Nathan A. Freese (born August 18, 1990) is a former
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...
placekicker. He was drafted by the
Detroit Lions in the seventh round of the
2014 NFL Draft. He played
college football at
Boston College.
College career
Freese chose to attend Boston College to play college football. He would serve as the placekicker for the Eagles.
NFL career
Freese was drafted by the
Detroit Lions in the seventh round (229th overall) of the
2014 NFL Draft. During the 2014 Training Camp for the Lions, Freese beat out teammate
Giorgio Tavecchio
Giorgio Tavecchio (born July 16, 1990), nicknamed "Italian Ice", is a placekicker for the Barcelona Dragons of the European League of Football. He was born in Milan, Italy and was signed as an undrafted free agent by the San Francisco 49ers in 2 ...
for the kicker position. However, after his fourth missed field goal attempt in the first three weeks of the regular season, the Lions released Freese on September 22, 2014.
External links
Boston College Eagles bio
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1990 births
Living people
American football placekickers
Boston College Eagles football players
Detroit Lions players
People from Strongsville, Ohio
Players of American football from Ohio
Sportspeople from Cuyahoga County, Ohio