34 Facts About Kai Forbath

Kai August Forbath was born on September 2,1987 and is an American former professional football placekicker who played in the National Football League.

Kai Forbath played college football for the UCLA Bruins, earning consensus All-American honors and winning the Lou Groza Award in 2009.

Kai Forbath played in the NFL for the Dallas Cowboys, Washington Redskins, New Orleans Saints, Minnesota Vikings, Jacksonville Jaguars, New England Patriots, Dallas Cowboys and Los Angeles Rams.

Kai Forbath attended Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks.

Kai Forbath forced touchbacks on 150 of 188 kickoffs and made 134-of-135 extra point attempts.

Kai Forbath served as the team's punter and had a punting average of 46 yards that led to him being named to the Los Angeles Times' All-Star team at punter.

Kai Forbath subsequently earned high school All-American recognition by USA Today.

Kai Forbath picked UCLA over California, Notre Dame, Oregon, among others.

Kai Forbath attended UCLA, where he played for the football team from 2006 to 2010.

Kai Forbath became the first UCLA player to record five field goals of at least 50 yards in a season, including a freshman-best 54-yarder versus Oregon.

Kai Forbath connected on another three field goals from 50 yards or more and had then made 9-of-12 tries from that distance.

Kai Forbath made his NFL and Washington debut knocking through a 50-yard attempt as his first career NFL field goal in the home game against the Minnesota Vikings in Week 6 on October 14,2012.

Kai Forbath's performance was essential in Washington's victory over the Baltimore Ravens in Week 14, where he recorded 48-yard and 49-yard field goals and then converted a game-winning 34-yard field goal in overtime.

On December 23,2012, in Week 16, Kai Forbath set the NFL record for consecutive field goals to begin a career with 17 in a row, beating Garrett Hartley, who previously held the record at 16.

Kai Forbath was named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week after scoring the overtime winning field goal against the Dallas Cowboys the following week.

Kai Forbath was released by the team on September 14,2015.

Kai Forbath finished his career with Washington as the second-most accurate kicker in team history, converting 87.0 percent of his field goal attempts.

On January 3,2016, Kai Forbath kicked a 30-yard game-winning field goal in the regular season finale in Week 17 against the Atlanta Falcons as time expired, his sixth career game-winner.

Kai Forbath finished the 2015 season converting 34 of 35 extra point attempts and 10 of 15 field goal attempts.

Kai Forbath finished his first season with the Vikings converting all 15 field goal attempts and 11 of 14 extra point attempts.

On October 9,2017, Kai Forbath kicked two field goals, including the game-winner against the Chicago Bears.

Kai Forbath is one of three Vikings' kickers to kick six field goals in a game; the last time this happened was in 1998.

On January 14,2018, Kai Forbath kicked three field goals against the New Orleans Saints in the NFC Divisional Round.

On December 14,2018, Kai Forbath was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars as insurance for the injured Josh Lambo.

Kai Forbath was released on February 19,2019, after playing three games for the Jaguars, making four out of his five field goal attempts.

Kai Forbath became the fourth placekicker on the Patriots' active roster in the 2019 season, after longtime kicker Stephen Gostkowski was placed on injured reserve after Week 4, original replacement Mike Nugent was released after four games, and Folk.

On December 9,2019, Kai Forbath was signed by the Dallas Cowboys after the team released Brett Maher.

Kai Forbath helped to stabilize the placekicker position and didn't miss a kick for the rest of the season, making 10-of-10 field goals and 10-of-10 extra points.

Kai Forbath was released on August 1,2020, without having a chance to compete for the kicking job against Greg Zuerlein.

On September 19,2020, Kai Forbath was signed to the Carolina Panthers practice squad, and was released on September 21,2020.

On October 9,2020, Kai Forbath was signed to the Chicago Bears practice squad.

On October 20,2020, Kai Forbath was signed by the Los Angeles Rams off the Bears practice squad.

Kai Forbath suffered an ankle injury in Week 10 and was placed on injured reserve on November 17,2020.

Kai Forbath was not retained after the Rams signed kicker Matt Gay off the Colts practice squad.