| New York Jets — No. 1 | |
| Kicker | |
| Date of birth: March 2, 1982 | |
| Place of birth: Centerville, Ohio | |
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| National Football League debut | |
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| 2005 for the New York Jets | |
| Career history | |
| College: Ohio State | |
| NFL Draft: 2005 / Round: 2 / Pick: 47 | |
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| Selected NFL statistics (through Week 17 of the 2007 NFL season) |
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| Field Goals Made | 75 |
| Field Goals Attempted | 91 |
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Mike Nugent (born March 2, 1982 in Centerville, Ohio) is an American football placekicker for the New York Jets of the National Football League. Events 986 - Louis V becomes King of the Franks. 1127 - Assassination of Charles the Good Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Centerville is a city in Montgomery and Greene Counties in the U Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with Placekicker, or simply kicker ( PK or K) is the title of the player in American and Canadian football who is responsible for the The New York Jets are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. He was selected with the 15th pick of the second round of the 2005 NFL Draft out of Ohio State University. The 2005 National Football League Draft took place at the Jacob K The Ohio State University ( OSU) is a Coeducational public Research university in the state of Ohio. He is most well known for the dubious distinction of having one of his kicks returned an NFL-record 108 yards by New England cornerback Ellis Hobbs in the 2007 season opener.
Mike Nugent attended Centerville High School in Centerville, Ohio. Centerville High School is a Public school of Secondary education for grades 9–12 located in Centerville, Ohio, situated ten miles south As a senior kicker, he converted on 5 out of 7 field goal attempts from beyond 50 yards (24 of 27 altogether), kicked a 55 yard field goal (career long) twice, and was 29 out of 29 PAT attempts. A field goal (formerly "goal from the field" in US football and Canadian football is a goal that may be scored during general play ("from In American and Canadian football, the convert, conversion, try, extra point, point after touchdown, point-after try
During Nugent's four-year career at Ohio State he broke or tied 22 school records, including most points in a career by any player at OSU (356). He was a consensus All-American and he won the Lou Groza Award in 2004, as the nation’s top kicker. The 2004 College Football All-America Team is composed of the following All-American Teams Associated Press, Football Writers Association of America, American The Lou Groza Award is presented annually to the top College football Placekicker in the United States by the Palm Beach County Sports Commission He became the first kicker in Buckeye history to earn team Most Valuable Player. Nugent enjoys coaching, especially working with young kickers. Coach (baseball|Coach (basketball|Coach (ice hockeyIn Sports a coach or manager is an individual involved in the direction instruction and training of the operations
Chris Berman, known for his odd nicknames, refers to Nugent as Kick Scratch Fever, in reference to Ted Nugent's song, "Cat Scratch Fever. Christopher ("Boomer" James Berman (born May 10, 1955 in Greenwich Connecticut) is an American sportscaster Theodore "Ted" Nugent (born December 13, 1948) (aka Cat Scratch Fever is an Album by Ted Nugent released in 1977 as well as the name of the album's title song "
When he comes onto the field for a field goal attempt or kickoff "Stranglehold" by Ted Nugent is played. " Stranglehold " is a single and the first track from Ted Nugent 's self-titled 1975 album.
A common celebratory exclamation among Jets faithful for when Nugent kicks a field goal is "The Nuge hits a figgie!".
| Season | PAT | PAT Pct. | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ | FG-FGA | FG Pct. | Long | Points |
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| 2005 | 24/24 | 100% | 0/0 | 8/9 | 7/7 | 7/10 | 0/2 | 22/28 | 78. 6% | 49 | 90 |
| 2006 | 34/35 | 97. 1% | 1/1 | 7/7 | 10/12 | 4/4 | 2/3 | 24/27 | 88. 9% | 54 | 106 |
| 2007 | 22/22 | 100% | 1/1 | 10/10 | 10/12 | 5/7 | 1/3 | 27/33 | 81. 8% | 50 | 103 |
| TOTALS | 80/81 | 98. 8% | 2/2 | 25/26 | 27/31 | 16/21 | 3/8 | 73/88 | 83. 0% | 54 | 299 |
| Preceded by Michael Jenkins |
Ohio State Buckeyes Football Season MVP 2004 |
Succeeded by A. J. Hawk |