Nate Kaeding
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"Nathaniel James Kaeding" is an American former college and professional American football/football player who was a placekicker in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons. He played the majority of his career with the NFL's San Diego Chargers. Kaeding retired after the 2012 NFL season/2012 season as the second most accurate Field goal (American and Canadian football)/field goal kicker in NFL history, having made 86.2 percent of his career attempts.

Kaeding played college football for the University of Iowa, where he earned College Football All-America Team/All-American honors and was recognized as the top college placekicker with the Lou Groza Award. The San Diego Chargers drafted Kaeding in the third round of the 2004 NFL Draft. He was twice named to the Pro Bowl, and he was a two-time All-Pro selection. However, he struggled in the playoffs, making just 8-for-15 (53.3%) field goals. He was released by San Diego midway through the 2012 season after a groin injury. He finished the season with the Miami Dolphins before retiring.

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It has all the bells and whistles.

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I think this is behind me now. Something I learned the last six months and this last week especially is that I have to be my biggest fan.

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I look back at my days at Iowa, and we walked out on the football field with those guys, and we had no doubt we were going to win. It didn't matter what anyone was saying or doing. We walked out there knowing what we had was good enough to win. That's a great feeling.

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There's only one thing worse than being a rookie; that's being a rookie kicker.

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There is nothing I can do to ever make up for that kick, ... But that happened. I take responsibility for that. In the future there are going to be opportunities, and I look forward to that.

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I was lucky enough to get it loosened up (thanks to a medicinal shot). It was definitely there, but I could still kick on it. With some good treatment on it, it shouldn't be any problem.

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It's about game day.

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It's not about what I'm going to say or how they're going to act toward me or what the coaches are going to say. I've got to go out and make the kicks. It's about what I do in those couple opportunities I get on Sunday.

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I've kicked hundreds of balls in the rain before, there's no excuse for it.

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