Craig Colquitt
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| Position: | Punter | ||||||||
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| Born: | June 9, 1954 Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 182 lb (83 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Knoxville (TN) South | ||||||||
| College: | Tennessee | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1978 / round: 3 / pick: 76 | ||||||||
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Joseph Craig Colquitt (born June 9, 1954) is a former American football punter who spent eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Pittsburgh Steelers (1978–1981, 1983–1984) and Indianapolis Colts (1987).[1] He was selected by the Steelers in the third round of the 1978 NFL draft out of the University of Tennessee.[2] He was a member of two Super Bowl championship teams with the Steelers in 1978 and 1979.[3][4]
Colquitt's nephew, Jimmy Colquitt,[5] was a punter for the Seattle Seahawks in 1985.[6] He is also the father of two former NFL punters, Dustin and Britton Colquitt.[7] All four played college football at the University of Tennessee.[8] Both his sons won Super Bowl rings, Britton with the Broncos and Dustin with the Chiefs.[9] Craig was inducted into the Greater Knoxville Hall of Fame on July 16, 2009. Craig is the author of the children's book: "JoJo! What Happened To Your Hair?".[10]
NFL career statistics
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| Won the Super Bowl | |
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Regular season
[edit]| Year | Team | Punting | |||||||||
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| GP | Punts | Yds | Net Yds | Lng | Avg | Net Avg | Blk | Ins20 | TB | ||
| 1978 | PIT | 16 | 66 | 2,642 | 2,323 | 58 | 40.0 | 35.2 | 0 | 14 | 4 |
| 1979 | PIT | 16 | 68 | 2,733 | 2,297 | 61 | 40.2 | 33.8 | 0 | 19 | 8 |
| 1980 | PIT | 16 | 61 | 2,483 | 2,166 | 54 | 40.7 | 35.5 | 0 | 13 | 5 |
| 1981 | PIT | 16 | 84 | 3,641 | 2,963 | 74 | 43.3 | 35.3 | 0 | 25 | 16 |
| 1983 | PIT | 16 | 80 | 3,352 | 2,794 | 58 | 41.9 | 34.9 | 0 | 20 | 7 |
| 1984 | PIT | 16 | 70 | 2,883 | 2,432 | 62 | 41.2 | 34.7 | 0 | 21 | 5 |
| 1987 | IND | 1 | 2 | 61 | 54 | 33 | 30.5 | 18.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 97 | 431 | 17,795 | 15,029 | 74 | 41.3 | 34.8 | 1 | 112 | 45 | |
Playoffs
[edit]| Year | Team | Punting | |||||||||
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| GP | Punts | Yds | Net Yds | Lng | Avg | Net Avg | Blk | Ins20 | TB | ||
| 1978 | PIT | 3 | 6 | 254 | 171 | 53 | 42.3 | 28.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 1979 | PIT | 3 | 7 | 297 | 265 | 66 | 42.4 | 37.9 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 1983 | PIT | 1 | 8 | 327 | 255 | 51 | 40.9 | 31.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1984 | PIT | 2 | 5 | 216 | 187 | 49 | 43.2 | 31.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 9 | 26 | 1,094 | 878 | 66 | 42.1 | 32.5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |
References
[edit]- ^ "Craig Colquitt Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
- ^ "1978 NFL Draft Listing". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
- ^ "1978 Pittsburgh Steelers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
- ^ "1979 Pittsburgh Steelers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
- ^ "Former Vol Colquitt Kicks In Huge Donation". Elizabethton Star. Associated Press. October 28, 2007. Retrieved December 22, 2021 – via Google News.
- ^ "Jimmy Colquitt Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
- ^ Longman, Jeré (February 1, 2014). "A Family of Punters Demonstrates the Heredity of Hang Time". The New York Times. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
- ^ "The Punting Colquitt Brothers Are Keeping Alive a Family Pedigree in the N.F.L." The New York Times. Associated Press. November 13, 2010. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
- ^ Toppmeyer, Blake (February 2, 2020). "How former Tennessee Vols, Bearden player Dustin Colquitt fared in Super Bowl". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
- ^ Harrop, Joanne Klimovich (June 16, 2018). "Grandson's question leads former Pittsburgh Steelers punter Craig Colquitt into the literary world". TribLive.com. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from Pro Football Reference
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