Lowery in Iraq, 2006
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Position: | Kicker | ||||||||||
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Date of birth: | May 27, 1956 | ||||||||||
Place of birth: | Munich, Germany | ||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 215 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||
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College: | Dartmouth | ||||||||||
Undrafted: | 1978 | ||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||
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Career NFL statistics | |||||||||||
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Field goals: | 383 / 479 |
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FG%: | 80 |
Extra points: | 562 / 568 |
Points scored: | 1,711 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Dominic Gerald Lowery (born May 27, 1956), nicknamed Nick the Kick, is a former American football placekicker for the New England Patriots (1978), the Kansas City Chiefs (1980-1993), and New York Jets (1994-1996). Lowery was selected to the Pro Bowl three times and when he retired was ranked first in field goal percentage and also had the most field goals in NFL history. He is currently tenth on the National Football League's list of all-time scoring leaders, and is the Chiefs' all-time leading scorer, with 1,466 points in his 14 seasons with the club.
Nick grew up in Washington, D.C. and attended St. Albans School where he was a star football player.
He attended Dartmouth College. He has an M.P.A from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, the first pro athlete to graduate from there.
In 2009 Lowery was inducted into the Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame.
Lowery was All-Pro 7 times during his career, and set several NFL records during his career.
Career high/best bolded