11 Facts About Jeff Wilkins

Jeff Wilkins played college football for the Youngstown State Penguins.

Jeff Wilkins played for Austintown Fitch High School in the Austintown, Ohio suburb of Youngstown.

At Youngstown State University, Jeff Wilkins made a school record 66 field goals, with a long of 54.

Jeff Wilkins was inducted in the YSU Sports Hall of Fame in 2003.

Jeff Wilkins signed with the Philadelphia Eagles in 1994, but played in just six games and did not attempt a single field goal or extra point.

Some consider Jeff Wilkins to be the last player to kick barefoot in the NFL, doing so for the first seven games of the 2002 season.

However, many years later, Jeff Wilkins told ESPN writer Sam Borden that he did not consider himself to have been a barefoot kicker because his kicking foot was so heavily taped as a short-lived attempt to fix his kicking woes, and that he himself did not consider himself among the lineage of barefoot kickers.

In 2003, Jeff Wilkins kicked an NFL record-tying 39 field goals, which stood until surpassed by Neil Rackers' 40 field goals in 2005.

Jeff Wilkins became the first Rams player ever to score over 1,000 points.

On November 11,2007, Jeff Wilkins kicked his 300th career field goal against the New Orleans Saints.

Jeff Wilkins announced his retirement from the NFL on February 29,2008.