No. 9 Winnipeg Blue Bombers | |
Medlock while playing for the Toronto Argonauts in 2009
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Date of birth | October 23, 1983 |
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Place of birth | Fremont, California |
Career information | |
Status | Active |
Position(s) | K |
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) |
Weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
College | UCLA |
High school | Mission San Jose |
NFL draft | 2007 / Round: 5 / Pick: 160 |
Drafted by | Kansas City Chiefs |
Career history | |
As player | |
2007 | Kansas City Chiefs |
2008 | St. Louis Rams* |
2009 | Toronto Argonauts |
2010 | Washington Redskins* |
2010 | Detroit Lions* |
2010 | Omaha Nighthawks* |
2010 | Toronto Argonauts |
2010 | Edmonton Eskimos |
2011 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
2012 | Carolina Panthers |
2013 | Oakland Raiders* |
2014–2015 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
2016–present | Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
Career highlights and awards | |
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CFL All-Star | 2016 |
CFL East All-Star | 2011, 2015 |
CFL West All-Star | 2016 |
Career stats | |
Field Goals made | 8 |
Field Goals attempt | 12 |
Field Goal % | 66.7 |
Long Field goal | 45 |
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Justin Charles Medlock (born October 23, 1983) is a professional Canadian football placekicker who is currently a member of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League. He played college football for the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and earned consensus All-American honors. The Kansas City Chiefs selected him in the fifth round of the 2007 NFL Draft. Medlock has also played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Toronto Argonauts and Edmonton Eskimos (of the CFL), as well as the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He is married to LPGA golfer Hannah Jun Medlock.
Medlock was born in Fremont, California. He attended Mission San Jose High School In Fremont, and played for the Mission San Jose Warriors high school football team as both a punter and placekicker. Justin was ranked ninth in the country and was all-county and all-league at both positions. He averaged 43.1 yards per punt as a punter and made 11 out of 19 field goals in his junior and senior years.
Medlock attended University of California, Los Angeles, where he played for the UCLA Bruins football team from 2003 to 2006. He set a UCLA career record with six field goals of fifty yards or more, and was a four-year letterman. Overall, he completed 70 field goals on 80 attempts, and 147 of 148 extra point attempts. As a senior in 2006, he was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American.