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Connor Barth
Barth (#10) kicks a field goal in UNC's win over Maryland in 2007No. 10 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Placekicker Personal information Date of birth: April 11, 1986 Place of birth: Arlington, Virginia Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Weight: 193 lb (88 kg) Career information College: North Carolina Undrafted in 2008 Debuted in 2008 for the Kansas City Chiefs Career history - Kansas City Chiefs (2008)
- Miami Dolphins (2009)*
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2009–present)
- *Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Roster status: Active Career highlights and awards - Honorable mention All-ACC (2004)
- Second-team Freshman All-American (2004)
- First-team All-ACC (2007)
Career NFL statistics as of Week 10, 2011 Field Goals Made 64 Field Goals Attempted 78 Field Goals % 82.1 Long Field Goal 54 Stats at NFL.com Connor Thomas Barth (born April 11, 1986) is an American football placekicker for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League. He was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at North Carolina.
Barth has also been a member of the Miami Dolphins.
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Personal
Barth is the son of Thomas and Susan Barth. He has a younger brother. Casey Barth, is currently the placekicker for the North Carolina Tar Heels football team.
Early years
Barth was named to the first-team high school All-America by USA Today. He played in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl, where he was named the top kicker in the combine. He was selected to the inaugural EA Sports High School All-America Team. Out of high school, Barth was considered one of the best kickers in the country by most recruiting services. He set the North Carolina state record for field goals in a season and career with 38. The Charlotte Observer ranked him among the top 25 overall players in North Carolina. In 2002, he had a string of 40 consecutive extra points. Playing as a punter and a kicker, Barth made 11 of 14 field goals that year. He also was 53 of 54 on extra point attempts as a Junior.[1] He kicked 75 percent of his kickoffs into the end zone. As a punter, he punted 42 times for a 38.2-yard average.[1]
College career
As a freshman at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Barth was named second-team freshman All-America by Rivals.com. He was also an honorable-mention All-ACC member. In 2004, he made 14 of 18 field goals and 35 of 37 extra point attempts. He is well known for a 42-yard game-winning field goal as time expired against No. 4 Miami.[2] He made his first career field goal on a 22-yard attempt at Virginia[1]
As a sophomore, Barth made 11 of 21 field goals.[1] He struggled throughout the season, but connected on eight of his last 10.[1]
In 2006, as a junior, Barth made all 10 field goal attempts and 24 of 26 extra points. He was the only kicker in the country with a perfect 100% field goal percentage. In a game against North Carolina State, Barth made a 54-yarder that was his career best and tied for the second-longest in school history.[1]
In 2007, as a senior, he made 19 of 22 field goals and 30 of his final 33 attempts, dating back to his sophomore season. He earned first-team All-ACC honors from Rivals.com and honorable mention all-conference honors from the Associated Press.[1] Against Miami, Barth kicked a career-high four field goals in the 33-27 win and was named the ACC special teams player of the week.[1] He graduated UNC with a Communications major.[1]
He holds the UNC record for most made field goals (54).[1]
Statistics
Year FGM-FGA PCT 0-29 30-39 40-49 +50 LG PAT 2004 14-18 .778 6-6 5-7 2-3 1-2 50 35-37 2005 11-21 .524 6-7 1-4 4-8 0-2 45 23-23 2006 10-10 1.000 4-4 2-2 2-2 2-2 54 24-26 2007 19-22 .864 5-5 6-6 7-8 1-3 51 21-23 Totals 54-71 .761 21-22 15-20 15-21 4-9 54 103-109 Professional career
Kansas City Chiefs
Barth was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Kansas City Chiefs in 2008. He failed to beat out Nick Novak for the team's placekicking job and was waived by the Chiefs on August 29.
Barth was re-signed by the team on October 21 after Novak was released, becoming the seventh kicker on the Chiefs roster in two years.[3] In his first NFL game, Barth went 1-for-1 on field goal attempts and 3-for-3 on extra points.[4] He remained perfect up until a week 15 game (going in he was 9 for 9) where he missed 2 field goal attempts, including what would have been a game winning 50 yarder as time expired.
Barth was waived by the Chiefs on July 28, 2009, in favor of Ryan Succop
Miami Dolphins
Barth was signed by the Miami Dolphins on August 10, 2009 to compete with incumbent placekicker Dan Carpenter.[5] However, the Dolphins waived Barth on August 29.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Barth was signed by the Buccaneers on November 3, 2009 after the Bucs released Shane Andrus. Barth tied an NFL record held by three other kickers when he made three field goals of 50 yards or more against the Miami Dolphins on November 15, 2009; the kicks were from 51, 50 and 54 yards. The record is shared with Morten Andersen, Neil Rackers, Kris Brown, and Josh Scobee.
On December 27, 2009 Barth kicked a 47 yard overtime field goal to give the Bucs the win over New Orleans, 20-17.
On October 10, 2010 Barth kicked a 31 yard field goal with :01 left in the game to give the Bucs a 24-21 lead over Cincinnati.
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Sporting positions Preceded by
Shane AndrusTampa Bay Buccaneers placekicker
2009Succeeded by
IncumbentCategories:- 1986 births
- Living people
- People from Arlington County, Virginia
- People from Wilmington, North Carolina
- Players of American football from Virginia
- Players of American football from North Carolina
- U.S. Army All-American football players
- American football placekickers
- North Carolina Tar Heels football players
- Undrafted National Football League players
- Kansas City Chiefs players
- Miami Dolphins players
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers players
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