59 Facts About Jason Elam

Jason Elam was selected by Denver in the third round of the 1993 NFL Draft and played 15 seasons with the Broncos and two with the Atlanta Falcons.

Jason Elam attended Brookwood High School in Snellville, Georgia, and lettered in football, swimming and track.

In four years as the placekicker for the University of Hawaii at Manoa football team, Jason Elam scored the third-most points in NCAA history and tied for the second-most field goals kicked.

Jason Elam held the record for all-time leading scorer in the Western Athletic Conference until 2010 and was a three-time All-WAC selection.

Jason Elam is Hawaii's career leader in field goals made and field goal percentage.

Jason Elam was drafted by the Broncos in the third round of the 1993 NFL Draft.

Jason Elam was the first player in NFL history to score at least 200 points against three or more teams: the San Diego Chargers, Oakland Raiders, and Kansas City Chiefs.

Jason Elam was named to the Denver Broncos 50th Anniversary Team in 2009.

Jason Elam scored 119 points throughout his rookie season, placing him fourth in the AFC for points scored, while his 26 field goals tied for the fourth-highest total in team history.

Jason Elam was successful on four of six field goal attempts longer than 50 yards.

Jason Elam set the tone for his stellar season in the opener vs Buffalo Bills, tying a Broncos single-game record with five successful field goals in six attempts.

Jason Elam made a franchise-record 13 consecutive field goals during the middle of the season, beginning with a 30-yarder at Seattle Seahawks and ending with a 35-yarder vs the Chargers.

Jason Elam connected on his only 50-yard-plus field goal of the 1996 season at San Diego in the regular-season finale.

Jason Elam passed the 500-point plateau with his final extra-point attempt at Seattle, becoming only the third Bronco in history to do so and the fastest in terms of games played.

Jason Elam kicked the game-winning 33-yard field goal in overtime at Buffalo, the second time in his career that Elam had won a game for the Broncos in overtime.

Jason Elam tied his own franchise record with five field goals at Kansas City Chiefs, matching the standard achieved previously by himself.

In 1998, Jason Elam was selected to his second Pro Bowl and was named second-team All-NFL by the Associated Press and All-AFC by Pro Football Weekly and Football News.

Jason Elam made all 58 extra-point attempts for 127 total points.

On October 25,1998, Jason Elam kicked a 63-yard field goal to end the first half against the Jacksonville Jaguars, tying Tom Dempsey's 28-year-old record for the longest field goal in NFL history.

Jason Elam scored the 20,000th televised point on ABC Monday Night Football.

Jason Elam tied for third in the AFC in scoring by kickers, and his 58 extra-point conversions ranked second in the NFL while representing a team record for a single season.

Jason Elam made six of eight field goal attempts and all 11 extra-point attempts for a team-leading 29 points in three postseason contests to move into second place in all-time postseason scoring by a Bronco.

Jason Elam set a franchise record for consecutive field goals made at Kansas City on Monday Night Football, converting his 14th in a row to top Rich Karlis' previous standard of 13, and he ran his streak to 19 consecutive before having a 37-yard attempt blocked vs the Chiefs.

Jason Elam was successful from 50 yards at Kansas City, 51 yards against the New York Jets, 55 yards at San Diego, 53 yards against Oakland and 50 against San Diego again.

Jason Elam matched the four field goal effort vs Oakland on Monday Night Football with one of the most pressure-filled conversions of his career from 53 yards with seven seconds remaining to tie the score at 21 and send the game to overtime.

Jason Elam led the NFL in field goals with a franchise record-tying 31 while tying for third in the league with 124 points.

Jason Elam enjoyed a record-setting night at Oakland, hitting two field goals, including a 39-yarder that gave him his 1,000th career point to make him the 30th NFL player to reach that plateau as well as extend his franchise scoring record.

Jason Elam scored 14 points against San Diego with a season-high four field goals, hitting from 25,29,26 and 33 yards, as well as two PATs.

Jason Elam tied a career-high by scoring 16 points in the contest, he made all three field-goal attempts at Kansas City, including the game-winner from 25 yards in overtime.

