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Mike Scifres 
Scifres at the Chargers' practice in August 2008No. 5 San Diego Chargers Punter Personal information Date of birth: October 8, 1980 Place of birth: Metairie, Louisiana Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Weight: 236 lb (107 kg) Career information College: Western Illinois NFL Draft: 2003 / Round: 5 / Pick: 149 Debuted in 2003 for the San Diego Chargers Career history - San Diego Chargers (2003-present)
Career highlights and awards - San Diego Chargers 50th Anniversary Team
- AFC Special Teams
Player of the Week (Week 8, 2007)
Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2009 Punts 393 Punt Yards 17,380 Punting Yard Average 44.2 Stats at NFL.com Michael T. Scifres (born October 8, 1980) is a punter for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League.
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High school
Scifres attended Destrehan High School in Destrehan, Louisiana and lettered in football, soccer, and baseball. In football, he was an All-District selection. Scifres graduated from Destrehan High School in 1998.
College years
While playing for Western Illinois, Scifres was the only punter from NCAA Div 1-AA (now called the Football Championship Division) to become a 2002 finalist of the Ray Guy Award, given to the nation's top punter.[1] He set a school and conference record with an 89-yard punt against Southwest Missouri State in 2000. Scifres also kicked a game-winning 56-yard field goal in his first career attempt in 1999. Two-time First-team All-American selection by Football Gazette, Three-time All-conference selection, Seven-time National player of the week, and Five-time Conference player of the week. His college nickname was Scabies. He graduated from Western Illinois University with a degree in Communications & Broadcasting.[2]
NFL career
He was selected with the 14th pick of the fifth round of the 2003 NFL Draft out of Western Illinois University. He has thrice been an alternate for the Pro Bowl, most recently as a 1st Alternate for the 2009 Pro Bowl. In the Chargers' 2009 Wild Card Playoff versus the Colts, Scifres kicked a 67-yard punt and averaged 51.7 yards with six punts. Also, all his punts during the game were inside the Chargers' own 20-yard line, with 4 inside their 10-yard line.[3] Perhap Scifres's best punt of the game was the last, a 52-yard kick launched from the San Diego 47 yard line that bounced out of bounds at the Colts' 1, pinning Indianapolis deep and allowing the Chargers' defense to force the Colts to punt the ball away from the back of their own end zone. Scifres said after the game, "I don't know if you can dream a game like this." [4] Scifres also made some clutch punts near the end of the 2007 Charger's AFC Divisional Playoff Game that pinned the Colts back deep in their own territory and ultimately helped thwart the Colts' QB Peyton Manning's come back attempts. In week 11 vs the Denver Broncos Scifres completed his first NFL completion to Mike Tolbert for 28 yards.
On September 11, 2011, Scifres made his first NFL field goal, a 40-yard kick against the Minnesota Vikings. He replaced injured kicker Nate Kaeding during the game, and also added three PATs.[5]
References
- ^ "Burns Added to Ray Guy Award Watch List". 2002-10-18. http://www.hokiesports.com/football/recaps/10182002aaa.html. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
- ^ "San Diego Chargers: Mike Scifres". http://www.chargers.com/team/roster/Mike-Scifres/cd3757ad-7a73-4aa3-9897-ac517228747d. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
- ^ "HonoluluAdvertiser.com Chargers get kick out of Scifres' ability to pin Colts deep in own territory". http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090104/BREAKING02/90104005/-1/RSS01?source=rss_breaking.
- ^ "NFL.com Post-Game Recap". http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/recap?game_id=54456&displayPage=tab_recap&season=2008&week=POST18&override=true.
- ^ "Chargers complete comeback victory on Tolbert's third TD". NFL.com. Associated Press. September 11, 2011. http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2011091111/2011/REG1/vikings@chargers#menu=highlights&tab=recap&recap=fullstory. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
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50 Greatest Chargers Offense Defense Special teams Coaches Categories:- 1980 births
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- Western Illinois Leathernecks football players
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- People from New Orleans, Louisiana
- People from St. Charles Parish, Louisiana
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