However, after missing a 27 yard kick that would have won the game during the 2015 playoffs, Blair Walsh struggled the following season, which led to his release from Minnesota.
21 Facts About Blair Walsh
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Blair Walsh attended Cardinal Gibbons High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and played football for coach Michael Morill as their punter and placekicker.
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Blair Walsh averaged 41 yards per punt and 69 yards per kickoff.
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Blair Walsh played in the 2008 US Army All-American Bowl.
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Blair Walsh attended the University of Georgia, where he was a placekicker for coach Mark Richt's Georgia Bulldogs football team from 2008 to 2011.
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Blair Walsh was a standout player who amassed a number of significant kicking statistics for which he became known as the "Athens Assassin".
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Blair Walsh had two tackles and one fumble recovery to his credit.
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Blair Walsh was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings with the fifth pick of the sixth round of the 2012 NFL Draft.
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Blair Walsh was 6-for-6 with kicks over 50 yards and 21-for-21 on extra point attempts.
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The next week in a game against the Houston Texans on December 23,2012, Blair Walsh completed a 56-yard attempt, setting the NFL record for field goals over 50 yards in a season with his ninth 50+ yarder.
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Blair Walsh was 3 points short of tying an NFL record for most points in a season by a rookie at 144, Walsh ended 2012 with 141 points for the Vikings; which is the team record.
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Blair Walsh broke the record three weeks later against the Pittsburgh Steelers in London, England with his twelfth straight 50+ yard field goal.
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Blair Walsh struggled in the preseason, making only five of eleven field goal attempts.
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Blair Walsh picked himself up by converting seventeen consecutive field goals from week 4 in Denver through week 10 in Oakland, where he missed a 53-yarder that ended his streak.
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Blair Walsh has made five out of five field goal attempts on two occasions: week 7 against the Detroit Lions and week 16 against the New York Giants, including two 50+ yard field goals in each.
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Blair Walsh struggled through the first ten weeks of the 2016 season, missing four extra points along with four field goal attempts.
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Blair Walsh went 2-of-3 on field goals of over 50 yards and converted both extra point attempts during the game.
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On November 5,2017, Blair Walsh was 12 of 13 on field goals and 16 of 17 on extra points before the game against the Washington Redskins where Blair Walsh missed three field goals in the first half.
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On December 31,2017, as the Seahawks were playing for a spot in the playoffs against the Arizona Cardinals, Blair Walsh made a 49-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter.
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Blair Walsh was waived by the Falcons on August 31,2019, as part of final roster cuts.
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On January 13,2021, Blair Walsh was released, but re-signed with the practice squad on January 16.