Jason Elam added three field goals, including a 51-yarder, against the Cleveland Browns and became the fastest player in NFL history to reach 1,300 points in 170 games and the first player in NFL history to score more than 100 points in each of his first 11 seasons.

Jason Elam earned AFC Special Teams Player of the Week honors.

Jason Elam accounted for 129 of Denver 381 points in 2004 for his 12th consecutive 100-point season.

Jason Elam helped Denver overcome a stingy defense vs the Tampa Bay Buccaneers by hitting all three field goals that day to earn AFC Special Teams Player of the Week honors for the fourth time in his career.

Jason Elam took over sole possession of second place on the NFL all-time consecutive scoring streak list vs the Tennessee Titans, making three of four field goals and all four PATs against the Titans while passing Matt Bahr for 15th place on the NFL all-time scoring list.

Jason Elam surpassed the 1,500-point plateau faster than any player in league history, doing so in just 197 games.

Jason Elam converted both extra-point attempts and connected on field goals of 41 and 45 yards in the home opener against San Diego.

Jason Elam set career highs in PAT attempts and conversions in a game by connecting on all seven extra-point attempts vs the Philadelphia Eagles.

Jason Elam reached the 1,500-point plateau faster than any player in league history as he eclipsed the milestone with an extra point in the second quarter against the Oakland Raiders in his 197th career game.

On Thanksgiving Day against the Dallas Cowboys, Jason Elam connected on his only field-goal attempt of 24 yards in overtime as well as all three PATs.

Jason Elam scored at least once in every game to extend his scoring streak to 220 games, in every game of his career, marking the second-longest such streak in league history.

Jason Elam accounted for all of the Broncos points as he connected on three of four field goals, including a 39-yarder in overtime, in the home opener versus Kansas City.

Jason Elam tied Eddie Murray for eighth on the league all-time points scored list with 352 successful field goals as he hit his lone attempt against Indianapolis and became the fastest player in NFL history to reach the 1,600-point mark in 211 games.

Jason Elam hit three game-winning field goals on the last play of those games as well as hitting one as time expired to send a game into overtime.

Jason Elam nailed the game-winning 42-yard field goal as time expired for the 21st game-winning or game-saving kick of his career in the season opener against the Buffalo Bills.

Jason Elam earned AFC Special Teams Player of the Week for his performance in the home opener as he connected on field goals of 23,20 and 23 yards and both extra points vs Oakland, then made the winning field goal in OT.

Jason Elam reached the 1,700-point plateau faster than any player as he tallied eight points at the Indianapolis Colts and connected on field goals from 21 and 39 yards as well as all four extra point attempts on Monday Night Football vs the Tennessee Titans and moved into sixth all-time in points scored in the NFL with 1,746.

Jason Elam hit both field goal attempts of 43 and 30 yards, including the overtime winner in the season finale vs the Minnesota Vikings.

Jason Elam reached that position with a game-winning 48-yard field goal on October 21,2007, giving him 1,712 career points, converted four extra points and a 49-yard field goal on Sunday Night Football vs Pittsburgh.

Jason Elam connected on attempts from 45 and 21 yards as well as an extra point on Monday Night Football against the Green Bay Packers.

Jason Elam booted an extra point and missed a 48-yard field goal against the Detroit Lions.

Jason Elam moved into sole possession of seventh place in field goal attempts and became just the sixth player in league history to make 600 extra points.

Jason Elam kicked four game-winning field goals, becoming the first player to do so since at least 1990.

Jason Elam extended his streak of consecutive field goals to 17 and notched his 38th field goal of 50-plus yards.

In week 6 against the Chicago Bears, Jason Elam made five of six field goal attempts from 29,48,32,41, and 48 yards.

Jason Elam missed a kick from 33 yards in the fourth quarter, which ended a streak of 29 consecutive field goals dating back to the 2007 season.

In 2009, Jason Elam was only eight for 15 in field goals over 30 yards.

On March 30,2010, Jason Elam signed a one-day ceremonial contract with Denver so he could retire as a Bronco.

Jason Elam published his first book in January 2008, titled Monday Night Jihad.

Jason Elam co-wrote it with Steve Yohn, currently pastor at Strasburg Community Church in Strasburg, CO.