# Michael Husted

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**Michael James Husted** (born June 16, 1970) is an American former professional [football](/source/American_football) player who was a [placekicker](/source/Placekicker) in the [National Football League](/source/National_Football_League) (NFL). He played [college football](/source/College_football) for the [Virginia Cavaliers](/source/Virginia_Cavaliers_football). Husted played in the NFL for nine seasons with four teams. His first six seasons were with the [Tampa Bay Buccaneers](/source/Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers). He also played for the [Oakland Raiders](/source/Oakland_Raiders), the [Washington Redskins](/source/Washington_Redskins), and the [Kansas City Chiefs](/source/Kansas_City_Chiefs). He retired after the [2002](/source/2002_NFL_season) season.[1]

## Early life

Husted played high school football at [Hampton High School](/source/Hampton_High_School_(Virginia)) in Virginia. During his time, the team played in three state championship games, winning two. Husted earned several awards during his high school career:

- Parade All American honorable mention (Senior year)
- First-team All State kicker (Senior and Junior years)
- First-team All Region kicker (Senior and Junior years)
- First-team All District kicker (Senior and Junior years)

## College career

Husted attended the [University of Virginia](/source/University_of_Virginia), where was the kickoff specialist during his freshman and sophomore seasons. He then handled all kicking duties his junior and senior seasons.

During his senior campaign, he connected on 13-16 field goals and was named a Lou Groza semi-finalist. Husted also had a total of 95 touchbacks during his college career, the most in UVA history.

## Professional career

Husted played in the [NFL](/source/National_Football_League) for nine years. Despite being an [undrafted free agent](/source/Undrafted_free_agent), Husted was signed by the [Tampa Bay Buccaneers](/source/Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers). He went on to have a successful rookie season, and was named to Football Digest's All Rookie team.[2]

During his time with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Michael established several team records including:

- All-time leading scorer (502 pts.)
- Longest field goal (57 yards)
- Most 50+ field goals (10)

## Post-football career

After his NFL career, Husted was involved in an online start up, "iPlayers.net" in 2005. After the company was acquired by [Active Network, LLC](/source/Active_Network,_LLC) in 2007, Husted returned to the athletic and educational world.

Husted subsequently founded "National Camp Series", a series of kicking camps around the country that uses professional kicking coaches. The National Camp Series (NCS) KIX Player Ratings System uses historical data to determine a kickers comparative ranking.

## References

1. ["Players: Michael Husted"](http://www.nfl.com/player/michaelhusted/2501288/profile). *nfl.com*. National Football League. Retrieved 6 May 2016.

1. Levinson, Joshua. ["Greatest kickers in Buccaneer team history: Michael Husted (1993-1998)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160601151743/http://cover32.com/2015/08/28/greatest-kickers-in-buccaneer-team-history/3/). *cover32.com*. Archived from [the original](http://cover32.com/2015/08/28/greatest-kickers-in-buccaneer-team-history/3/) on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.

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