Dave Zastudil
Encyclopedia
David Michael Zastudil is an American football
punter for the Arizona Cardinals
of the National Football League
. He played college football
at Ohio
, and was drafted in the fourth round of the 2002 NFL Draft
by the Baltimore Ravens
.
in Bay Village, Ohio
, where he played quarterback
, punter and placekicker
and helped to lead his team to an 8–2 record during his senior year. As a senior, Dave passed for 806 yards and accumulated 2,282 yards throughout his career. He averaged 40.7 yards per kick as a senior punter with a long punt of 67 yards; he also made 19 consecutive point-after attempts
, made six field goals
with a long field goal of 42 yards and averaged 57 yards per kickoff. He was selected twice as an all-state and all-conference punter, and made the all-district team as a kicker and the all-conference team as a quarterback.
, where he led the Bobcats
and the Mid-American Conference
in punting for four straight years. As a senior, Zastudil was selected as a first-team All-American by Football News and the Football Writers Association of America
, and was selected as a second-team All-American by the Associated Press
. He was also a first-team All-Mid-American Conference selection and the MAC's special teams co-player of the year, after leading the MAC in punting four times. During his senior year, Zastudil punted 50 times for 2,280 yards with a 45.6-yard average, with 16 of those punts having come from inside the 20 yard line, seven touchbacks and a long punt of 74 yards.
As an underclassman, Zastudil was a first-team All-Mid American Conference selection as a junior (averaging 44.3 yards per punt), sophomore (43.2 yards per punt) and freshman (45.3 yards per punt). As a sophomore, he was the MAC special teams player of the year and the first-team All-MAC punter after leading the conference in punting. As a freshman, he was also named to the All-America team.
Zastudil also set the school record for the longest punt with a 75-yard punt against the Akron Zips
. Dave graduated from Ohio with a double major in finance and marketing.
. He was one of only two punters taken during the draft, and was drafted in the fourth round with the 112th pick overall by the Baltimore Ravens
.
to the terms of a five-year contract, replacing lackluster punter Kyle Richardson
. Before 2009, Zastudil had played in all but three games during his professional career; he missed those three games in 2004 after suffering a shoulder injury. On November 18, 2009 Zastudil was put on injured reserve
after a lingering knee problem. Reggie Hodges
took over the punting for the Browns. The knee did not recover as well as expected after surgery, and Zastudil was placed on injured reserve again for the 2010 season on August 17, 2010. On November 16, Zastudil and quarterback Brett Ratliff were waived by the Browns.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
punter for the Arizona Cardinals
Arizona Cardinals
The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in Glendale, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
of the National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
. He played college football
College football
College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...
at Ohio
Ohio Bobcats football
The Ohio Bobcats football team is an intercollegiate varsity sports program of Ohio University. The team represents the university as a member of the Mid-American Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, playing at the Division 1 Bowl Subdivision level...
, and was drafted in the fourth round of the 2002 NFL Draft
2002 NFL Draft
The 2002 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. The draft is known officially as the "NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting" and has been conducted annually since 1936. The draft took place April 20–21, 2002 at the theater at...
by the Baltimore Ravens
Baltimore Ravens
The Baltimore Ravens are a professional football franchise based in Baltimore, Maryland.The Baltimore Ravens are officially a quasi-expansion franchise, having originated in 1995 with the Cleveland Browns relocation controversy after Art Modell, then owner of the Cleveland Browns, announced his...
.
Early years
Zastudil attended Bay High SchoolBay High School (Bay Village, Ohio)
Bay High School is a public high school located in Bay Village, Ohio, west of Cleveland, Ohio. Bay High has been included in Newsweek Magazine's Best High Schools in America list since 2006. Bay High was named a National Blue Ribbon School by the Ohio Department of Education in 2010.The school...
in Bay Village, Ohio
Bay Village, Ohio
-Education:Bay High School was awarded the blue ribbon award in the school year of 2010-11.Newsweek magazine placed Bay High School 793rd in its 2009 ranking of the top 1,500 U.S...
