Jeremy Kapinos

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**Jeremy Kapinos**
National Football League debut

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Punter
Date of birth: August 23, 1984 (1984-08-23) (age 23)
Place of birth: West Point, New York
Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Weight: 235 lb (107 kg)
2007 for the New York Jets
Career history
College: Penn State
Undrafted in 2007
Teams: New York Jets (2007)
Career highlights and awards
Third-team AP All-American (2006) Ray Guy Award finalist (2006)
Stats at NFL.com

Jeremy D. Kapinos (born August 23, 1984, in West Point, New York) is an American football punter that is a free agent of the National Football League. He was originally signed by the Jets as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played college football at Penn State.

1 Early years
2 College career
3 Professional career
4 Personal
5 Notes and references
6 External links

[edit] Early years

Kapinos was named All-Met at West Springfield High School, in Springfield, Virginia, where his coach was former Green Bay Packers punter Bill Renner.

[edit] College career

Kapinos was a Ray Guy Award finalist and a third-team All-America selection by the Associated Press while playing college football at Penn State University. He is the Nittany Lions' all-time leader in punting yardage^[1].

[edit] Professional career

He signed as a free agent with the New York Jets following the 2007 NFL draft but was released during the preseason. Later that season the Baltimore Ravens employed the left-footed Kapinos to help prepare for left-footed punter Donnie Jones prior to their week 6 game versus the St. Louis Rams^[2].

On November 27, Kapinos was re-signed to the Jets' practice squad. He was promoted to the active roster on December 22 when wide receiver Laveranues Coles was placed on injured reserve. He saw his first regular season action that week against the Titans, punting five times for 208 yards, including two punts inside the 20.^[3] The Jets released him on June 10, 2008.