David Buehler

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David Buehler
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Buehler during a Cowboys game
No. 18
Position:Placekicker
Personal information
Born: (1987-02-05) February 5, 1987 (age 37)
Northridge, California, U.S.
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:227 lb (103 kg)
Career information
High school:Canyon (Anaheim, California
College:
NFL draft:2009 / Round: 5 / Pick: 172
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
  • Second-team
    All-Pac-10 (2008
    )
Career NFL statistics
Games played:36
Longest field goal:
53
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

David Jonathan Buehler (born February 5, 1987) is a former

2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at the University of Southern California
.

Early years

Buehler attended Canyon High School in Anaheim, California, where he lettered in football, volleyball, golf, and track. In football, he played linebacker and running back.[1] He wore jersey #37 and was an All-Century League football selection as a senior. He graduated in 2005.

College career

Buehler enrolled at Santa Ana College in Santa Ana, California, for the 2005–2006 school year. In football, he played placekicker, safety, goal-line running back and a gunner on punts.[1] He was named to the All-Mission Conference National Division first-team. He tallied 24 tackles, one interception, 9 carries for 50 yards (5.6-yard avg.), 6 touchdowns and had 25 touchbacks on his 58 kickoffs.

At the junior college scouting combine he had the fastest 40-yard dash time. USC coaches saw Buehler's potential at multiple positions, and head coach Pete Carroll offered him a scholarship in the summer of 2006.[1]

USC Trojans

Buehler leaving the field after a 2007 USC game

Buehler was recruited to USC for multiple positions, and in his first season with the Trojans (

field goal attempt, a successful 49-yard kick against California; it was the Trojans' longest field goal since 1998. Buehler had not expected to kick during the game, he made the kick while wearing the heavier equipment of a fullback and tied the score at 9 as the Trojans went on their way to a conference-clinching victory.[1] He had one kickoff during the 2006 Stanford game and, after starting kicker Troy Van Blarcom was dismissed from the team for academic reasons at the end of the regular season, Buehler handled kickoff duties during the 2007 Rose Bowl.[2] Of his 8 kickoffs that season, 6 pinned opponents within the 20-yard line, with 3 touchbacks
.

Days after the

special teams
tackles. Thirty-five of his 84 kickoffs kept opponents within their 20-yard line, with 18 touchbacks.

Buehler started all 13 games as a senior in the

Penn State.[4]

Buehler finished the 2008 season with 5,976 yards on 88 kickoffs. He also registered 48 total touchbacks on those 88 kickoffs.[6]

Professional football

NFL Draft

Buehler was one of twelve USC players invited to the 2009

offensive linemen
.

He recorded 25 reps of 225 pounds on the bench press test, better than USC teammate Rey Maualuga, linemen Michael Oher and Eugene Monroe, and equal to Aaron Curry, and ran 4.56 and 4.63 seconds in the 40-yard dash, better than teammates Brian Cushing and Clay Matthews III.[7][8]

Pre-draft measurables

Pre-draft measurables
Height Weight Arm length Hand span 40-yard dash 10-yard split 20-yard split Bench press
Wonderlic
6 ft 1+3⁄4 in
(1.87 m) 		227 lb
(103 kg) 		30+1⁄4 in
(0.77 m) 		8+1⁄2 in
(0.22 m)		 4.63 s 1.61 s 2.68 s 25 reps 22
All values from
NFL Combine[9][10]

Dallas Cowboys

Buehler was selected by the

kick and punt
return teams.

In May 2009, when the Dallas Cowboys' training facility collapsed during rookie mini-camp, Buehler was one of the few players injured. Standing on the sideline at the time of the collapse, he ran out a side door and was sprinting across a practice field when a pole from the structure crashed into him. The impact caused a minor concussion, gashes in his forehead and right knee, and had skin ripped off his ear; he required three stitches on his kicking knee.[14][15]

During

2009 draft pick) about how he didn't do anything during practice, challenged him to a 50-yard run. Buehler won comfortably.[16]
He made the team as a kickoff specialist, which was the first time in the history of the Cowboys that it carried a player for only that specific role.

At the end of his rookie year, he finished the regular season with 29

Lin Elliot in 1992.[17]

In

special teams tackles (fifth on the team), setting a club record for kickers. At the time, his 45 touchbacks also passed Toby Gowin (42) for the most in a career in franchise history, dating back to 1990
. He finished 10th in the league in scoring (112) and tied for 13th in total field goals made (24).

Although Buehler hit a career long

kickoffs, as he did in 2009.[19] He would end up missing most of the season with a groin injury (only played 4 games) and was placed on the injured reserve list on November 10.[20]
He required surgery to fix a torn adductor muscle.

Buehler was waived on March 13,

field goal placekicker and the team deciding not to carry a kickoff specialist. In 36 games, he recorded 60 touchbacks, 24 out of 32 field goals made (75%), 42 out of 44 extra points made (95.5%) and 19 special teams tackles.[21]

New York Giants

On February 13, 2013, Buehler signed with the New York Giants to compete for the placekicker job during preseason.[22] On July 26, he was released after not been able to pass Josh Brown on the depth chart.[23]

Personal life

Buehler's father, John, was a shot putter for the USC Trojans. His uncle, George Buehler, played football for Stanford University and later the Oakland Raiders and Cleveland Browns; another uncle also played football at Stanford. His grandfather, Fredrick Ford Lynch was a football player for the USC Trojans.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Gary Klein (November 8, 2008). "David Buehler is giving USC a leg up". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Garry Paskwietz (July 23, 2007). "Trojans add JC kicker". WeAreSC.com.
  3. ^ Gary Klein (January 13, 2007). "A university, and a city, mourn Danelo". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "David Buehler Stats, News and Photos". ESPN.com. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  5. ^ Gary Klein (December 7, 2008). "Trojans' David Buehler kicks himself". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  6. ^ "David Buehler college stats". Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  7. ^ James Wagner (February 25, 2009). "USC kicker can do the heavy lifting". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  8. ^ Adam Rose (February 25, 2009). "Former USC kicker David Buehler turns heads at NFL combine". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  9. ^ "David Buehler Draft and Combine Prospect Profile". NFL.com. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
  10. ^ "2009 NFL Draft Scout David Buehler College Football Profile". DraftScout.com. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
  11. ^ "2009 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
  12. ^ Gary Klein (April 27, 2009). "USC big on Sunday, too". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  13. NFL.com
    . Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  14. ^ Tim MacMahon (April 29, 2010). "Facility collapse: I feared the worst". ESPN. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  15. ^ "OSHA investigates tent incident at Dallas camp". Los Angeles Times. May 5, 2009. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  16. ^ "David Buehler's Not Your Average Kicker". NBC DFW. August 19, 2009. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  17. ^ "David Buehler sets team kickoff record". ESPN. January 3, 2010. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  18. ^ "Cardinals' Jay Feely kicks game winner after Cowboys botch PAT". ESPN. December 26, 2010. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  19. ^ Tim MacMahon (September 6, 2011). "David Buehler is quite a weapon". Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  20. ^ "David Buehler really is hurt". ESPN. November 11, 2011. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  21. ^ "Terence Newman, David Buehler cut". ESPN. March 13, 2012. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  22. ^ Ohm Youngmisuk (13 February 2013). "Giants sign kicker David Buehler". ESPN. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  23. ^ Ohm Youngmisuk (July 26, 2013). "Giants sign FB Ryan D'Imperio". ESPN. Retrieved June 14, 2020.

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