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American football player (born 1954)

American football player

Craig Colquitt

No. 5

Position:

Punter

Personal information

Born:

(1954-06-09) June 9, 1954 (age 70)
Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.

Height:

6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)

Weight:

182 lb (83 kg)

Career information

High school:

Knoxville (TN) South

College:

Tennessee

NFL draft:

1978 / round: 3 / pick: 76

Career history

Pittsburgh Steelers (1978–1984)
Indianapolis Colts (1987)

Career highlights and awards

2× Super Bowl champion (XIII, XIV)
2× First-team All-SEC (1976, 1977)

Career NFL statistics

Punts:	431
Punt yards:	17,795
Longest punt:	74
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Joseph Craig Colquitt (born June 9, 1954) is a former American football punter who spent eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Pittsburgh Steelers (1978–1981, 1983–1984) and Indianapolis Colts (1987). He was selected by the Steelers in the third round of the 1978 NFL draft out of the University of Tennessee. He was a member of two Super Bowl championship teams with the Steelers in 1978 and 1979.

Colquitt's nephew, Jimmy Colquitt, was a punter for the Seattle Seahawks in 1985. He is also the father of two former NFL punters, Dustin and Britton Colquitt. All four played college football at the University of Tennessee. Both his sons won Super Bowl rings, Britton with the Broncos and Dustin with the Chiefs. Craig was inducted into the Greater Knoxville Hall of Fame on July 16, 2009. Craig is the author of the children's book: "JoJo! What Happened To Your Hair?".

NFL career statistics

Legend
	Won the Super Bowl
Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	Punting
Year	Team	GP	Punts	Yds	Net Yds	Lng	Avg	Net Avg	Blk	Ins20	TB
1978	PIT	16	66	2,642	2,323	58	40.0	35.2	0	14	4
1979	PIT	16	68	2,733	2,297	61	40.2	33.8	0	19	8
1980	PIT	16	61	2,483	2,166	54	40.7	35.5	0	13	5
1981	PIT	16	84	3,641	2,963	74	43.3	35.3	0	25	16
1983	PIT	16	80	3,352	2,794	58	41.9	34.9	0	20	7
1984	PIT	16	70	2,883	2,432	62	41.2	34.7	0	21	5
1987	IND	1	2	61	54	33	30.5	18.0	1	0	0
Career		97	431	17,795	15,029	74	41.3	34.8	1	112	45

Playoffs

Year	Team	Punting
Year	Team	GP	Punts	Yds	Net Yds	Lng	Avg	Net Avg	Blk	Ins20	TB
1978	PIT	3	6	254	171	53	42.3	28.5	0	2	1
1979	PIT	3	7	297	265	66	42.4	37.9	0	4	1
1983	PIT	1	8	327	255	51	40.9	31.9	0	0	1
1984	PIT	2	5	216	187	49	43.2	31.2	1	0	0
Career		9	26	1,094	878	66	42.1	32.5	1	6	3

References

"Craig Colquitt Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
"1978 NFL Draft Listing". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
"1978 Pittsburgh Steelers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
"1979 Pittsburgh Steelers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
"Former Vol Colquitt Kicks In Huge Donation". Elizabethton Star. Associated Press. October 28, 2007. Retrieved December 22, 2021 – via Google News.
"Jimmy Colquitt Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
Longman, Jeré (February 1, 2014). "A Family of Punters Demonstrates the Heredity of Hang Time". The New York Times. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
"The Punting Colquitt Brothers Are Keeping Alive a Family Pedigree in the N.F.L." The New York Times. Associated Press. November 13, 2010. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
Toppmeyer, Blake (February 2, 2020). "How former Tennessee Vols, Bearden player Dustin Colquitt fared in Super Bowl". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
Harrop, Joanne Klimovich (June 16, 2018). "Grandson's question leads former Pittsburgh Steelers punter Craig Colquitt into the literary world". TribLive.com. Retrieved March 10, 2024.

External links

Career statistics from Pro Football Reference

v t e Pittsburgh Steelers 1978 NFL draft selections
Ron Johnson Willie Fry Craig Colquitt Larry Anderson Randy Reutershan Mark Dufresne Rick Moser Andre Keys Lance Reynolds Doug Becker Tom Jurich Nat Terry Tom Brzoza Brad Carr

v t e Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl XIII champions
5 Craig Colquitt 10 Roy Gerela 12 Terry Bradshaw (MVP) 15 Mike Kruczek 18 Cliff Stoudt 20 Rocky Bleier 21 Tony Dungy 23 Mike Wagner 24 J. T. Thomas 25 Ray Oldham 29 Ron Johnson 30 Larry Anderson 31 Donnie Shell 32 Franco Harris 35 Jack Deloplaine 38 Sidney Thornton 39 Rick Moser 40 Randy Reutershan 47 Mel Blount 51 Loren Toews 52 Mike Webster 53 Dennis Winston 55 Jon Kolb 56 Robin Cole 57 Sam Davis 58 Jack Lambert 59 Jack Ham 62 Willie Fry 64 Steve Furness 65 Tom Beasley 66 Ted Petersen 67 Gary Dunn 68 L. C. Greenwood 69 Fred Anderson 72 Gerry Mullins 74 Ray Pinney 75 Joe Greene 76 John Banaszak 77 Steve Courson 78 Dwight White 79 Larry Brown 82 John Stallworth 83 Theo Bell 84 Randy Grossman 86 Jim Smith 87 Jim Mandich 88 Lynn Swann 89 Bennie Cunningham
Head coach: Chuck Noll
Coaches: Rollie Dotsch Dick Hoak Tom Moore George Perles Louis Riecke Paul Uram Dick Walker Woody Widenhofer

v t e Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl XIV champions
5 Craig Colquitt 9 Matt Bahr 12 Terry Bradshaw (MVP) 15 Mike Kruczek 20 Rocky Bleier 23 Mike Wagner 24 J. T. Thomas 27 Greg Hawthorne 29 Ron Johnson 30 Larry Anderson 31 Donnie Shell 32 Franco Harris 33 Anthony Anderson 35 Jack Deloplaine 38 Sidney Thornton 39 Rick Moser 45 Russell Davis 47 Mel Blount 49 Dwayne Woodruff 50 Tom Graves 51 Loren Toews 52 Mike Webster 53 Dennis Winston 54 Zack Valentine 55 Jon Kolb 56 Robin Cole 57 Sam Davis 58 Jack Lambert 59 Jack Ham 62 Willie Fry 63 Thom Dornbrook 64 Steve Furness 65 Tom Beasley 66 Ted Petersen 67 Gary Dunn 68 L. C. Greenwood 72 Gerry Mullins 75 Joe Greene 76 John Banaszak 77 Steve Courson 78 Dwight White 79 Larry Brown 82 John Stallworth 83 Theo Bell 84 Randy Grossman 85 Calvin Sweeney 86 Jim Smith 88 Lynn Swann 89 Bennie Cunningham
Head coach: Chuck Noll
Coaches: Rollie Dotsch Dick Hoak Tom Moore George Perles Louis Riecke Paul Uram Dick Walker Woody Widenhofer

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