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Position: | Placekicker | ||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||
Date of birth: | April 19, 1972 | ||||||||||
Place of birth: | Youngstown, Ohio | ||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||
High school: | Austintown (OH)-Fitch | ||||||||||
College: | Youngstown State | ||||||||||
Undrafted: | 1994 | ||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||
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Career NFL statistics | |||||||||||
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Field goal attempts: | 375 |
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Field goals made: | 307 |
Completion %: | 81.9 |
Points scored: | 1,416 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Jeffrey Allen Wilkins (born April 19, 1972), nicknamed "Money", is a former American football placekicker for the San Francisco 49ers, Philadelphia Eagles and St. Louis Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Youngstown State University. Wilkins is currently tied for second place all time in most consecutive PATs without a miss at 371.
He played for Austintown Fitch High School in the Austintown, Ohio suburb of Youngstown.
At Youngstown State University, Wilkins made a school record 66 field goals, with a long of 54 (a school record).He was also an outstanding punter, averaging 38 yards per punt. Wilkins was also a member of both the 1991 and 1993 Division I-AA National Championship teams with the Penguins, the first two of four national championships the school won in the 1990s with future Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel. Wilkins was inducted in the YSU Sports Hall of Fame in 2003.
Wilkins signed with the Philadelphia Eagles in 1994, but played in just six games and did not attempt a single field goal or extra point. The following season, he joined the 49ers. While he only played in seven games, he had a superb season, kicking 12 of 13 field goals. In 1996, he finally saw duty as his team's full-time kicker and did not disappoint, kicking 30 of 34 field goals and all 40 extra point attempts.