80 games
Consistently delivers the ball to Vikings specialists that have enjoyed record-setting performances during his tenure with the club...Has handled all long-snapping duties from 2004-2008, playing in all 80 regular season and 3 playoff games…Has 17 special teams tackles in his 4 seasons...Only rookie free agent to play in every game of the 2004 season…Won the long-snapping position in ‘04 training camp…Originally signed by the Vikings on 5/3/04.
2008 Handled long-snapping duties in all 16 games and the Wild Card Playoff vs. Philadelphia (1/4/09)…Delivered the ball to the legs of K Ryan Longwell and P Chris Kluwe who both set new team records in 2008…Snapped for Longwell’s team-record 6 FGs of 50+ yards and his 3 game-winning kicks…Helped Kluwe break team-records for single-season gross punting average, punts of 50+ yards in a game and punts of 50+ yards in a season…Contributed to the coverage units with 5 special teams tackles.
2007 Helped P Chris Kluwe set team records for most punts inside the 20 in a season with 34 and most punts of 50+ yards in a season with 29...Snapped on Ryan Longwell’s game-winning 55-yard FG at Chicago (10/14), tied for the 2nd-longest FG in team history...Notched 3 tackles on special teams.2006 Played in every game and handled all of the longsnapping duties…Snapped on Ryan Longwell’s game-winning 31-yard FG with 1:00 left to play in the season opener at Washington (9/11)…Followed that up the next week by being the snapper for Longwell’s 19-yard FG in OT win over Carolina (9/17) and also on the fake FG that Longwell threw a 16-yard TD pass to Richard Owens.2005 Played in every regular season game, handling all long-snapping duties…Helped Paul Edinger tie a Vikings’ record with 3 FGs of 50+ yards (56, 54, 54)…Snapped on Edinger’s team-record and career-long 56-yard game-winning FG vs. Green Bay (10/23)…Was a part of all 3 gamewinning kicks by Edinger…Snapped for rookie punter Chris Kluwe, who led all NFL rookie punters and ended his first season ranked 2nd in the NFC and 6th in the NFL with a 44.1-yard average…Helped Kluwe become the only Vikings’ rookie to ever earn a Player of the Month honor when he was named NFC Special Teams Player of the Month for September...Led the team with 2 special teams stops at Cincinnati (9/18).2004 Played in all 16 regular season games and both playoff games as a rookie for the Vikings…Handled longsnapping duties in every game…Recorded a special teams tackle vs. Tennessee (10/24) and at Detroit (12/19) and a stop in the playoffs.
Three-year letterman for the Longhorns…Handled the majority of the longsnapping duties for his final 3 seasons at Texas…Shared UT’s Frank Denius Most Valuable Special Teams Player Award and was also awarded the Longhorn Club Sportsmanship Award and one of the Longhorns’ Dr. Nasser Al-Rashid Strength and Conditioning Awards as a senior in 2003…Played in all 13 games as a senior for the Longhorns and helped P Richmond McGee average 40.9 yards and also helped kickers Dusty Mangum and David Pino connect on 63-65 extra point attempts and 10-12 field goals…Played in 11 games and served as the team’s snapper on punts as a junior in 2002…Also handled FG/PAT snapping duties for 7 games…Recorded 3 solo tackles on special teams…Named UT’s Frank Denuis Special Teams Player of the Week after posting a pair of tackles against North Carolina…Played in all 13 games at longsnapper as a sophomore in 2001…Also served as the backup FG/PATsnapper…Helped P Brian Bradford average 36.3 yards on 56 punts with 24 of the punts landing inside the 20-yard line…Saw limited action at TE but did serve on the Longhorns’ kickoff return unit in 2000…Redshirted as a freshman in 1999.2003 Played in all 13 games as the longsnapper and shared UT's Frank Denius Most Valuable Special Teams Player Award...Was also awarded the Longhorn Club Sportsmanship Award and one of the Longhorns' Dr. Nasser Al-Rashid Strength and Conditioning Awards...Helped P Richmond McGee average 40.9 yards and also helped kickers Dusty Mangum and David Pino connect on 63-65 extra point attempts and 10-12 field goals.2002 Played in 11 games and served as the team's snapper on punts...Also handled FG/PAT snapping duties for 7 games...Recorded 3 solo tackles on special teams...Named UT's Frank Denuis Special Teams Player of the Week after posting a pair of tackles against North Carolina.2001 Played in all 13 games as the team's longsnapper...Also served as the backup FG/PAT snapper...Helped P Brian Bradford average 36.3 yards on 56 punts with 24 of the punts landing inside the 20-yard line.2000 Saw limited action at TE but did serve on the Longhorns' kickoff return unit...Also served as the team's backup longsnapper.1999 Redshirted as a freshman.
One of the most active Vikings players in the Twin Cities community…Donates time to Special Olympics Minnesota and Kids Voting Minnesota…Participated in the emergency clothing drive for Hurricane Katrina victims and the team’s 2nd annual “Vikings and Friends” holiday party to benefit families from the Salvation Army…Partnered with teammate Chris Kluwe to encourage underprivileged children receiving glasses through LensCrafters “Give the Gift of Sight” program…Participated in the 3rd annual Pat W. Smith, Sr.Memorial Hunt to benefit the LeSueur County Sheriff’s Youth Program...Active with Lonestar Paralysis Foundation…Is an avid hunter and fisherman…Spends offseason in Austin, TX…Member of the Big 12 Academic Honor Roll 4 times during his time at Texas…Teammate of Vikings’ CB Cedric Griffin at Texas…Played for Minnesota Golden Gophers coach Tim Brewster at Texas...Married during 2006 offseason to Jardin, the couple had a daughter, Landyn, in December 2007.