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| Position: | Punter | ||||||||||
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| Born: | (1966-03-07)March 7, 1966 (age 59) Anaheim, California, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 215 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | Gerard Catholic(Phoenix, Arizona) | ||||||||||
| College: | Miami (FL) (1985–1987) | ||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 1988 | ||||||||||
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Jeffrey Allan Feagles (born March 7, 1966) is an American former professionalfootball player who was apunter for 22 seasons in theNational Football League (NFL). He playedcollege football for theMiami Hurricanes.He was originally signed by theNew England Patriots as anundrafted free agent in 1988, and retired in 2010 after last playing for theNew York Giants.
Feagles is known for using the "coffin corner" punt. He earnedPro Bowl selections in1995 and2008 and won aSuper Bowl ring with the Giants inSuper Bowl XLII over the Patriots. In his 22-season career, Feagles never missed a game, a record amongstspecial teams players.
Feagles attended Gerard High School in Phoenix, Arizona and was aletterman in football, basketball, and baseball.[1][2] Following a single season atScottsdale Community College,[3] Feagles playedcollege football at theUniversity of Miami. He joined thePi Kappa AlphaFraternity during his time as anundergraduate. He won a national championship with Miami's 1987 team.[2]Feagles was inducted into the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame at its 40th Annual Banquet on Wednesday, February 13, 2008, at Miami'sJungle Island.[2]
In the summer of 2004, during Feagles' second season with the New York Giants, he offered newly drafted quarterbackEli Manning his #10, which was the same number that Manning wore in college. In exchange, Feagles and his family received an all-expenses-paid vacation to Florida paid for by Manning.[4] He switched to 17 until wide receiverPlaxico Burress wanted the number; Feagles sold the number to him in exchange for a new kitchen in his house.
2007 marked Feagles' 20th NFL season. Prior to his affiliation with the New York Giants, he played for theNew England Patriots, thePhiladelphia Eagles, theArizona Cardinals and theSeattle Seahawks.
He was a member of theNew York Giants in theirSuper Bowl XLII win over theNew England Patriots on February 3, 2008, the first, and only Super Bowl of his 20-year career. At 41 years, 10 months, 26 days of age, he was the oldest player to have played in a Super Bowl, until the Colts'Matt Stover broke the record in 2010.[5]
Feagles earned his second career selection to thePro Bowl in 2008.
On April 30, 2010, after the Giants opened mini-camp, Feagles announced his retirement.[6] Giants head coach Tom Coughlin said about the retirement, "He is 44 years old. He worked very hard for approximately a month right after the season just to try to tell himself again that he could do this and wanted to be able to do it. And then ran into some -- as we went on and started the offseason program -- ran into some of the physical tests that you have to go through as you continue to advance almost on a weekly basis. He has a program which is unique to himself, but he is having some physical issues. And so he has decided to deal with them."[6]
Feagles played 22 seasons and played in every single game, 352 games overall. Feagles holds the NFL record for most consecutive games played in a career.[7] Feagles, as of 2020, is 4th all-time in most games played in NFL history; onlyMorten Andersen,Adam Vinatieri, andGary Anderson have played in more games than he.[7] Due to his appearance in his final career game on January 3, 2010 (against theMinnesota Vikings), Feagles became the second-ever player professional football player (behindGeorge Blanda) to have played in four different decades. Feagles' former teammateJohn Carney joined him in the four-decade club in the 2010 NFL season.
| Legend | |
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| Won theSuper Bowl | |
| Led the league | |
| NFL record | |
| Bold | Career high |
| General | Punting | |||||||||
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| Season | Team | GP | Punts | Yards | Y/P | Net | In20 | TB | ||
| 1988 | NE | 16 | 91 | 3,482 | 38.3 | 34.1 | 24 | 8 | ||
| 1989 | NE | 16 | 63 | 2,392 | 38.0 | 31.3 | 13 | 2 | ||
| 1990 | PHI | 16 | 72 | 3,026 | 42.0 | 35.5 | 20 | 3 | ||
| 1991 | PHI | 16 | 87 | 3,640 | 41.8 | 34.0 | 29 | 11 | ||
| 1992 | PHI | 16 | 82 | 3,459 | 42.2 | 36.9 | 26 | 7 | ||
| 1993 | PHI | 16 | 83 | 3,323 | 40.0 | 35.3 | 31 | 4 | ||
| 1994 | ARI | 16 | 98 | 3,997 | 40.8 | 36.0 | 33 | 10 | ||
| 1995 | ARI | 16 | 72 | 3,150 | 43.8 | 38.2 | 20 | 8 | ||
| 1996 | ARI | 16 | 76 | 3,328 | 43.8 | 36.4 | 23 | 6 | ||
| 1997 | ARI | 16 | 91 | 4,028 | 44.3 | 36.8 | 24 | 10 | ||
| 1998 | SEA | 16 | 81 | 3,568 | 44.0 | 36.5 | 27 | 12 | ||
| 1999 | SEA | 16 | 84 | 3,425 | 40.8 | 35.2 | 34 | 5 | ||
| 2000 | SEA | 16 | 74 | 2,960 | 40.0 | 36.9 | 24 | 2 | ||
| 2001 | SEA | 16 | 85 | 3,730 | 43.9 | 36.4 | 26 | 7 | ||
| 2002 | SEA | 16 | 61 | 2,542 | 41.7 | 37.0 | 22 | 4 | ||
| 2003 | NYG | 16 | 90 | 3,641 | 40.5 | 33.9 | 31 | 6 | ||
| 2004 | NYG | 16 | 74 | 3,069 | 41.5 | 34.6 | 23 | 4 | ||
| 2005 | NYG | 16 | 73 | 3,070 | 42.1 | 37.0 | 26 | 3 | ||
| 2006 | NYG | 16 | 77 | 3,098 | 40.2 | 37.0 | 27 | 3 | ||
| 2007 | NYG | 16 | 71 | 2,865 | 40.4 | 36.0 | 25 | 5 | ||
| 2008 | NYG | 16 | 64 | 2,814 | 44.0 | 40.2 | 23 | 5 | ||
| 2009 | NYG | 16 | 64 | 2,604 | 40.7 | 36.0 | 23 | 2 | ||
| Career | 352 | 1,713 | 71,211 | 41.6 | 35.9 | 554 | 127 | |||
On November 27, 2005, Feagles broke theNFL record for consecutive games played, with 283. The record was previously held byMinnesota Vikingsdefensive endJim Marshall who played from 1960 to 1979. His record stands at 352.[8]
Feagles holds the following NFL records:
Feagles is married to Michelle. They have four sons: Christopher (nicknamed C.J.), Blake, Trevor, and Zachary. Christopher was a punter for theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill football team and played in the US Army high-school All-American game in 2008.[9] Blake played wide receiver forUConn in 2013 and 2014.[10] Zach is currently a punter atRutgers University and won the starting job as a freshman in 2017.[11] Trevor did not pursue collegiate football, but currently attendsLoyola University Maryland.[12]
Feagles currently resides inRidgewood, New Jersey where he is a residential and commercial real estate agent for Keller Williams.He is also a member of the New York Giants Broadcast Team responsible for pre- and post-game radio content along with analysis on the Fox Giants Post Game Live show.
Upon his retirement, Feagles was the 2nd to last active player behind John Carney to appear in theNES classic video game,Tecmo Super Bowl.[13]