1. James Robert Douglas Bironas was an American professional football placekicker who played the majority of his professional career with the Tennessee Titans.
24 Facts About Rob Bironas
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Rob Bironas played college football for Auburn University and Georgia Southern University.
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Rob Bironas was originally signed by the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2002.
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Rob Bironas was killed in a car crash on September 20,2014.
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Rob Bironas attended Trinity High School in Louisville, Kentucky, and was a four-year varsity letterman in soccer, a two-year varsity letterman in football and swimming, and added a one-year letterman in track and field.
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Rob Bironas attended Auburn University, where he played for the Auburn Tigers football team from 1997 to 1999.
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Rob Bironas was a semi-finalist for the Lou Groza Award in 1998 after making 12 of 16 field goal attempts and making all 18 PATs for a team-high 54 points.
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Rob Bironas later transferred to Georgia Southern University, where his brother was on the soccer team, for his final year of collegiate eligibility, and played for the Georgia Southern Eagles football team.
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Rob Bironas won the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA National Championship while playing with the Eagles, before returning to graduate from Auburn with a bachelor's degree in marketing.
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Rob Bironas signed with the Green Bay Packers in 2002 as an undrafted free agent, before being released before the season began.
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Rob Bironas then began playing in the Arena Football League's minor league system, where he spent the 2003 season with the Charleston Swamp Foxes, making 12 of 27 field goal attempts that season.
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Rob Bironas therefore returned to arena football, spending the 2005 season with the New York Dragons before signing with the Titans, connecting on 7 of 16 field goal attempts and 99 of 117 extra point attempts for the AFL's New York Dragons.
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In 2005, Rob Bironas signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Tennessee Titans, where he finished his first season with the Titans converting 23 of 29 field goals attempts and 30 of 32 extra points attempts.
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Rob Bironas finished the season with 11 touchbacks, which tied him for fourth in the AFC and seventh in the NFL.
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In 2006, Rob Bironas built on his previous success and kicked four game winning field goals, including one of 60 yards against the Indianapolis Colts, which tied as the eighth-longest in NFL history.
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In 2007, Rob Bironas was named the AFC Player of the Month for the month of October.
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Rob Bironas was selected to the NFL's All-Pro Team and the Pro Bowl.
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The Titans and Rob Bironas agreed to a two-year contract extension on March 7,2013, worth $6.7 million.
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Rob Bironas was a board member of the Nashville Symphony, and worked to provide help to needy children through the Kicks for Kids program.
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Rob Bironas was a member of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity, where he contributed to charity and philanthropy.
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In June 2014, Rob Bironas married Rachel Bradshaw, daughter of former NFL and Hall of Fame quarterback Terry Bradshaw.
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Rob Bironas lost control of his 2009 Yukon Denali and swerved off the road, flipped several times, hit several trees, and finally landed upside down in a ditch.
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Rob Bironas was transported to Vanderbilt University Medical Center but was pronounced dead on arrival.
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Witnesses said that Rob Bironas had been driving aggressively prior to the crash.