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Michael John Vanderjagt ( ; born March 24, 1970) is a Canadian former
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who played in the
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(NFL) for nine seasons, primarily with the
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. He served as the Colts' placekicker from 1998 to 2005 and was a member of the
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during his final NFL season in 2006. Vanderjagt also played for four seasons in the
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(CFL), where he spent three seasons with the
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and one with the
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. During his CFL career, Vanderjagt won two
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s and received the Dick Suderman Trophy in 1996. His most successful NFL season was in 2003 when he became the first kicker to convert every
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and
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during the regular season and playoffs, earning him
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and first-team
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honors. Vanderjagt retired as the NFL's most accurate
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kicker at 86.5%, which is the seventh-highest completion percentage in league history. He is also known for missing high-profile field goal attempts and provoking controversy with outspoken comments and antics.


Early years

Vanderjagt attended
White Oaks Secondary School White Oaks Secondary School (WOSS) is a secondary school located in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. The school has north and south campuses, across the road from each other. The north campus used to be attended by students who had different levels an ...
, where he was a four sport athlete (football, basketball, track, and soccer). In
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, he accepted a scholarship from
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as a
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and placekicker. However, he left Michigan State for Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria,
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, where he took over placekicking duties from exiting freshman Jack Garvin (who left for the
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). Vanderjagt punted and played quarterback for AHC until returning to Division I football, as solely a punter and placekicker, at
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for the
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and
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seasons. As a junior, he was the team's starting punter, registering 52 punts for 2,040 yards (39.2-yard avg.). In his final season he was switched to placekicker, ranking third in field goals made (15) and fourth in points scored (72) in the
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.


Professional career


CFL 1993–1994, 1996–97

After graduating from WVU in 1993, he returned to Canada and started a career in the Canadian Football League. Between 1993 and 1996, he was cut by four different CFL teams, getting some playing time with the
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in 1993. Not playing in the league in 1994 or 1995, Vanderjagt played for the
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of the
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. Vanderjagt also played for the AFL's
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in the 1996 season before returning to the
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(who had previously cut him twice) for their 1996 season. Over the next two seasons, Vanderjagt served as their regular placekicker and punter, as Argos won the
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in both 1996 and 1997; in those two games he was 9 of 9. For his 1996 Grey Cup efforts he was named the game's outstanding Canadian. He also led the CFL in yardage per punt in
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. Following the 1997 season, Vanderjagt left the Argos to become a free agent, ultimately to play in the
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.


Indianapolis Colts

In 1998, Vanderjagt returned to the United States to join the
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of the NFL, and was the team's placekicker through the 2005 season. He led the NFL in scoring in
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. In a 2000 playoff game against Miami, Vanderjagt successfully converted a 50-yard field goal in the fourth quarter, but missed a 49-yard attempt in overtime. Miami scored on the next possession to win the game. Following the Colts' elimination from the postseason in 2002, Vanderjagt made critical comments about Colts quarterback
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and head coach
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to a Canadian television station. Vanderjagt questioned Manning's leadership skills and criticized Dungy for being "mild-mannered". During an interview at the
2003 Pro Bowl The 2003 Pro Bowl was the NFL's all-star game for the 2002 season. The game was played on February 2, 2003, at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. The final Score was AFC 45, NFC 20. Ricky Williams of the Miami Dolphins was the game's MVP. ...
, Manning referred to Vanderjagt as the team's "idiot kicker" and accused him of being intoxicated during the interview. In
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, Vanderjagt became the first kicker in the league's history to go an entire season, including the playoffs, without missing a field goal or point-after attempt. (In
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,
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kicker Gary Anderson was perfect in the regular season, but missed a field goal attempt in the playoffs.) In the process, he made his first
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and was named first-team
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. He finished the regular season 37 for 37 in field goals and 46 for 46 in PATs. He was also perfect on three field-goal attempts and 12 PATs in the postseason. He did, however, miss a potential game tying 51-yard field goal in that season's Pro Bowl with three seconds left in a 55–52 loss to the NFC. In
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, he kicked 20 field goals, the lowest number of his career. But he also had considerably fewer field goal chances that season (25), as the Colts offense scored 61 touchdowns (nearly four per game), with
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throwing a then NFL record 49 TD passes. Vanderjagt's streak of 42 consecutive successful field goal attempts, the second longest in NFL history (the league does not include postseason or Pro Bowl games when compiling streaks), ended on September 9, 2004, when he missed a 48-yard attempt against the
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. The game was 2004's ''
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'' opener, which the Colts lost 27–24. After the Colts routed the
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in the wild-card round of the 2004 playoffs, he told reporters that the Colts' opponents in the next round of the playoffs, the Patriots, were "ripe for the picking," and said "I think they're not as good as the beginning of the year and not as good as last year" (when they won the
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). Patriots safety
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fired back at him in an interview, calling him "Vanderjerk". Harrison's teammate, linebacker
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, was more temperate in his response, but noted that "There's going to be a whole bunch of plays when he's not going to be out there n the field The rest of his guys will be out there dealing with it." The Patriots eventually defeated the Colts 20–3 and went on to win
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. Vanderjagt indicated in a radio interview during the season that he might not return to the Colts for
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, as his
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number was $2.8 million and the Colts might not be willing to pick up his salary for that season. He noted that he may return to the CFL, where his professional career began. However, he eventually signed a reworked deal and returned to the Colts. In the
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, against the eventual
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champion
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, Vanderjagt missed a 46-yard field goal attempt wide right with 18 seconds remaining, when the Colts were behind 21–18, costing the Colts a chance at overtime and ending the team's season. Walking off the field after the kick, he took off his helmet and threw it to the ground in anger (which cost his team a 15-yard
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penalty). It was Vanderjagt's first field goal miss in the
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in the postseason. Shortly thereafter, on January 19, 2006, Vanderjagt appeared on a lighthearted segment of the ''
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'', during which he successfully kicked a 46-yard field goal, outside Letterman's Manhattan studio. Letterman, an
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native and Colts fan, served as the holder. The appearance was said to be one of the reasons why Vanderjagt was not re-signed in 2006. During the 2006 offseason, Vanderjagt became a free agent and the Colts elected not to re-sign him. Instead, they signed free agent
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, who had helped in the Patriots' recent
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titles. Following Vanderjagt's departure, the Colts would go on to win
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that season.


