Craig Colquitt

American football player (born 1954)

American football player

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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: 3rd round, 76th pick
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

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

Joseph Craig Colquitt (born June 9, 1954) is an American former professional football punter who spent eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Pittsburgh Steelers (1978–1981, 1983–1984) and Indianapolis Colts (1987).[1] He was selected by the Steelers with the 76th overall pick in the third round of the 1978 NFL draft out of the University of Tennessee.[2] He was a member of two Super Bowl championship teams with the Steelers in 1978 and 1979.[3][4]

Colquitt's nephew, Jimmy Colquitt,[5] was a punter for the Seattle Seahawks in 1985.[6] He is also the father of two former NFL punters, Dustin and Britton Colquitt.[7] All four played college football at the University of Tennessee.[8] Both his sons won Super Bowl rings, Britton with the Broncos and Dustin with the Chiefs.[9] 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?".[10]

## NFL career statistics

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Legend

| Won the Super Bowl
Bold | Career high

### Regular season

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Year  | Team  | Punting

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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

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Year  | Team  | Punting

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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

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1. ^ "Craig Colquitt Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
2. ^ "1978 NFL Draft Listing". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
3. ^ "1978 Pittsburgh Steelers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
4. ^ "1979 Pittsburgh Steelers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
5. ^ "Former Vol Colquitt Kicks In Huge Donation". Elizabethton Star. Associated Press. October 28, 2007. Retrieved December 22, 2021 - via Google News.
6. ^ "Jimmy Colquitt Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
7. ^ Longman, Jeré (February 1, 2014). "A Family of Punters Demonstrates the Heredity of Hang Time". The New York Times. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
8. ^ "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.
9. ^ Toppmeyer, Blake (February 2, 2020). "How former Tennessee Vols, Bearden player Dustin Colquitt fared in Super Bowl". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
10. ^ 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

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* Career statistics from Pro Football Reference

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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

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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

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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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