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Rabu, 30 Mei 2012

Personal And Career Information About Matt Dodge

By Paulette Hart


If you have been an avid fan of the football sports, then you would never fail to recognize Matt Dodge. Drafted by the Giants in 2010, he has been mostly known towards playing a very important special team position, which is the punter.

He was born and raised in Morehead City. Born on May 30, in the year 1987, he is currently twenty four years old. Statistics show that he is currently a free agent, making him eligible towards signing up for any club or any franchise.

Before he attended college, he was known to play in his West Carteret High School in North Carolina. Later, he attended the Appalachian State University and played there until he has transferred to the East Carolina University where he continued his playing career.

It was in the year 2010 that Matt Dodge has been successfully selected to be part of the New York Giants team. They have favored his drafting on the seventh round because they are in need fore a punter, after their long time team member Jeff Feagles has decided to retire on that same season.

It was during this drafting season that he beat Jy Bond on the 21st of June. As a result, Bond has been waived from the team and he was signed by the Giants fro a four year agreement. However, he was released by the Giants on September 3 of 2011.

It was the New York Giants' decision to release him from the four years contract because he has failed to successfully defend his position in the team. He lost towards the New York Jet's Steve Weatherford, who has signed up by the Giants to compete against him.

This six feet one inch tall punter weighs 224 pounds. According to the NFL stats, Matt Dodge has been able to record seventy-two punts for his career and he has an average of 44.8 punts total. The punt yards which he has covered has been recorded at 3,222.




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