1. Jeremy D Kapinos was born on August 23,1984 and is an American former professional football player who was a punter in the National Football League.
18 Facts About Jeremy Kapinos
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Jeremy Kapinos played college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions before being signed by the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent in 2007.
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Jeremy Kapinos was named All-Met while at West Springfield High School, in Springfield, Virginia, where his coach was former Green Bay Packers punter Bill Renner.
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Jeremy Kapinos was a Ray Guy Award finalist and a third-team All-American selection by the Associated Press while playing college football at Penn State University.
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Jeremy Kapinos is the Nittany Lions' all-time leader in punting yardage.
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Jeremy Kapinos signed as an undrafted free agent with the New York Jets following the 2007 NFL draft on July 2 but was released during the preseason on August 2.
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Jeremy Kapinos saw his first regular season action that week against the Titans, punting five times for 208 yards, including two punts inside the 20.
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Jeremy Kapinos was then placed on the inactive list for the last game of the season.
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Jeremy Kapinos signed a two-year deal with the Green Bay Packers on December 3,2008, to replace released punter Derrick Frost.
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Jeremy Kapinos averaged 34.5 yards on 8 punts, with 3 inside the 20, in the Packers' week 14 loss to Houston.
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Jeremy Kapinos won the preseason competition with Durant Brooks to become the Packers' regular season punter for the 2009 NFL season after leading the NFL in preseason in net punting yardage.
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Jeremy Kapinos was pressed into service Week 17 as the Packers' holder following a string of bad kicks by placekicker Mason Crosby in previous games.
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On October 25,2010, the Indianapolis Colts signed Jeremy Kapinos to replace the team's regular punter, Pat McAfee, who was serving a one-game suspension for his October 20 arrest for public intoxication.
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Jeremy Kapinos was going to wear the number 3, which had been worn earlier in the season by longtime kicker Jeff Reed prior to his release, but eventually decided to wear number 13 instead, being the first Steeler to don that number since quarterback Bill Mackrides wore it last in 1954.
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Jeremy Kapinos punted in Super Bowl XLV as a Steeler, setting a Super Bowl record for average punting yardage.
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Jeremy Kapinos was released at the end of the 2011 preseason after a position battle with a once-again healthy Sepulveda.
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Jeremy Kapinos re-joined the Steelers prior to Week 9 of the 2011 NFL season after Sepulveda was placed on injured reserve for the season.
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Jeremy Kapinos earned a Bachelor of Science in Recreation, Park and Tourism Management from Penn State in 2006.