Dustin Colquitt

Dustin Colquitt

Colquitt with the Kansas City Chiefs
No. 2 – Kansas City Chiefs
Position:	Punter
Personal information
Born:	(1982-05-06) May 6, 1982 Knoxville, Tennessee
Height:	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:	210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school:	Bearden (Knoxville, Tennessee)
College:	Tennessee
NFL Draft:	2005 / Round: 3 / Pick: 99
Career history
Kansas City Chiefs (2005–present)
Roster status:	Active
Career highlights and awards
2× Pro Bowl (2012, 2016) Consensus All-American (2003) 2× First-team All-SEC (2003, 2004) 2× Longest Punt in NFL (2007, 2010) Chiefs Record For Longest Punt (81 Yards, 2007)
Career NFL statistics as of Week 5, 2018
Punts: 1,046 Punting yards: 46,973 Average punt: 44.9 Net punting average: 41.4 Touchbacks: 92 Inside 20: 426 Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

Dustin Farr Colquitt (born May 6, 1982) is an American football punter for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. He played college football at Tennessee and was selected by the Chiefs in the third round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He is the older brother of Cleveland Browns punter Britton Colquitt.

Early life

Colquitt is from Knoxville, Tennessee, and played football and soccer at Bearden High School in Knoxville.^[1]

College career

Colquitt accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, and played for coach Phillip Fulmer's Tennessee Volunteers football team from 2001 to 2004.^[2] As a junior in 2003, he was recognized as a first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection, and a consensus first-team All-American. As a senior in 2004, he again earned first-team All-SEC honors.

Professional career

The Kansas City Chiefs selected Colquitt in the third round (99th pick overall) of the 2005 NFL Draft. He then signed a three-year contract worth $1.345 million.^[3]

During the 2007 NFL season, he set the franchise record for the longest punt with an 81 yard punt.^[4] On February 28, 2008, Colquitt was signed to a five-year contract extension worth $8.5 million.^[5] Colquitt had career highs during the 2009 NFL season in both punts and punting yards with 96 and 4,361, respectively.^[6] His 4,361 punting yards were second to Jim Arnold's 4,397 during the 1984 NFL season.^[7] In 2010, he was voted as the winner of the Ed Block Courage Award.

In the 2012 season, he had a punting average of 46.8, the highest he has ever had in a season. From 2005 to 2012, Colquitt had 657 career punts with a 44.7 yard average.^[8] Colquitt was named to his first Pro Bowl in 2012. On March 5, 2013, Colquitt signed a five-year contract extension worth $18.75 million, with $8.9 million guaranteed, making him the NFL's highest paid punter.^[9]

In 2016, Colquitt was named to his second Pro Bowl after fellow punter Pat McAfee declined to play due to an injury.^[10] During the 2017 NFL season, he became the Chiefs all-time leader in both punts and punting yards passing Jerrel Wilson.^[11] On March 15, 2018, Colquitt signed a three-year contract extension with the Chiefs.^[12] After the release of linebacker Derrick Johnson, Colquitt became the longest tenured active member of the Chiefs in 2018.

Personal life

Colquitt comes from a family with a distinguished lineage of punters, including his father Craig, who won a pair of Super Bowl rings punting for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1978 to 1984. His younger brother Britton, who currently plays for the Cleveland Browns, also played for Tennessee, as did his cousin Jimmy.^[13] Colquitt is married with five children.^[14]

References

External links

• Dustin Colquitt on Twitter