Pat McAfee

Pat McAfee

No. 1     Indianapolis Colts
Punter
Personal information
Date of birth: May 2, 1987 (1987-05-02)
Place of birth: Plum, Pennsylvania
Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	Weight: 220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
College: West Virginia
NFL Draft: 2009 / Round: 7 / Pick: 222
Debuted in 2009 for the Indianapolis Colts
Career history
Indianapolis Colts (2009–present)
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
Two-time Lou Groza Award semi-finalist Ray Guy Award finalist Second-team All-American PFWA All-Rookie Team (2009)
Career NFL statistics as of Week 16, 2011
Punts	214
Punting yards	9,534
Punting average	44.6
Stats at NFL.com

Patrick "Pat" McAfee (born May 2, 1987 in Plum, Pennsylvania) is an American football punter for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League. He was a placekicker, punter, and soccer player at West Virginia.

Collegiate career

Freshman season

McAfee earned the starting job at West Virginia University as a freshman.

McAfee was 11 for 18 as a freshman on field goals. McAfee had 70 kickoffs for the season with 20 being touchbacks. McAfee's most memorable moment came against Louisville in a 46-44 triple overtime win. To get into overtime, the game was decided on a McAfee onside kick. The onside kick gave running back Steve Slaton the chance to tie the game with a 1 yard touchdown run.

Sophomore season

Although they had losses to Louisville and USF, the Mountaineers pulled out a 10 win season and a Gator Bowl win over Georgia Tech.

Junior season

Pat McAfee before the Mississippi State game

McAfee started his junior season with a missed extra point against Western Michigan, ending his streak of 106 consecutive extra points. McAfee finished the season in the Fiesta Bowl with a 2 for 4 performance, having one kick blocked by Oklahoma. He was named to the ESPN All-Bowl Team following the bowl season.

McAfee was named to the 2007 Lou Groza Award semi-finalist list for the best collegiate kicker. McAfee earned Big East Special Team Player of the week honors three times in 2007 and was named second-team All-Big East. He earned West Virginia's Scott Shirley Award for the second consecutive year.

McAfee Missed two short yard field goals in the 2007 Pittsburgh vs. West Virginia football game which cost the Mountaineers an appearance in the national championship game.

Senior season

McAfee began his senior year in a 48-21 season-opening victory over Villanova in which he kicked two field goals, including a career-long of 52-yards, six extra points, and two punts.

In the following 27-3 win over Marshall, McAfee became the school record holder for all-time scoring with a field goal, passing Slaton.

McAfee went two for two on field goals to move to third place for the Big East record of career field goals made in a 34-17 victory over Auburn.

McAfee finished his senior year with a career-best 44.7 yards per punt average, a Big East-leading 23 punts inside the 20-yard line, and a career-high 2,639 yards with a 65-yard long.

Professional career

Pre-Draft

Following his senior season at West Virginia, McAfee was invited to the 2009 Senior Bowl in Alabama, joining Mountaineers Pat White and Ellis Lankster. He started the Senior Bowl as the South team's kicker. McAfee performed in the 11th annual State Farm College Football All-Star Challenge, winning the "round the world" kicking competition.

Indianapolis Colts

McAfee was drafted seventh round (222nd overall) by the Indianapolis Colts. McAfee was signed before training camp. He handled kick-off duties for the Colts in 2009. His role has expanded with the Colts, as he has been their starting punter.

McAfee maintained a 46.6 yard punting average for the 2011 Regular Season, a career-high mark.

Controversy

On October 20, 2010, WRTV Channel 6, the Indianapolis ABC affiliate, reported that McAfee had been arrested and preliminarily charged with public intoxication, a Class B misdemeanor. McAfee had been found shirtless and wet, and assumed to be swimming in a canal in Broad Ripple, a popular nightclub area, drunk, at approximately 5:15 that morning after being reported by a woman who found him near her car. Police reported that he tested with a blood alcohol content of 0.15.

Colts president Bill Polian released this statement to Eyewitness News:

"We are aware that Pat McAfee was arrested this morning and charged with public intoxication. We are in the process of gathering the relevant facts. When that task is complete, we will deal immediately with the issue of club discipline. Until we complete that process, we will have no further comment."

The Indianapolis Colts later issued a team enforced 1-game suspension to McAfee for his actions.

External links

• Indianapolis Colts bio
• Profile on MSNSportsnet.com