placekickers

A glance at the other placekickers voted in the top five of the 2000s by USA TODAY:

Best decade ever by a kicker? Adam Vinatieri ruled the 2000s 2010

Voting in USA TODAY's balloting for All-Decade placekickers:

Best decade ever by a kicker? Adam Vinatieri ruled the 2000s 2010

Considering their limited number of snaps, placekickers tend to have a disproportionate amount of influence on the outcome of games.

How Folk Makes Sweet Music Scott Cacciola 2010

Jackie Groza, 81, was the widow of perhaps football's most revered placekickers.

Daily Goodbye 2010

Extra points are almost automatic for NFL placekickers.

The fate of the Redskins LaVar Arrington 2010

In his wake will be the burst bubble of American interest in a sport we'll never accept, with all the pundits talking about our "irrational exuberance" for a guy who essentially does the job of the least-respected athletes in normal American sports, placekickers.

Caleb Powers: Send Beckham to Iraq 2008

By the late 1970s, foreign-born placekickers were the norm in the NFL, and the soccer-style technique, which involves kicking the ball with the instep instead of the toes, became the U.S. standard.

How to Kick Australian 2008

One of the premier placekickers in the country, who not only excelled on field goals from long distances, but also on kickoffs ...

USATODAY.com 2005

One of the nation's best placekickers, Nugent handled all the kickoff and place-kicking duties for the Buckeyes.

USATODAY.com 2005

Relievers are like hockey goalies and football placekickers, capable of flourishing and failing in pressure situations.

USATODAY.com - Astros relievers: Taxing losses, yes, but no write-offs 2005