Craig Colquitt

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Craig Colquitt
No. 5
Position:Punter
Personal information
Born: (1954-06-09) June 9, 1954 (age 69)
Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:182 lb (83 kg)
Career information
High school:Knoxville (TN) South
College:Tennessee
NFL draft:1978 / Round: 3 / Pick: 76
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Punts:431
Punt yards:17,795
Longest punt:74
Player stats at PFR

Joseph Craig Colquitt (born June 9, 1954) is a former American football punter who spent eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Pittsburgh Steelers (1978–1981, 1983–1984) and Indianapolis Colts (1987).[1] He was selected by the Steelers in the third round of the 1978 NFL draft out of the University of Tennessee.[2] He was a member of two Super Bowl championship teams with the Steelers in 1978 and 1979.[3][4]

Colquitt's nephew, Jimmy Colquitt,[5] was a punter for the Seattle Seahawks in 1985.[6] He is also the father of two former NFL punters, Dustin and Britton Colquitt.[7] All four played college football at the University of Tennessee.[8] Both his sons won Super Bowl rings, Britton with the Broncos and Dustin with the Chiefs.[9] Craig was inducted into the Greater Knoxville Hall of Fame on July 16, 2009. Craig is the author of the children's book: "JoJo! What Happened To Your Hair?".[10]

NFL career statistics[edit]

Legend
Won the Super Bowl
Bold Career high

Regular season[edit]

Year Team Punting
GP Punts Yds Net Yds Lng Avg Net Avg Blk Ins20 TB
1978 PIT 16 66 2,642 2,323 58 40.0 35.2 0 14 4
1979 PIT 16 68 2,733 2,297 61 40.2 33.8 0 19 8
1980 PIT 16 61 2,483 2,166 54 40.7 35.5 0 13 5
1981 PIT 16 84 3,641 2,963 74 43.3 35.3 0 25 16
1983 PIT 16 80 3,352 2,794 58 41.9 34.9 0 20 7
1984 PIT 16 70 2,883 2,432 62 41.2 34.7 0 21 5
1987 IND 1 2 61 54 33 30.5 18.0 1 0 0
Career 97 431 17,795 15,029 74 41.3 34.8 1 112 45

Playoffs[edit]

Year Team Punting
GP Punts Yds Net Yds Lng Avg Net Avg Blk Ins20 TB
1978 PIT 3 6 254 171 53 42.3 28.5 0 2 1
1979 PIT 3 7 297 265 66 42.4 37.9 0 4 1
1983 PIT 1 8 327 255 51 40.9 31.9 0 0 1
1984 PIT 2 5 216 187 49 43.2 31.2 1 0 0
Career 9 26 1,094 878 66 42.1 32.5 1 6 3

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Craig Colquitt Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
  2. ^ "1978 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
  3. ^ "1978 Pittsburgh Steelers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
  4. ^ "1979 Pittsburgh Steelers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
  5. ^ "Former Vol Colquitt Kicks In Huge Donation". Elizabethton Star. Associated Press. October 28, 2007. Retrieved December 22, 2021 – via Google News.
  6. ^ "Jimmy Colquitt Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
  7. ^ Longman, Jeré (February 1, 2014). "A Family of Punters Demonstrates the Heredity of Hang Time". The New York Times. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
  8. ^ "The Punting Colquitt Brothers Are Keeping Alive a Family Pedigree in the N.F.L." The New York Times. Associated Press. November 13, 2010. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
  9. ^ Toppmeyer, Blake (February 2, 2020). "How former Tennessee Vols, Bearden player Dustin Colquitt fared in Super Bowl". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
  10. ^ Harrop, Joanne Klimovich (June 16, 2018). "Grandson's question leads former Pittsburgh Steelers punter Craig Colquitt into the literary world". TribLive.com. Retrieved March 10, 2024.

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