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Craig Colquitt
No. 5
Position: Punter
Personal information
Born: (1954-06-09) June 9, 1954 (age 69)
Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:182 lb (83 kg)
Career information
High school: Knoxville (TN) South
College: Tennessee
NFL draft: 1978 / Round: 3 / Pick: 76
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Punting yards:17,795
Punts:431
Player stats at NFL.com ·  PFR

Joseph Craig Colquitt (born June 9, 1954) is a former American football punter who spent eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Pittsburgh Steelers (1978–1981, 19831984) and Indianapolis Colts ( 1987). [1] He was a third-round draft selection of the Steelers in the 1978 NFL Draft out of the University of Tennessee. [2] He was a member of two Super Bowl championship teams with the Steelers in 1978 and 1979. [3] [4]

Colquitt's nephew, Jimmy Colquitt, [5] was a punter for the Seattle Seahawks in 1985. [6] He is also the father of two former NFL punters, Dustin and Britton Colquitt. [7] All four played college football at the University of Tennessee. [8] Both his sons won Super Bowl rings, Britton with the Broncos and Dustin with the Chiefs. [9] Craig was inducted into the Greater Knoxville Hall of Fame on July 16, 2009. Craig is the author of the children's book: "JoJo! What Happened To Your Hair?". [10]

References

  1. ^ "Craig Colquitt Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
  2. ^ "1978 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
  3. ^ "1978 Pittsburgh Steelers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
  4. ^ "1979 Pittsburgh Steelers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
  5. ^ "Former Vol Colquitt Kicks In Huge Donation". Elizabethton Star. Associated Press. October 28, 2007. Retrieved December 22, 2021 – via Google News.
  6. ^ "Jimmy Colquitt Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
  7. ^ Longman, Jeré (February 1, 2014). "A Family of Punters Demonstrates the Heredity of Hang Time". The New York Times. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
  8. ^ "The Punting Colquitt Brothers Are Keeping Alive a Family Pedigree in the N.F.L." The New York Times. Associated Press. November 13, 2010. ISSN  0362-4331. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
  9. ^ Toppmeyer, Blake (February 2, 2020). "How former Tennessee Vols, Bearden player Dustin Colquitt fared in Super Bowl". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
  10. ^ Harrop, Joanne Klimovich (June 16, 2018). "Grandson's question leads former Pittsburgh Steelers punter Craig Colquitt into the literary world". TribLive.com. Retrieved March 10, 2024.

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