, where he played quarterback
Quarterback
Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...
, punter and placekicker
Placekicker
Placekicker, or simply kicker , is the title of the player in American and Canadian football who is responsible for the kicking duties of field goals, extra points...
and helped to lead his team to an 8–2 record during his senior year. As a senior, Dave passed for 806 yards and accumulated 2,282 yards throughout his career. He averaged 40.7 yards per kick as a senior punter with a long punt of 67 yards; he also made 19 consecutive point-after attempts
Extra Point
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, made six field goals
Field goal (football)
A field goal in American football and Canadian football is a goal that may be scored during general play . Field goals may be scored by a placekick or the now practically extinct drop kick.The drop kick fell out of favor in 1934 when the shape of the ball was changed...
with a long field goal of 42 yards and averaged 57 yards per kickoff. He was selected twice as an all-state and all-conference punter, and made the all-district team as a kicker and the all-conference team as a quarterback.
College career
Dave graduated from Bay High School and attended Ohio UniversityOhio University
Ohio University is a public university located in the Midwestern United States in Athens, Ohio, situated on an campus...
, where he led the Bobcats
Ohio Bobcats
Ohio University features 16 varsity sports teams called the Bobcats. The Bobcats compete in the Mid-American Conference in all sports. The Bobcats were a charter member of the Mid-American Conference in 1946 and are the only team still in the conference from the original 5 team league that...
and the Mid-American Conference
Mid-American Conference
The Mid-American Conference is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois. Nine of the twelve full member schools are in Ohio and Michigan, with single members...
in punting for four straight years. As a senior, Zastudil was selected as a first-team All-American by Football News and the Football Writers Association of America
Football Writers Association of America
The Football Writers Association of America is one of the organizations whose College Football All-America Team is recognized by the NCAA...
, and was selected as a second-team All-American by the Associated Press
Associated Press
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. He was also a first-team All-Mid-American Conference selection and the MAC's special teams co-player of the year, after leading the MAC in punting four times. During his senior year, Zastudil punted 50 times for 2,280 yards with a 45.6-yard average, with 16 of those punts having come from inside the 20 yard line, seven touchbacks and a long punt of 74 yards.
As an underclassman, Zastudil was a first-team All-Mid American Conference selection as a junior (averaging 44.3 yards per punt), sophomore (43.2 yards per punt) and freshman (45.3 yards per punt). As a sophomore, he was the MAC special teams player of the year and the first-team All-MAC punter after leading the conference in punting. As a freshman, he was also named to the All-America team.
Zastudil also set the school record for the longest punt with a 75-yard punt against the Akron Zips
Akron Zips
One of the unique nicknames in all of intercollegiate athletics belongs to The University of Akron. Originally Zippers, athletic director Kenneth Cochrane officially shortened the nickname to the Zips in 1950. Twenty-five years earlier a campus-wide contest had been conducted to choose a nickname...
. Dave graduated from Ohio with a double major in finance and marketing.
Baltimore Ravens
After graduating from Ohio University, Zastudil was eligible for the 2002 NFL Draft2002 NFL Draft
The 2002 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. The draft is known officially as the "NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting" and has been conducted annually since 1936. The draft took place April 20–21, 2002 at the theater at...
. He was one of only two punters taken during the draft, and was drafted in the fourth round with the 112th pick overall by the Baltimore Ravens
Baltimore Ravens
The Baltimore Ravens are a professional football franchise based in Baltimore, Maryland.The Baltimore Ravens are officially a quasi-expansion franchise, having originated in 1995 with the Cleveland Browns relocation controversy after Art Modell, then owner of the Cleveland Browns, announced his...
.
Cleveland Browns
On March 12, 2006, Zastudil was signed by the Cleveland BrownsCleveland Browns
The Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
to the terms of a five-year contract, replacing lackluster punter Kyle Richardson
Kyle Richardson
Kyle Davis Richardson is a former National Football League punter. He played college football at Arkansas State University and went on to have a ten-year professional career...
