John Carney, Former NFL Kicker
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 684 Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2018
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Episode 145
John Carney kicked in the NFL for 23 years from 1988 to 2010.
A graduate of Notre Dame, he began his kicking journey in 1987 with the Cincinnati Bengals before being released prior to the start of the season. 1988 is when he saw his first official NFL game action with Tampa.
In 1990, he signed a contract with the San Diego Chargers, where he would remain for 11 seasons. After his time was up with the Chargers, he would go on to play 6 seasons with the Saints (01-06) and then finish his career with Jacksonville, the New York Giants and then back with the Saints before retiring in 2010.
He's currently fifth all-time on the NFL career scoring list (2,044 points) and was the last remaining player from the 1980's still active in professional football.
On this episode of the podcast, John shares when his kicking journey began, whether he could still kick for an NFL team today at the age of 54, how his faith in Christ took shape, kicking at Notre Dame, and embracing his role today as a mentor to the next generation.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation. |
| 0:17.5 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
| 0:20.1 | This episode of the Sports Spectrum podcast with former NFL kicker John Carney is brought to you in part by Compassion International. |
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| 1:14.7 | Today's guest on the podcast, John Carney, former NFL kicker two-time pro bowler here on the |
| 1:21.2 | podcast, and he's the first kicker, NFL kicker we've ever had on the podcast, and I'm excited |
| 1:26.5 | to talk to him on the show. He kicked in four |
| 1:28.7 | different decades in the NFL in the 80s, 90s, 2000s, and of course in the decade of 2010, |
| 1:35.8 | this decade. He played his college football at Notre Dame, Fighting Irish, of course, and played |
| 1:40.9 | in the NFL for 23 years with a bunch of teams, but probably most |
| 1:45.1 | notably was with the New Orleans Saints and the San Diego Chargers with the Chargers from |
| 1:50.2 | 1990 to 2000 and then the Saints from 2001 to 2006. He got an NFL Super Bowl ring as a kicking |
| 1:59.1 | consultant with the Saints back in 2009 and then called it a |
| 2:02.7 | career in 2010 during his time with the New Orleans Saints at the age of 46. |
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