Stephen Gostkowski

Stephen Gostkowski

Gostkowski in 2013
No. 3 New England Patriots
Position:	Placekicker
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1984-01-28) January 28, 1984 (age 33)
Place of birth:	Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Height:	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:	215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school:	Madison (MS) Central
College:	Memphis
NFL Draft:	2006 / Round: 4 / Pick: 118
Career history
New England Patriots (2006–present)
Roster status:	Active
Career highlights and awards
2× Super Bowl Champion (XLIX, LI) 4× Pro Bowl (2008, 2013–2015) 2× First-team All-Pro (2008, 2015) Second-team All-Pro (2014) ESPN Kicker of the Year (2015) 5× NFL season scoring leader (2008, 2012–2015) New England Patriots season record field goal percentage (94.6%, 2014) Patriots all-time leading scorer 4× AFC Champion Memphis Tigers record for longest field goal 2× First-team All-Conference USA (2004, 2005) NFL record for most consecutive extra points made (479, 2006–Oct. 2016) NFL record for most consecutive extra points made, including playoffs (523, 2006–Jan. 2016)
Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2016
Field Goals Made: 334 Field Goals Attempted: 381 Field Goals %: 87.6% Field Goal Long: 57 Points scored: 1,457 Player stats at NFL.com

Stephen Carroll Gostkowski (gost-"COW"-ski; born January 28, 1984) is an American football placekicker for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Patriots in the fourth round of the 2006 NFL Draft. One of just two kickers drafted, Gostkowski was the only rookie kicker to make an NFL roster that year.

Gostkowski, who played both college football and baseball for the University of Memphis, is the most accurate kicker in Patriots history, and one of the most accurate kickers in NFL history. He is also a consistent and prolific scorer: He is only the second player in NFL history to score 500 points in his first four seasons in the league, and the first to score 1,000 points in his first eight seasons in the league (despite missing half the 2010 season with a leg injury). Gostkowski also holds the record for highest average points per game scored over a career (8.75 points per game as of the end of the 2015 season), and is the first player since the AFL-NFL merger to lead the league in scoring in more than two consecutive seasons (2012–2015; he also led the league in scoring in 2008). In 2014, he became the Patriots' all-time leading scorer, surpassing Adam Vinatieri. As of 2016, he is also the Patriots' all-time leader in field goals, and holds the NFL record for consecutive extra points.

Gostkowski graduated from Madison Central High School in Madison, Mississippi, in 2002. While there, he won four varsity letters each in football and soccer, and three in baseball, and was an All-State honoree in all three sports. Gostkowski holds the school record for longest field goal, a 55-yard kick. His teammates at Madison Central included current 49ers executive Parys Haralson and former Titans center Chris Spencer. His opponents included former Atlanta Falcons running back Jerious Norwood, who returned one of Gostkowski's kickoffs from two yards deep in the end zone; Gostkowski raced him down at the 25-yard line to prevent a touchdown.