Thirteen years after starting his career on the grills as an expert to locate the ovoid between the yellow posts, Stephen Hauschka He has decided to leave professional football.
The Massachusetts native kicker won the Super Bowl XLVIII with Seattle Seahawks, the only one of his career, and also participated in the continuous edition, XLIX, which the Seattle team lost to the Patriots. Hauschka went away with three converted field goals between the two editions, from 33 yards the longest.
“To the fans, the 12s, Bills Mafia, two of the best [bases de fanáticos]I’ve always felt his passion out of control for the team and the city. The energy and excitement that game day brings has been what has made football fun and exciting. “, thanked in his farewell message.
Hauschka started kicking the ball at age three, a soccer ball that he would trade when he turned 19 for the ball, and that is how he went through the “tension, the drama” of knowing that everyone saw and that the kick was important, he said. on his Instagram account.
Hauschka came to the league in 2008 without being selected in the collegiate draft. Signed a contract with Baltimore Ravens, where he spent his first two seasons. He went through the dressing room of Denver Broncos the following year and in 2011 he joined Pete Carroll’s special teams.
For six years, the longest stint of his career with a single team, Hauchska wore the colors of the Seahawks, where he was at his highest level, completing more than 90% of his field goals in two years and finishing above the 85% in four seasons. In 2014 Hauschka scored the longest kick of the season from 58 yards.
Finally, his three years in Buffalo came. He wore the Bills jersey for three seasons, hitting 82% of his three-point attempts. In 2020 he appeared in three games for the Jaguars, but missed both of his field goal attempts.
