Chiefs Punter
He played college football at tennessee and was selected by the kansas city chiefs in the third round of the 2005 nfl draft with the chiefs he won super bowl liv over the san francisco 49ers.
Chiefs punter. We originally saw tommy at the combine and i felt like he was the best punter at the combine. The kansas city chiefs said goodbye to longtime punter dustin colquitt releasing the 15 year veteran. He was a lovable goofball with the fans and his teammates as well as one of the best leaders in the locker room. On wednesday the kansas city chiefs placed several players on waivers to trim their overall roster count down to 80.
Colquitt 38 was released by the kansas city chiefs in april after spending 15 seasons with the franchise and winning the super bowl a season ago. Longtime chiefs punter dustin colquitt has found a home with the pittsburgh steelers. It s a tough pill to swallow for chiefs fans as another beloved player leaves the franchise. The chiefs saved 2 million against their salary cap by releasing colquitt.
Kansas city chiefs punter tommy townsend has an anti racism message on the back of his helmet as many other players did during the nfl season opener between the chiefs and the houston texans on. The chiefs have eliminated all competition for punter tommy townsend. Former chiefs punter dustin colquitt son of two time steelers super bowl punter craig colquitt is signing a one year deal with pittsburgh. The chiefs recently signed two punters tyler newsome and undrafted rookie tommy townsend.
After 15 seasons and 238 regular season games played colquitt leaves the chiefs holding the club s all time record for most games played in a chiefs uniform. Dustin farr colquitt born may 6 1982 is an american football punter for the pittsburgh steelers of the national football league nfl. The chiefs have since turned the punting duties over to 23 year old undrafted rookie tommy townsend. Special teams coordinator dave toub fielded questions thursday about the team s new punter during his training camp press conference.
In 2019 he set a chiefs franchise record for most games played.