon, Cade Foster, in 2009). Coming out of Carroll, Hartley was rated as the 2nd best placekicker in the country, by Rivals.com.
Hartley began his college career at Oklahoma in 2004. He spent most of his first season redshirted, but after inconsistent play from Trey Dicarlo, head coach Bob Stoops decided to pull Hartley's redshirt and start him. He only played in three games during his abbreviated first season and finished 1-for-1 on field goals and 12-for-12 on extra points with his only field goal coming in the 2005 BCS National Championship Game. Hartley struggled during his sophomore year, missing eight of his 22 field goal attempts despite making two field goals from beyond 50 yards. He went 37 of 38 in extra points attempts.