Age: 25
3rd
season in pro football, 1st in NFL & with Falcons
College: Michigan
Height: 5’10” Weight: 206
Prelude:
Feely was
Michigan’s regular placekicker as a senior in 1998 and was successful on 16 of
20 field goal attempts and 34 of 35 PATs for a total of 82 points. Undrafted by
the NFL out of college, Feely spent two seasons playing arena football, with
the Florida Bobcats in 1999 and Tampa Bay Storm in 2000. He joined the Falcons
in 2001 and beat out Jake Arians for the placekicking job previously held by
Morten Andersen.
2001 Season Summary
Appeared in
all 16 games
[Bracketed
numbers indicate league rank in Top 20]
Kicking
Field goals –
29 [4, 1st in NFC]
Most field
goals, game – 4 vs. Buffalo 12/23
Field goal
attempts – 37 [2]
Most field
goal attempts, game – 4 vs. St. Louis 12/2, vs. Buffalo 12/23
Field goal
percentage – 78.4 [18]
PATs – 28 [20,
tied with Martin Gramatica]
PAT attempts
– 28 [20, tied with Martin Gramatica & Todd Peterson]
Longest field
goal – 55 yards at Arizona 9/30
Scoring
Field Goals –
29
PATs – 28
Points – 115
[6, tied with David Akers & Matt Stover]
Falcons went 7-9
to finish fourth in the NFC West.
Aftermath:
Feely
followed up with a bigger season in 2002, leading the NFL with 32 field goals
out of 40 attempts and scoring a total of 138 points. He spent two more lesser seasons
with the Falcons before moving on to the New York Giants in 2005, where he
kicked a career-high 35 field goals out of 42 attempts and, a perfect 43-for-43
in extra points, also had his top scoring total with 148 points. Feely was with
the Giants for another year in 2006, one with Miami in ‘07, two as a member of
the New York Jets, and four in Arizona before finishing up with the Chicago
Bears in 2014 at age 38. Consistent if not spectacular, Feely was successful on
332 of 402 field goal attempts (82.6 %) and, adding 449 PATs (with just three
misses), scored a total of 1451 points. Of that, 98 field goals, 142 PATs, and
436 points came with Atlanta.
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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 Percentage, 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
