Nick Folk
Folk with the New York Jets in 2016
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| Position: | Placekicker | ||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | November 5, 1984 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Hollywood, California | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 222 lb (101 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | Sherman Oaks (CA) Notre Dame | ||||||||||
| College: | Arizona | ||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2007 / Round: 6 / Pick: 178 | ||||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of 2016 | |||||||||||
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| Field goals: | 239 |
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| Field goal attempts: | 294 |
| Field goal %: | 81.3 |
| Career long: | 56 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Nicholas Alexander "Nick" Folk (born November 5, 1984) is an American football placekicker who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the sixth round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Arizona. Folk was selected to be the NFC kicker in the Pro Bowl as a rookie in 2007. He also spent seven seasons with the New York Jets, ranking second on the franchise's all-time points list with 729.
Folk played high school football at Notre Dame High School, Sherman Oaks, California, where as a senior, he was named "All-CIF" as a punter and second-team as a placekicker.
Folk played college football at the University of Arizona and became the starter as a sophomore. The longest field goal of his college career, 52-yards, came in 2005 against USC. During his sophomore year, he also took over the punting duties in addition to his kicking duties.
He earned All-Pac-10 honors as a senior. He finished his college career after making 30-of-47 field goals, 79-of-81 extra points and 96 punts for 4,242 yards (44.2 avg.), including a long of 61 yards.
Folk was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the sixth round (178th overall) of the 2007 NFL Draft. Folk made the longest kick of his career to that point, a 53-yard game winner against the Buffalo Bills on Monday Night Football during his rookie season. That season, he became the first Cowboys rookie Pro Bowl kicker, after being selected to serve as the NFC's kicker during the 2008 Pro Bowl, having gone 26-31 in field goal attempts and making all 53 extra points he attempted during the season. Folk also broke the Cowboys single-season record for most points by a placekicker (131) during his rookie season.
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