1. Billy Cundiff played college football for Drake University, and was signed by the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2002.
41 Facts About Billy Cundiff
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Billy Cundiff played for the Drake Bulldogs football team of Drake University, where he broke five Pioneer Football League career records including most points, field goals and points after touchdown.
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Billy Cundiff made eight field goals over 50 yards during his career with the Bulldogs, including a PFL-record 62-yarder as a junior in 2000 against San Diego.
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Billy Cundiff was part of the Drake University Men's Basketball team.
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Billy Cundiff played sparingly, partly due to several members of the team being ruled academically ineligible.
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Billy Cundiff earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in biology in 2003.
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Billy Cundiff was presented the highest honor for a student-athlete at the university when he received the Drake Double D Award on February 12,2012.
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Billy Cundiff was brought to the 2002 training camp as an undrafted free agent, and won out over incumbent Tim Seder as the team's kicker.
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Billy Cundiff tied a then-record seven field goals in a game against the New York Giants on Monday Night Football on September 15,2003.
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Billy Cundiff was later re-signed on November 19,2005 having recovered from his training camp injury.
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Billy Cundiff replaced kicker Shaun Suisham, in the hope of providing greater consistency to the Cowboys' special teams.
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Billy Cundiff played six games that season before being released by the Cowboys on December 26,2005 after missing two field goals in a critical game against the Carolina Panthers.
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Billy Cundiff signed with the Green Bay Packers on March 28,2006, and was expected to compete with Dave Rayner for the starting kicking position before being cut by Green Bay on August 17.
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Billy Cundiff was released at the end of the preseason after losing the starting job to Matt Prater.
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In January 2008, Billy Cundiff was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs to a two-year contract.
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Billy Cundiff was released prior to the start of the regular season.
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Billy Cundiff was signed by the Detroit Lions on August 26,2009, after an injury to placekicker Jason Hanson.
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Billy Cundiff was cut by the team on September 5,2009.
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Billy Cundiff was signed by the Cleveland Browns on September 26,2009, after an injury to placekicker Phil Dawson.
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Billy Cundiff beat out Matt Bryant in a workout with the Browns and was signed after the Browns first choice of Matt Stover declined to sign with the team.
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Billy Cundiff was waived by the team on November 3,2009.
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Billy Cundiff was brought in by the Baltimore Ravens for a workout on November 10,2009 and was signed on November 18,2009 to replace Stephen Hauschka, who was waived on November 17.
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Billy Cundiff re-signed with the Ravens to return for the 2010 season.
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Billy Cundiff was voted to the 2011 Pro Bowl as the AFC placekicker after successfully completing 26 of 29 field goal attempts and a league-high 40 touchbacks.
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On January 2,2011, Billy Cundiff recorded his league-leading 40th touchback, which tied the NFL record set by Mitch Berger.
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Billy Cundiff signed a five-year, $15 million contract to become Baltimore's long-term kicker on January 23,2011.
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Billy Cundiff was released by the Ravens on August 26,2012; he was replaced by rookie kicker Justin Tucker.
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Billy Cundiff was signed by the Washington Redskins on August 28,2012.
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On October 9,2012, Kai Forbath was signed to replace Billy Cundiff, who was released.
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Billy Cundiff signed with the San Francisco 49ers on January 1,2013, to compete with struggling veteran David Akers.
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However, Akers performed well enough to keep the starting job, and Billy Cundiff was left off the postseason roster and released 17 days later on January 18,2013.
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Billy Cundiff was signed by the New York Jets on July 23,2013, to compete with incumbent Jets kicker Nick Folk.
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Billy Cundiff was released by the Jets on August 27,2013.
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Billy Cundiff returned to the Cleveland Browns on September 3,2013, after the Browns made roster cuts and released all of their kickers, including Shayne Graham.
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On March 6,2014, Billy Cundiff was re-signed for the next year for just over $1 million after making 80 percent of his field goals and 100 percent of his extra points the previous year.
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On September 14,2014, Billy Cundiff kicked a game-winning field goal against the New Orleans Saints with three seconds remaining.
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Billy Cundiff was signed by the Buffalo Bills on October 7,2015.
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Billy Cundiff was ostensibly signed as a kickoff specialist to replace Jordan Gay.
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Billy Cundiff was released by the Bills on October 13,2015.
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In July 2007, Cundiff enrolled in a full-time Master of Business Administration program at Arizona State University's W P Carey School of Business.
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Billy Cundiff graduated with his MBA and MRED from ASU in May 2009.