. Before 2009, Zastudil had played in all but three games during his professional career; he missed those three games in 2004 after suffering a shoulder injury. On November 18, 2009 Zastudil was put on injured reserve
Injured reserve
The injured reserve list is a list of reserved players who are injured and unable to play for a period of time, used most prominently in the National Hockey League and National Football League . It is used because these leagues have a maximum number of players on the team roster, so placing a...
after a lingering knee problem. Reggie Hodges
Reggie Hodges
Reginald Aaron "Reggie" Hodges is an American football punter for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League. He was drafted by the St. Louis Rams in the sixth round of the 2005 NFL Draft...
took over the punting for the Browns. The knee did not recover as well as expected after surgery, and Zastudil was placed on injured reserve again for the 2010 season on August 17, 2010. On November 16, Zastudil and quarterback Brett Ratliff were waived by the Browns.
Career statistics
| Year | | | | Punting | | Kickoffs | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | GS | No. | YDS | AVG | LNG | In20 | TB | BLKD | No. | YDS | AVG | TB | ||
| 2002 2002 NFL season The 2002 NFL season was the 83rd regular season of the National Football League.The league went back to an even number of teams, expanding to 32 teams with the addition of the Houston Texans. The clubs were then realigned into eight divisions, four teams in each... |
Baltimore Ravens Baltimore Ravens The Baltimore Ravens are a professional football franchise based in Baltimore, Maryland.The Baltimore Ravens are officially a quasi-expansion franchise, having originated in 1995 with the Cleveland Browns relocation controversy after Art Modell, then owner of the Cleveland Browns, announced his... |
16 | 0 | 81 | 3368 | 41.6 | 61 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 128 | 64.0 | 0 |
| 2003 2003 NFL season -Milestones:The following teams and players set all-time NFL records during the season:-Team:-Individual:-Awards:-External Links:**-References:*NFL Record and Fact Book *... |
Baltimore Ravens | 16 | 0 | 89 | 3649 | 41.0 | 67 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 2004 NFL season The 2004 NFL season was the 85th regular season of the National Football League.With the New England Patriots as the defending league champions, regular season play was held from September 9, 2004 to January 2, 2005... |
Baltimore Ravens | 13 | 0 | 73 | 2948 | 40.4 | 61 | 26 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 54.0 | 0 |
| 2005 2005 NFL season The 2005 NFL season was the 86th regular season of the National Football League.With the New England Patriots as the defending league champions, regular season play was held from September 8, 2005 to January 1, 2006... |
Baltimore Ravens | 16 | 0 | 84 | 3653 | 43.5 | 60 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 |
| 2006 2006 NFL season The 2006 NFL season was the 87th regular season of the National Football League.Regular season play was held from September 7 to December 31, 2006... |
Cleveland Browns Cleveland Browns The Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... |
16 | 0 | 81 | 3563 | 44.0 | 61 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 2007 NFL season The 2007 NFL season was the 88th regular season of the National Football League.Regular-season play was held from September 6 to December 30.... |
Cleveland Browns | 12 | 0 | 49 | 2046 | 41.8 | 64 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 2008 NFL season The 2008 NFL season was the 89th regular season of the National Football League, themed with the slogan "Believe in Now."Super Bowl XLIII, the league's championship game, was at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida on February 1, 2009, with the Pittsburgh Steelers coming out victorious over the... |
Cleveland Browns | 16 | 0 | 75 | 3410 | 45.5 | 65 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 2009 NFL season The 2009 NFL season was the 90th regular season of the National Football League.The preseason started with the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game on August 9, 2009, and the regular season began September 10. The season ended with Super Bowl XLIV, the league's championship game, on February 7, 2010 at... |
Cleveland Browns | 8 | 0 | 49 | 2188 | 44.7 | 60 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 113 | 0 | 581 | 24825 | 42.7 | 67 | 179 | 59 | 3 | 4 | 198 | 49.5 | 0 | |