Christopher Lee Jacke (born March 12, 1966) is a former professional
American football
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placekicker best known for playing for the
Green Bay Packers in the
National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...
.
Before his NFL career, Jacke played
collegiately at the
University of Texas at El Paso
The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is a public research university in El Paso, Texas. It is a member of the University of Texas System. UTEP is the second-largest university in the United States to have a majority Mexican American stud ...
. He was
drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the sixth round of the
1989 NFL Draft
The 1989 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 23–24, 1989, at the Marriott Ma ...
. He went on to play eight seasons with the Packers from
1989
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to
1996. In his last year with the Packers, he assisted them to a 13–3 record and a win in
Super Bowl XXXI, defeating the
New England Patriots. In
1997
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, Jacke became a
free agent
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and was signed by the
Pittsburgh Steelers. During training camp he was injured and never played a game for them. Later that season he was signed by the Washington Redskins, only playing in one game. He finished his football career with the
Arizona Cardinals for the 1998 and 1999 NFL seasons.
Jacke previously held a record for the longest field goal to end
overtime
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*by custom (what is considered healthy or reasonable by society) ...
(53 yards) and is fourth behind
Mason Crosby
Mason Walker Crosby (born September 3, 1984) is an American football placekicker for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Colorado, and earned unanimous All-American honors. The Packers chos ...
,
and
Don Hutson
Donald Montgomery Hutson (January 31, 1913 – June 26, 1997) was an American professional football player and assistant coach in the National Football League (NFL). He played as an end and spent his entire 11-year professional career with th ...
all time for the Packers in scoring.
Jacke was a first-team AP All-Pro in 1993 and is a 2013 inductee into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.
References
1966 births
Living people
American football placekickers
UTEP Miners football players
Green Bay Packers players
Washington Redskins players
Arizona Cardinals players
Players of American football from Richmond, Virginia
Players of American football from Texas
People from Richardson, Texas
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