Dallas Cowboys

In the 1990s and early 2000s, the
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organization felt they could find
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s without the need of paying a premium and adversely impacting the salary cap. On March 23,
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, this philosophy ended when the Cowboys signed Vanderjagt to a three-year, $4.5 million contract that included a $2.5 million signing bonus. Vanderjagt suffered a groin injury that kept him out of action for two weeks in preseason. He returned for the final game against the
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, but missed two field goals in overtime of 32 and 33 yards (both misses were wide right), forcing the contest to end in a tie. Rumors quickly spread that Vanderjagt would be released by the Cowboys before the start of the regular season, after head coach
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was quoted saying "I think he has been a good kicker. But he keeps telling me that I don't have to worry about him. Well, I'm worried about him now." However, he remained on the roster, when the team was forced to keep backup kicker
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for the first game of the season against the
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. Vanderjagt would appear in each of the Cowboys' subsequent games through Week 12. In Week 9, his potential game-winning field goal was blocked by the
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as time expired. In Week 11 against his former team the Colts, he missed his only two field goal attempts, (both of these misses were also wide right) making it the first time since
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since he had done so. The fans were so upset, they booed a commercial he appeared in on stadium monitors. After he barely made a 22-yard field goal against
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, the Cowboys had seen enough. On November 27, he was released and replaced with
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. During his time with the Cowboys, Vanderjagt made 13 of 18 field goal attempts and was 2-for-5 on field goals from 35 yards or more.


Toronto Argonauts (second stint)

On May 31, 2008, the Toronto Argonauts signed Vanderjagt and traded their veteran kicker
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to the Edmonton Eskimos. Vanderjagt claimed he really wanted to return to Toronto and his hometown "regardless of what NFL team called" as he missed the sport, missed the area, and missed his friends and family, which include his wife Janalyn and their 9-year-old son Jay Michael. He was released by the Argonauts on his request on May 28, 2009.


NFL career statistics


Personal life

Vanderjagt appeared in a Walt Disney film called '' The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon'', where he was the stand-in during football scenes for
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as a placekicker for the
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. He is a coach for the Medina Mustangs Football Team in Medina, NY.


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vanderjagt, Mike 1970 births Living people Allan Hancock Bulldogs football players American Conference Pro Bowl players American football placekickers American football punters Canadian expatriate American football people in the United States Canadian football placekickers Canadian football punters Canadian people of Dutch descent Canadian players of American football Dallas Cowboys players Indianapolis Colts players Minnesota Fighting Pike players Players of Canadian football from Ontario Saskatchewan Roughriders players Sportspeople from Oakville, Ontario Tampa Bay Storm players Toronto Argonauts players West Virginia Mountaineers football players