Thursday, May 31, 2012

Personal And Career Information About Matt Dodge

By Paulette Hart


People who have been in the loop in football should easily recognize the name Matt Dodge. This player who's been known for his punting position, a crucial position in the special team, has also been drafted with the Giants back in 2010.

He was born on May 30, 1987, in Morehead City, North Carolina. Currently, this twenty-four year old punter is a free agent. Since he is currently not under contract in any specific team, franchise or club, this makes him quite eligible to sign up with any franchise.

Before he attended college, he was known to play in his West Carteret High School in North Carolina. Later, he attended the Appalachian State University and played there until he has transferred to the East Carolina University where he continued his playing career.

In 2010, Matt Dodge was drafted for the New York Giants. He was drafted in the seventh round, making it the two hundred and twenty-first overall for the NFL Draft of 2020. He was drafted to replace the long time punter for the Giants, Jeff Feagles, who opted to retire.

He was successfully able to beat Jy Bond for the position, who was later waived by the giants to favor him towards being drafted for the team. In addition, he was signed for a contract of four years with the Giants, however, he was later released by the team on the September 2011.

One of the reasons why he was released by the Giants is the fact that he was not able to win the job for the punting position with the team. This was after he was set to compete with Steve Weatherford from the New York Jet. Jet got the position and he has to be let go from the team.

Matt Dodge stands at six feet and an inch. His statistics shows that he weight 224 pounds. On the records set by the NFL, it has been show that he has been able to accumulate a total of seventy- two punts in his career, an average of 44.8 punts, and covered 3,222 punt yards.




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