Jeff Wolfert
| No. 2 Blacktips | |||
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| Position: | Placekicker | ||
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| Date of birth: | October 22, 1985 | ||
| Place of birth: | Overland Park, Kansas | ||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Weight: | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||
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| College: | Missouri | ||
| Undrafted: | 2009 | ||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||
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Jeff Wolfert (born October 22, 1985) is an American football kicker for the Blacktips of the Fall Experimental Football League (FXFL). He made his professional debut with the Omaha Nighthawks of the United Football League. In three years as the Missouri Tigers' place-kicker, Wolfert was a perfect 185-for-185 on extra point attempts and set the school's single-season and career scoring records.
Before enrolling in college, Wolfert's career as a kicker nearly came to an end as the result of injury. As an underclassmen at Blue Valley West High School in Kansas, Wolfert excelled in soccer and diving. As a senior, he won a spot on the football team as a kicker. In his first and only high school football game, Wolfert ended up breaking his hip trying to drive the football into the endzone on a kick-off.
He also played soccer and was on the swim team, and was a standout prep diver, finishing in the finals of the state championships multiple years and gaining other various accolades.
After graduating from high school, Wolfert enrolled at University of Missouri on a diving scholarship. He became an all-conference diver as a freshman, but was determined to play football again. He tried out for the team as a sophomore walk-on in 2006 and made the team. He was Missouri's starting place-kicker from 2006 to 2008.
In 2006, Wolfert won a spot on the team as a walk-on and proceeded to convert all 45 extra point attempts and go 18-of-20 on field goal attempts. In his first year as starter, Wolfert set University of Missouri single-season records for field goals (18), points by a kicker (99), consecutive PATs (45) and field-goal percentage (90%). In April 2007, Wolfert was rewarded for his 2006 performance with a full football scholarship.
In 2007, he set the all-time Missouri Tigers football single-season scoring record with 130 points on 21 field goals (21-of-25) and 67 extra points (67-of-67). In his first two years at Missouri, Wolfert compiled a perfect 112-for-112 record in extra point attempts. In 2007, Wolfert also helped lead his team to the Big 12 North championship, a #1 ranking in the BCS poll at the end of November 2007, and a berth in the Cotton Bowl.
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