Scott Fulhage
Number17
PositionPunter
Birth dateNovember 17, 1961 (age 64)
Birth placeBeloit, Kansas, U.S.
Height5 ft
Height in11
Weight lb185
High schoolBeloit (Beloit, Kansas)
CollegeKansas State
Undraftedyear1985
Pastteams
Highlights
Statlabel 1Punts
Statvalue 1399
Statlabel 2Punting yards
Statvalue 216,513
Statlabel 3Average punt
Statvalue 341.4
PfrFulhSc20

Scott Alan Fulhage (born November 17, 1961) is a former National Football League (NFL) punter who played for the Cincinnati Bengals from 1987 to 1988 and the Atlanta Falcons from 1989 to 1992.

College career

Scott played college football at Kansas State University[1] and is one of four players to be the starting punter four years straight.[2]

Professional career

Scott Fulhage went undrafted in 1987 after a very successful college career and was signed in the off season by the Cincinnati Bengals. Fulhage was part of the 1988 Cincinnati Bengals team that made a run to Super Bowl XXIII, where the Bengals fell to the San Francisco 49ers 20–16. In the Super Bowl, Fulhage punted 5 times for 221 yards. Fulhage was considered one of the most consistent punters in 1989, leading the NFC with 24 punts inside the opponents' 20-yard line, and finishing third in the NFL with 84 attempts. In 6 years of playing in the NFL, Fulhage successfully completed one fake punt against the San Francisco 49ers, a 12-yard pass for a successful first down, in the 1989 season during his time with the Atlanta Falcons. Fulhage is also credited with two rushing attempts, during the 1989 and 1992 seasons, but gained a total of 0 yards. Although he started with a slow career he picked up the pace.[3] The remainder of his statistics show consistency and a solid history as a punter, with only one fumble in those six years. He played in 88 games, punted 399 times for a total of 16,513 yards (averaging just over 41 yards per punt) with a long of 65 yards.

NFL career statistics

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Regular season

YearTeamPunting
GPPuntsYdsNet YdsLngAvgNet AvgBlkIns20TB
1987CIN11522,1681,8525841.735.60105
1988CIN13441,6721,3525338.029.42135
1989ATL16843,4722,8326541.333.31249
1990ATL16702,9132,5195941.636.00154
1991ATL16813,4702,9636042.836.60216
1992ATL16682,8182,2765641.433.01113
Career8839916,51313,7946541.434.249432

Playoffs

YearTeamPunting
GPPuntsYdsNet YdsLngAvgNet AvgBlkIns20TB
1991ATL252111834742.236.6020
Career252111834742.236.6020

References

  1. ^ http://www.macfeesports.com/KSHSPros.htm
  2. ^ TheMercury.com - K-State Sports Article
  3. ^ "49ers 23, Falcons 10". Archived from the original on April 18, 2009. Retrieved November 12, 2007.