Josh Bidwell - NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Physically imposing punter who is considered to be one of the NFL’s finest athletes at his position… Possesses one of the NFL’s stronger legs and is equally adept at displaying the necessary accuracy to pin opponents deep inside their own territory… Has been a consistent performer over the past five years despite having his 1999 rookie campaign dashed by a testicular cancer diagnosis late in training camp… Spent his first four professional seasons with the Green Bay Packers (2000-03) as one of the NFC’s top punters despite often kicking in the NFL’s toughest weather conditions… Signed by the Buccaneers as a free agent on March 13, 2004… Has appeared in 80 career games and five postseason contests… Has totaled 390 career punts for 16,131 yards (41.4 avg.) with a long of 68… Has placed 108 punts inside the 20-yard line in his career… Challenged several single-season team records in his first season with the Buccaneers in 2004, ranking tied for fifth for most punts placed inside the 20-yard line (23), third in net punting average (36.8 avg.) and seventh in gross punting average (42.34 avg.)… Also set or tied several single-game career highs in 2004, including punts placed inside the 20 (four vs. Denver, 10/3), net punting average (44.3 avg. at St. Louis, 10/18) and gross punting yards (371 yards vs. Seattle, 9/19)… Placed a career-high 26 punts inside the 20-yard line in 2002 after recording the second-best net average in Packers team history in 2001… Raised his gross average by a full four yards between his first and second seasons, jumping from a 38.5-yard average in 2000 to the 42.5-yard mark in 2001… Selected by the Packers in the fourth round (133rd overall) of the 1999 draft.

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