Billy Cundiff

Infobox NFLactive


name=Billy Cundiff
|caption=
currentteam=Free Agent
currentnumber=--
currentpositionplain=Placekicker
birthdate=birth date and age|1980|3|30
birthplace=Valley Center, California
heightft=6
heightin=1
weight=207
debutyear=2002
debutteam=Dallas Cowboys
college=Drake
undraftedyear=2002
pastteams=
* Dallas Cowboys (2002-2005)
* Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2006)*
* Green Bay Packers (2006)*
* New Orleans Saints (2006)
* Atlanta Falcons (2007)*
* Kansas City Chiefs (2008)*:*Offseason and/or practice squad member only
status=Active
highlights=
* No notable achievements
nfl=CUN046143

Billy Cundiff (born March 30, 1980 in Valley Center, California) is an American football placekicker for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. He was originally signed by the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2002. He played college football at Drake.

Early years

He attended high school in Harlan, Iowa where he was a two time All-Iowa and helped lead his team to the Iowa state championship in 1998.

College career

Cundiff played college football at Drake University where he broke five Pioneer Football League records including most points and most career field goals. ref|records Cundiff was brought to the 2002 training camp as a free agent, and won out over incumbent Tim Seder as the team's kicker.

Professional career

Cundiff played four seasons with the Dallas Cowboys from 2002 to 2005. He kicked a then-record seven field goals in a game against the New York Giants on "Monday Night Football" on September 15, 2003.ref|FGtie

In 2005, which would have been his fourth season with the team, he was released (via injury waiver) during training camp following a quadriceps injury, and briefly replaced by kickoff specialist José Cortéz, who had not been expected to make the team. Cundiff was later re-signed on November 19, 2005 (directly following the mandatory period after an injury waiver) having recovered from his training camp injury. He replaced kicker Shaun Suisham, in the hope of providing greater consistency to the Cowboys' special teams. In his first game back with the Cowboys, Cundiff made a 56-yard field goal at the end of the first half to set a Cowboys record for longest field goal in team history. Cundiff played six games that season before being released by the Cowboys, on December 26, 2005 after missing two field goals in a critical game against the Carolina Panthers. The Cowboys resigned Suisham to replace him for the season finale. ref|Secondrelease

On February 15, 2006, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers signed Cundiff to a contract but released him after kicker Matt Bryant re-signed. ref|Bucs Cundiff signed with the Green Bay Packers in March 28 2006 and was expected to compete with Dave Rayner for the starting kicking position before being cut by Green Bay on August 17 2006.ref|Packers

On November 22, 2006, the Saints signed Cundiff as a kickoff specialist, easing the workload of John Carney.

On May 4, 2007 he signed with the Falcons but was later released.

In January 2008, he was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs to a two year contract.Cundiff was recently released from the Kansas City Chiefs and is now training everyday, waiting to be signed to another team.

Personal

During the offseason he is a substitute teacher in Phoenix, recently seen at Scottsdale Christian Academy.

External links

* [http://www.kcchiefs.com/player/billy_cundiff/ Kansas City Chiefs bio page]
* [http://www.cundiffkicking.com/home.asp Cundiff Kicking Camp]

References

# [http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter?game_id=26525&displayPage=tab_gamecenter&season=2003&seasonType=REG&week=2 Game Recap from Record-Tying Game] Retrieved October 21, 2007.
# [http://www.nflplayers.com/players/player.aspx?id=33667 Billy Cundiff NFL players profile] Retrieved June 23, 2006.
# [http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2271608 Cowboys release Cundiff, re-sign Suisham for finale, ESPN.com] Retrieved June 23, 2006.
# [http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2332014 Tampa Bay signs kicker Cundiff as insurance, ESPN.com] Retrieved June 23, 2006.
# [http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/6154/news Billy Cundiff news on Yahoo! Sports] Retrieved August 23 2006.