Age: 27 (Oct. 27)
6th
season in pro football, 2nd with Panthers
College: Georgia
Height: 5’10” Weight: 198
Prelude:
The left-footed Kasay, son of a former Georgia player and long-time assistant coach of the same name,
kicked 46 field goals out of 65 attempts (70.8 %) and added 79 PATs for a total
of 217 points in college. He was chosen by the Seattle Seahawks in the fourth
round of the 1991 NFL draft and spent four seasons with them, hitting on 82 of
105 field goal attempts (78.1 %), including a high of 25 in his rookie year and
making 20 of 24 in 1994, his final year with the club. He also booted 95 extra
points and scored 341 points. Kasay signed as a free agent with the expansion
Panthers in 1995 and was successful on 26 of 33 field goal attempts plus 27 of
28 extra point tries.
1996 Season Summary
Appeared in
all 16 games
[Bracketed
numbers indicate league rank in Top 20]
Kicking
Field goals –
37 [1]
Most field
goals, game – 5 vs. Atlanta 9/1, at New Orleans 9/8
Field goal
attempts – 45 [1]
Most field
goal attempts, game – 5 vs. Atlanta 9/1, at New Orleans 9/8, vs. New Orleans
10/20, at San Francisco 12/8
Field goal
percentage – 82.2 [14]
PATs – 34 [13,
tied with Matt Stover & Pete Stoyanovich]
PAT attempts
– 35 [12, tied with Al Del Greco & Matt Stover]
Longest field
goal – 53 yards vs. Atlanta 9/1
Punting
Punts – 1
Yards – 30
Scoring
Field Goals –
37
PATs – 34
Points – 145
[1]
Postseason: 2
G
Field goals –
6
Most field
goals, game – 4 vs. Dallas, NFC Divisional playoff
Field goal
attempts – 6
Most field
goal attempts, game – 4 vs. Dallas, NFC Divisional playoff
PATs – 3
Most PATs,
game – 2 vs. Dallas, NFC Divisional playoff
PAT attempts
– 3
Longest field
goal – 40 yards (twice) vs. Dallas, NFC Divisional playoff
Awards & Honors:
2nd
team All-NFL: AP
1st
team All-NFC: UPI, Pro Football Weekly
Pro Bowl
Panthers went
12-4 to finish first in the NFC West. Won NFC Divisional playoff over Dallas
Cowboys (26-17). Lost NFC Championship to Green Bay Packers (30-13).
Aftermath:
Kasay went on
to spend 15 seasons with the Panthers, through 2010, and was the last remaining
player from the club’s inaugural season. Although he missed all but two games
due to a leg injury in 2002, he bounced back to connect on 32 of 38 field goal
attempts (84.2 %) in the NFC Championship year of ’03 and remained consistent
thereafter. Overall, with Carolina he kicked 351 field goals out of 424
attempts (82.8 %) and, adding 429 PATs (with a string of 157 straight that
ended in 2008), scored 1482 points, all of which are franchise records. Kasay
was signed by New Orleans just prior to the 2011 season due to an injury to
Garrett Hartley and booted 28 field goals and 63 extra points on his way to a
career-high 147 points in his last year at age 42. For his NFL career, Kasay
accumulated 461 field goals, 598 PATs, and scored 1970 points, which ranked
eighth in league history at the time of his retirement. His Pro Bowl selection
in 1996 was the only one of his career.
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Highlighted Years features players who were consensus
first-team All-League* selections or league* or conference** leaders in the
following statistical categories:
Rushing:
Yards, TDs (min. 10)
Passing:
Yards, Completion Pct., Yards per Attempt, TDs, Rating
Receiving:
Catches, Yards, TDs (min. 10)
Scoring: TDs,
Points, Field Goals (min. 5)
All-Purpose:
Total Yards
Defense:
Interceptions, Sacks
Kickoff
Returns: Average
Punt Returns:
Average
Punting:
Average
*Leagues
include NFL (1920 to date), AFL (1926), AFL (1936-37), AAFC (1946-49), AFL
(1960-69), WFL (1974-75), USFL (1983-85)
**NFC/AFC
since 1970
