Sebastian Janikowski
Janikowski in November 2008
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| No. 11 Oakland Raiders | |||||||||||||
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| Position: | Placekicker | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | March 2, 1978 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Wałbrzych, Poland | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 258 lb (117 kg) | ||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||
| High school: | Daytona Beach (FL) Seabreeze | ||||||||||||
| College: | Florida State | ||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2000 / Round: 1 / Pick: 17 | ||||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 15, 2016 | |||||||||||||
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| Player stats at PFR | |||||||||||||
| Field goals: | 414 |
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| Field goals attempts: | 515 |
| Field goal %: | 80.4 |
| Long field goal: | 63 |
| Touchbacks: | 401 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Sebastian Janikowski (Polish pronunciation: [sɛˈbastjan janiˈkɔfskʲi]; born March 2, 1978) is a Polish-born American football placekicker for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Florida State University, and was a two-time consensus All-American. He is nicknamed The Polish Cannon and is considered to have one of the strongest kicking legs in league history. On September 12, 2011 in a Monday Night Football game against the Denver Broncos, he tied the previous NFL record for the longest field goal at 63 yards, sharing the record with Tom Dempsey, Jason Elam and David Akers. The record stood for just over two years when it was broken by Denver Broncos kicker Matt Prater on December 8, 2013. Janikowski also holds the record for most games played with the Raiders; as of Week 11 of the 2016 season, he has played 262 games with the team.
Sebastian Janikowski was born on March 2, 1978 as an only child to Henryk and Halina Janikowski in Wałbrzych, Poland. Sebastian's father was a professional soccer player, and moved to the United States in the early 1980s in the hopes of reviving his career. Years after Sebastian's father emigrated from Poland, his parents divorced and Henryk married an American citizen. Left at home with just his mother, Sebastian began to excel at soccer himself. In 1993, 15-year-old Sebastian earned a spot on the Polish under-17 team.
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