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Placekicker

In gridiron football, the placekicker (PK), more commonly known as kicker (K), is the player responsible for attempts at scoring field goals and extra points. In most cases, the placekicker also serves as the team's kickoff specialist. The term derives from the attempted scorer kicking the ball "from placement" of a teammate holding the ball rather than…

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Team standing, Specialized role & Shoes

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Specialized role

Team standing

Kicking style

Shoes

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Placekicker

Nodes107
Edges106
Triples110
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.018692
Components1

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Placekicker

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related to Shoes · 30
Placekicker → After Dempsey, Another, Canadian Football League, Dempsey, Englishman Rob Hart, In, Jan Stenerud, Jeff Wilkins, Jim Bakken's, John Baker, José Cortéz, Kickers, Minnesota, New England Patriots, New Orleans Saints, NFL, NFL Europe, One, Philadelphia Eagles, Placekickers
related to Team standing · 27
Placekicker → American, Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta's, Australia, Austrian, British, British-born, Cypriot Garo Yepremian, Dallas Cowboys, Efren Herrera, However, It, Kicker Rob Bironas, Latin America, Mexican, Mick Luckhurst, NFL, Notably Tom Landry, Occasionally, Raphael Septien
related to Specialized role · 17
Placekicker → Agajanian, Because, Before, Ben Agajanian, Canadian Football League, Frank Gifford, George Blanda, However, Ken Strong, Lou Groza, Mose Kelsch, NFL, Paul Hornung, Phil Martinovich, The, This, When
related to Outside North America · 16
Placekicker → Despite, Field Goal, Football, Frankfurt Galaxy, German Football League, Giorgio Tavecchio, Hamburg Sea Devils, Leipzig Kings, Manni Burgsmüller, NFL, North America, Phillip Friis Andersen, The Barcelona Dragons, The Cologne Centurions, The European League, The NFL Europe
related to Kicking style · 8
Placekicker → Charlie, Fred Bednarski, In, National Football League, Pete Gogolak, Placekickers, Previously, This
related to Numbering · 6
Placekicker → Because, Bill Bell, Chuck Kinder, In, NFL, The
related to External links · 4
Placekicker → American, Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2

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nfl kicking football kicker kickers players placekickers field also teams one player high barefoot position college goals team style career

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noteworthyinstance ofmethod used by most all of his over 51 NFL starting specialist students0.80text
NFL greats likeinstance ofmethod used by most all of his over 51 NFL starting specialist students0.80text
Placekickerrelated to External linksWiktionary-logo-en-v20.60section
Placekickerrelated to External linksMedia0.60section
Placekickerrelated to External linksAmerican0.60section
Placekickerrelated to External linksWikimedia Commons0.60section
Placekickerrelated to Kicking stylePlacekickers0.60section
Placekickerrelated to Kicking styleNational Football League0.60section
Placekickerrelated to Kicking styleThis0.60section
Placekickerrelated to Kicking styleFred Bednarski0.60section
Placekickerrelated to Kicking stylePete Gogolak0.60section
Placekickerrelated to Kicking styleCharlie0.60section

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