Ken Willis
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| Position: | Kicker | ||
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| Date of birth: | October 6, 1966 | ||
| Place of birth: | Owensboro, Kentucky | ||
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Weight: | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||
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| High school: | Owensboro (KY) | ||
| College: | Kentucky | ||
| Undrafted: | 1990 | ||
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Robert Kenneth Willis II (born October 6, 1966 in Owensboro, Kentucky) is a former American football placekicker in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and New York Giants. He played college football at the University of Kentucky.
Willis attended Owensboro High School where he was a punter and a kicker. He also lettered in soccer.
He moved on to play for Centre College, before transferring to the University of Kentucky at the end of his first year. As a sophomore, he handled all of the team's kickoffs. The next season, he earned the placekicker starting job. In his last year he made 17 out of 22 field goal attempts, leaving as the school's most accurate kicker with a .707 percentage (29 of 41 field goals).
A Math major, he received Academic All-SEC honors three years in a row.
Willis was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Dallas Cowboys in 1990 and earned the starting job over Luis Zendejas. In 1991, he tied franchise records with 9 straight field goals, 27 field goals made and set one with four 50-yarders (including a 54-yard field goal). He also finished as the NFC's second-leading kicker with 118 points and had a team record 39 attempts.
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