PRO CAREER: Enters second season with Bears after setting franchise single-season record in net punting average (40.4) in 2011... Came to Chicago after spending 4 seasons in Jacksonville (2007-10)... Has appeared in 75 NFL contests compiling 42.9 gross punting average (13,654 yards on 318 punts) and 38.6 net... Landed 96 punts inside-the-20... Established Jaguars team record with 39.2-yard net average in 2010... Also served as holder for placekicks for Bears and Jaguars.
PRO CAREER: Enters second season with Bears after setting franchise single-season record in net punting average (40.4) in 2011... Came to Chicago after spending 4 seasons in Jacksonville (2007-10)... Has appeared in 75 NFL contests compiling 42.9 gross punting average (13,654 yards on 318 punts) and 38.6 net... Landed 96 punts inside-the-20... Established Jaguars team record with 39.2-yard net average in 2010... Also served as holder for placekicks for Bears and Jaguars.
CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Entered NFL as a fourth-round pick (101st overall) by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 2007 NFL Draft... Signed 4-year contract with the Jaguars... Signed 5-year contract with Chicago (7/30/11). SIGNED through 2015
2011 SEASON: Set Bears franchise record with 40.4 net punting average after setting career highs in punts (89), yards (3,903) and gross average (43.9)... Finished 6th in NFL in net punting... Landed 21 punts inside the 20 with just 4 touchbacks... Forced 27 fair catches, tied for 3rd most in the NFL... Helped Bears coverage unit to allow just 5.4 yards per return, 2nd in the NFL... Served as Bears holder for placekicks... Appeared in all 16 contests for fourth time in career and third-straight season. GAMES PLAYED-STARTED: 16-0
PREVIOUS SEASONS: 2010 - Punted 57 times for career-best 43.8-yard gross average in Jacksonville... Broke team record with 39.2-yard net average which tied for fourth in league... Allowed NFL-low 19 punt returns, fewest in team history... Had career-high 26 punts downed inside the 20 and just seven touchbacks. 2009 - Played in all 16 games registering 41.9-gross average and a 38.3-yard net average on career-high 72 punts... Landed 23 inside the 20 and had 5 touchbacks... 38.3-yard net average ranked fourth in franchise history. 2008 - Played in 11 games before suffering a knee injury on 11/23 vs. MIN that forced him to miss final five contests... Recorded 43.2-yard gross average and a 36.6-yard net average on 46 punts... Had 12 punts downed inside the 20 and had 5 touchbacks... Added 4 special teams tackles. 2007 - Played in all 16 games and both postseason games as a rookie... Had 54 punts for 41.6-yard gross average and 36.9-yard net average... Landed 14 punts inside the 20 and with 2 touchbacks... Had a career-long punt of 76 yards at TB (10/28) ... Had 5 punts for a 41.6-yard net average in the postseason.
COLLEGE: In four seasons at Maryland (2003-06), was only four-time All-ACC selection in school history... Ranked fourth in school annals with 216 punts and second with 9,314 yards... 43.1 average was second-best in school history and ninth-best in ACC history... Had 83 career punts downed inside the 20 (38 pct.), including 35 inside the 10... Recorded career net yard average of 38.4... Did not have a punt blocked in his career... Recipient of the team's Terrapin Club Award, given to the player that gave the greatest career contribution to football... Semifinalist for Draddy Award, honoring the top student-athlete in the nation... Graduated with a degree in marketing.
PERSONAL: Resides in Pittsford, N.Y... Attended Pittsford (N.Y.) Sutherland High... Three-year letterman in football as a punter, FB and LB... Named first-team All-State as a scholar-athlete by the New York Coaches' Association and earned all-Region honors from Super Prep... Earned first-team All-State honors as a senior punter from the New York State Writers Association... Also competed in track, posting the fastest 200-meter (21.58) and 400-meter times (50.5) in the state as a junior... Was inducted into the Rochester Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in June of 2008... Avid golfer who hosted the inaugural Adam Podlesh "Play for Life" Celebrity Golf Classic in April of 2011 at Timuquana Country Club to benefit cancer research in North Florida by contributing to the David Garrard Foundation and The American Cancer Society... Participated in the 2009 American Red Cross Charity Golf Tournament... Attended classes in 2010 at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania as part of the NFL Business Management and Entrepreneurial program.
