Nate Freese
 Freese with the Detroit Lions in 2014 | |||||||||||
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| Position: | Placekicker | ||||||||||
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| Born: | August 18, 1990 Strongsville, Ohio, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 192 lb (87 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | Strongsville (OH) | ||||||||||
| College: | Boston College (2009–2013) | ||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2014 / round: 7 / pick: 229 | ||||||||||
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Nathan A. Freese (born August 18, 1990) is a former American football placekicker. He was selected by the Detroit Lions in the seventh round of the 2014 NFL draft. He played college football at Boston College.
College career
[edit]Freese attended and played college football at Boston College as a placekicker.[1] He converted 114 of 117 extra point attempts and 70 of 81 field goal attempts in his college career.[2]
Professional career
[edit]Freese was selected by the Detroit Lions in the seventh round (229th overall) of the 2014 NFL draft.[3] During the 2014 Training Camp for the Lions, Freese beat out teammate Giorgio Tavecchio for the kicker position.[4] However, after his fourth missed field goal attempt in the first three weeks of the regular season, the Lions released Freese on September 22, 2014.[5][6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Nate Freese - Football". Boston College Athletics. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
- ^ "Nate Freese College Stats, School, Draft, Gamelog, Splits". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
- ^ "2014 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
- ^ Rothstein, Michael (August 25, 2014). "Even-keeled Nate Freese wins kicking job". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
- ^ "Nate Freese 2014 Game Log". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
- ^ "Lions release struggling rookie kicker Nate Freese". Chicago Tribune. September 22, 2014. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
- ^ Yuille, Sean (September 22, 2014). "Lions to release Nate Freese, sign Alex Henery". Pride Of Detroit. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
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