Hauschka with the Seahawks in 2014
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Position: | Placekicker | ||||||||||||
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Date of birth: | June 29, 1985 | ||||||||||||
Place of birth: | Needham, Massachusetts | ||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 210 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||
High school: | Needham (MA) | ||||||||||||
College: | NC State | ||||||||||||
Undrafted: | 2008 | ||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||
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Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2016 | |||||||||||||
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Field goals: | 191 |
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FG attempts: | 219 |
Field goal %: | 87.2 |
Long FG: | 58 |
Touchbacks: | 266 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Stephen Theodore Hauschka (name commonly spelled as Steven Hauschka; born June 29, 1985) is an American football placekicker for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at Middlebury College and North Carolina State.
Hauschka has also been a member of the Baltimore Ravens, Atlanta Falcons, Detroit Lions, Las Vegas Locomotives, and Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks. He won Super Bowl XLVIII as a member of the Seahawks.
Stephen Hauschka grew up in Needham, Massachusetts, where he played on the Needham High School Rockets varsity soccer team, the varsity basketball team, and the varsity lacrosse team. He also played trombone in the NHS concert band and NHS jazz band. He did not play football for the Rockets even though he would eventually become a successful NFL kicker, playing seasons with the Baltimore Ravens, Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks. He graduated in 2003, and went to Middlebury College with intent to play Division III soccer for the Panthers.