Dave Zastudil
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| Cleveland Browns — No. 15 | |
| Punter | |
| Date of birth: June 27, 1978 | |
| Place of birth: Bay Village, Ohio | |
| Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | Weight: 227 lb (103 kg) |
| National Football League debut | |
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| 2002 for the Baltimore Ravens | |
| Career history | |
| College: Ohio | |
| NFL Draft: 2002 / Round: 4 / Pick: 112 | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at NFL.com | |
David Michael Zastudil[1] (born October 28, 1978 in Bay Village, Ohio) is an American football punter who currently plays for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League; he wears the number 15.[1] Zastudil played collegiately at Ohio, and was drafted in the fourth round of the 2002 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Ravens.
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[edit] High school career
Zastudil attended Bay High School in Bay Village, Ohio,[1] where he played quarterback, punter and placekicker and helped to lead his team to an 8–2 record during his senior year.[1] As a senior, Dave passed for 806 yards completions and accumulated 2,282 yards throughout his career.[1] He averaged 40.7 yards per kick as a senior punter with a long punt of 67 yards;[1] he also made 19 consecutive point-after attempts, made six field goals with a long field goal of 42 yards and averaged 57 yards per kickoff.[1] He was selected twice as an all-state and all-conference punter,[1] and made the all-district team as a kicker and the all-conference team as a quarterback.
[edit] College career
Dave graduated from Bay Village High School and attended Ohio University, where he led the Bobcats and the Mid-American Conference in punting for four straight years.[1] As a senior, Zastudil was selected as a first-team All-American by Football News and the Football Writers Association of America, and was selected as a second-team All-American by the Associated Press.[1] He was also a first-team All-Mid-American Conference selection and the MAC's special teams co-player of the year, after leading the MAC in punting four times.[1] During his senior year, Zastudil punted 50 times for 2,280 yards with a 45.6-yard average,[1] with 16 of those punts having come from inside the 20 yard line, seven touchbacks and a long punt of 74 yards.[1]
As an underclassman, Zastudil was a first-team All-Mid American Conference selection as a junior (averaging 44.3 yards per punt), sophomore (43.2 yards per punt) and freshman (45.3 yards per punt).[1] As a sophomore, he was the MAC special teams player of the year and the first-team All-MAC punter after leading the conference in punting.[1] As a freshman, he was also named to the All-America team.[1]
Zastudil also set the school record for the longest punt with a 75-yard punt against the Akron Zips.[1] Dave graduated from Ohio with a double major in finance and marketing.[1]
[edit] NFL career
After graduating from Ohio University, Zastudil was eligible for the 2002 NFL Draft. He was one of only two punters taken during the draft,[2] and was drafted in the fourth round with the 112th pick overall by the Baltimore Ravens.[2]
Zastudil has played in all but three games during his professional career;[1] he missed those three games in 2004 after suffering a shoulder injury.[1] On March 12, 2006, Zastudil was signed by the Cleveland Browns to the terms of a five-year contract,[3] replacing lackluster punter Kyle Richardson. Throughout his career, Zastudil has punted 408 times for 17,181 yards with an average of 42.1 yards per punt.
[edit] Career statistics
| Year | Punting | Kickoffs | ||||||||||||
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| G | GS | No. | YDS | AVG | LNG | In20 | TB | BLKD | No. | YDS | AVG | TB | ||
| 2002 | Baltimore Ravens | 16 | 0 | 81 | 3368 | 41.6 | 61 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 128 | 64.0 | 0 |
| 2003 | Baltimore Ravens | 16 | 0 | 89 | 3649 | 41.0 | 67 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | Baltimore Ravens | 13 | 0 | 73 | 2948 | 40.4 | 61 | 26 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 54.0 | 0 |
| 2005 | Baltimore Ravens | 16 | 0 | 84 | 3653 | 43.5 | 60 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 |
| 2006 | Cleveland Browns | 16 | 0 | 81 | 3563 | 44.0 | 61 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 77 | 0 | 408 | 17181 | 42.1 | 67 | 117 | 39 | 0 | 4 | 198 | 49.5 | 0 | |
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Cleveland Browns – Players – Dave Zastudil. Retrieved on 2007-04-30.
- ^ a b Draft History – 2002. Retrieved on 2007-04-30.
- ^ Browns sign punter Zastudil. Retrieved on 2007-04-30.
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