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.
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| Position: | Punter | ||||||||
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| Born: | November 17, 1961 Beloit, Kansas, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 185 lb (84 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Beloit (Beloit, Kansas) | ||||||||
| College: | Kansas State | ||||||||
| Undrafted: | 1985 | ||||||||
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College career
editScott 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
editScott 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
edit| Year | Team | Punting | |||||||||
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| GP | Punts | Yds | Net Yds | Lng | Avg | Net Avg | Blk | Ins20 | TB | ||
| 1987 | CIN | 11 | 52 | 2,168 | 1,852 | 58 | 41.7 | 35.6 | 0 | 10 | 5 |
| 1988 | CIN | 13 | 44 | 1,672 | 1,352 | 53 | 38.0 | 29.4 | 2 | 13 | 5 |
| 1989 | ATL | 16 | 84 | 3,472 | 2,832 | 65 | 41.3 | 33.3 | 1 | 24 | 9 |
| 1990 | ATL | 16 | 70 | 2,913 | 2,519 | 59 | 41.6 | 36.0 | 0 | 15 | 4 |
| 1991 | ATL | 16 | 81 | 3,470 | 2,963 | 60 | 42.8 | 36.6 | 0 | 21 | 6 |
| 1992 | ATL | 16 | 68 | 2,818 | 2,276 | 56 | 41.4 | 33.0 | 1 | 11 | 3 |
| Career | 88 | 399 | 16,513 | 13,794 | 65 | 41.4 | 34.2 | 4 | 94 | 32 | |
Playoffs
edit| Year | Team | Punting | |||||||||
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| GP | Punts | Yds | Net Yds | Lng | Avg | Net Avg | Blk | Ins20 | TB | ||
| 1991 | ATL | 2 | 5 | 211 | 183 | 47 | 42.2 | 36.6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Career | 2 | 5 | 211 | 183 | 47 | 42.2 | 36.6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
References
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