Connor Barth

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Connor Barth
Kansas City Chiefs — No. 5
Placekicker
Date of birth: April 11, 1986 (1986-04-11) (age 22)
Place of birth: Wilmington, North Carolina
Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Weight: 190 lb (86 kg)
National Football League debut
No regular season or postseason appearances
Career history
College: North Carolina
Undrafted in 2008
 Teams:
  • Kansas City Chiefs (2008-present)
Current status: active
Career highlights and awards
  • UNC record 54 made field goals
  • UNC record 19 consecutive field goals made
Stats at ESPN.com

Connor Barth is an American football placekicker for the Kansas City Chiefs in the National Football League[1]. He was signed as an undrafted free agent in 2008. [2]

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[edit] Personal

Barth is the son of Thomas and Susan Barth.

[edit] High school

He attended Hoggard High School where he was named to the first-team high school All-America by USA Today. He played in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl, where he was named the top kicker in the combine. He was selected to the inaugural EA Sports High School All-America Team. Out of high school, Barth was considered one of the best kickers in the country by most recruiting services. He set the North Carolina state record for field goals in a season and career with 38. The Charlotte Observer ranked among the top 25 overall players in North Carolina. In 2002, he had a string of 40 consecutive extra points. Playing as a punter and a kicker, Barth made 11 of 14 field goals that year. He also was 53 of 54 on extra point attempts as a Junior. He kicked 75 percent of his kickoffs into the end zone. As a punter, he punted 42 times for a 38.2-yard average.

[edit] College

As a Freshman at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Barth was named second-team freshman All-America by Rivals.com. He was also an honorable-mention All-ACC member. In 2004, he made 14 of 18 field goals and 35 of 37 extra point attempts. He is well known for a 42-yard game-winning field goal as time expired against No. 4 Miami[3]. He made his first career field goal on a 22-yard attempt at Virginia[4]

As a sophomore, Barth made 11 of 21 field goals. He struggled throughout the season, but connected on eight of his last 10.[5]

In 2006, as a Junior, Barth made all 10 field goal attempts and 24 of 26 extra points. He was the only kicker in the country with a perfect 100% field goal percentage. In a game against North Carolina State, Barth made a 54-yarder that was his career best and tied for the second-longest in school history.[6]

In 2007, as a Senior, he made 19 of 22 field goals and 30 of his final 33 attempts, dating back to his sophomore season. He earned First-Team All-ACC honors from Rivals.com and honorable mention all-conference honors from the Associated Press. Against Miami, Barth kicked a career-high four field goals in the 33-27 win and was named the ACC special teams player of the week.[7] He graduated UNC with a Communications major.

[edit] NFL

Barth was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Kansas City Chiefs. He is one of 3 kickers, along with Nick Novak and Billy Cundiff currently signed.

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Kansas City Chiefs foster. kcchiefs.com. Retrieved on 2008-06-02.
  2. ^ Undrafted Free Agent Signing. Arrowhead Pride. Retrieved on 2008-05-16.
  3. ^ http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/102407aaa.html
  4. ^ http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/barth_connor00.html
  5. ^ http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/barth_connor00.html
  6. ^ http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/barth_connor00.html
  7. ^ http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/barth_connor00.html