Mike Nugent

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Mike Nugent

Date of birth	March 2, 1982 (age 25)
Place of birth	Centerville, Ohio
Position(s)	Kicker
College	Ohio State
NFL Draft	2005 / Round 2 / Pick 47
Statistics	CBS.com
Team(s)
2005-present	New York Jets

Mike "The Nuge" Nugent (born March 2, 1982 in Centerville, Ohio) is an American football placekicker for the New York Jets of the NFL. He was selected with the 15th pick of the second round of the 2005 NFL Draft out of the Ohio State University.

Mike Nugent attended Centerville High School in Centerville, Ohio. 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.

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 won the Lou Groza Award in 2004, as the nation’s top kicker. He became the first kicker in Buckeye history to earn team Most Valuable Player. Mike enjoys coaching, especially working with young kickers.

Chris Berman, known for his odd nicknames, refers to Nugent as Kick Scratch Fever, in reference to Ted Nugent's song, "Cat Scratch Fever."

[edit] Career Stats

Season	PAT	PAT Pct.	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	FG-FGA	FG Pct.	Long	Points
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
2006 Post-season	1/1	100%	0/0	2/2	1/1	0/0	0/0	3/3	100%	37	10
TOTALS	58/59	98.3%	1/1	15/16	17/19	11/14	2/5	46/55	83.6%	54	196