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Kansas City Chiefs: Top Ten UFA Finds In Franchise History

By John Viril

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Oct 27, 2013; Kansas City, MO, USA; Kansas City Chiefs cheerleaders perform for the crowd before the game against the Cleveland Browns at Arrowhead Stadium. The Chiefs won 23-17. Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports

Number 7 UFA

I’m somewhat stretching the rules here, in that Nick Lowery did play two games with the New England Patriots in 1978, but I’m including him in this list because he had in no way established himself as an NFL kicker.

Lowery bounced around the NFL in the late 70’s, enduring multiple tryouts before unseating future Hall-of-Fame kicker Jan Stenerud in 1980.

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Nick Lowery turned out to be one of the best kickers in NFL history.

Lowery held the KC Chiefs kicker job for 14 seasons, from 1980 to 1993. Nick Lowery made three Pro-Bowl teams, and was named first team All-Pro twice in his years in Kansas City.

Nick Lowery left as a free-agent in 1994 and signed with the New York Jets. Lowery kicked for three more years before retiring after the 1996 season at age 40.

Lowery retired  as the most accurate kicker in NFL history and held the record for the most field goals in league history. Nick Lowery currently ranks 12th in all-time points.

Not bad for a guy that no one wanted when he graduated from Dartmouth.

NICK LOWERY CAREER STATISTICS

Games 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Scoring Punting
Year Age Tm Pos G FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPM
1978 22 NWE k 2 1 1 0.0% 7
1980 24 KAN K 16 6 6 9 7 4 3 7 4 26 20 76.9% 37
1981* 25 KAN K 16 5 5 15 13 9 7 7 1 36 26 72.2% 37
1982 26 KAN K 9 2 2 4 4 5 5 10 8 3 24 19 79.2% 17
1983 27 KAN K 16 1 1 5 5 6 6 14 10 4 2 30 24 80.0% 44
1984 28 KAN K 16 7 7 11 6 10 8 5 2 33 23 69.7% 35
1985+ 29 KAN K 16 4 4 11 10 7 7 5 3 27 24 88.9% 35
1986 30 KAN K 16 1 1 6 5 5 5 13 8 1 26 19 73.1% 43
1987 31 KAN K 12 1 1 4 4 10 8 6 4 2 2 23 19 82.6% 26
1988 32 KAN K 16 8 7 11 9 10 8 3 3 32 27 84.4% 23
1989 33 KAN K 16 1 1 6 6 14 10 9 6 3 1 33 24 72.7% 34
1990*+ 34 KAN K 16 2 2 5 5 22 21 7 6 1 37 34 91.9% 37
1991 35 KAN K 16 2 2 11 11 8 8 7 4 2 30 25 83.3% 35
1992* 36 KAN K 15 10 9 9 9 4 3 1 1 24 22 91.7% 39
1993 37 KAN K 16 8 8 9 7 11 7 1 1 29 23 79.3% 37
1994 38 NYJ K 16 8 8 7 6 8 6 23 20 87.0% 26
1995 39 NYJ K 14 4 4 10 8 3 3 4 2 21 17 81.0% 24
1996 40 NYJ K 16 9 9 7 6 8 2 24 17 70.8% 26
Career 260 10 10 110 107 169 144 141 100 49 22 479 383 80.0% 562
14 yrs KAN 212 10 10 89 86 145 124 121 89 45 20 410 329 80.2% 479
3 yrs NYJ 46 21 21 24 20 19 11 4 2 68 54 79.4% 76
1 yr NWE 2 1 1 0.0% 7

Provided by Pro-Football-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 5/2/2015.

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