Jim Breech
This poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous. )Find sources: "Jim Breech" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (November 2013) |
No. 5, 10, 3 | |||
---|---|---|---|
Position: | Placekicker | ||
Personal information | |||
Born: | Sacramento, California, U.S. | April 11, 1956||
Height: | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||
Weight: | 161 lb (73 kg) | ||
Career information | |||
College: | California | ||
NFL draft: | 1978 / Round: 8 / Pick: 206 | ||
Career history | |||
Career NFL statistics | |||
| |||
Player stats at PFR |
James Thomas Breech (born April 11, 1956) is a former American football placekicker in the National Football League (NFL), who played for Oakland Raiders[1] in 1979 and Cincinnati Bengals from 1980-1992. Before his NFL career, Breech played for the University of California, Berkeley and Sacramento High School. Breech was notable among kickers for wearing a different size cleat on his kicking foot. He wore a smaller size 5 cleat on his right kicking foot (his normal size was 7) which he felt gave him more control and stability kicking the football.
Early career
Breech was the starting kicker for Cal in 1977 and 1978, making 58/59 extra points and 32/51 field goals (62%) in his two seasons. Breech was selected in the 8th round of the
NFL career
In his 14 NFL seasons, Breech made 243 of 340
Career regular season statistics
Career high/best bolded
Regular season statistics | ||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Season | Team (record) | G | FGM | FGA | % | <20 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ | LNG | BLK | XPM | XPA | % | PTS |
1979 | OAK (9–7) | 16 | 18 | 27 | 66.7 | 1–2 | 7–7 | 7–10 | 3–7 | 0–1 | 47 | 0 | 41 | 45 | 91.1 | 95 |
1980 | CIN (6–10) | 4 | 4 | 7 | 57.1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 42 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 91.7 | 24 |
1981 | CIN (12–4) | 16 | 22 | 32 | 68.8 | 0–0 | 9–11 | 7–9 | 5–11 | 1–1 | 51 | 0 | 49 | 51 | 96.1 | 115 |
1982 | CIN (7–2) | 9 | 14 | 18 | 77.8 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 5–6 | 3–5 | 1–2 | 50 | 0 | 25 | 26 | 96.2 | 67 |
1983 | CIN (7–9) | 16 | 16 | 23 | 69.6 | 2–2 | 7–7 | 5–7 | 2–5 | 0–2 | 47 | 0 | 39 | 41 | 95.1 | 87 |
1984 | CIN (8–8) | 16 | 22 | 31 | 71.0 | 0–0 | 9–10 | 10–12 | 3–4 | 0–5 | 48 | 0 | 37 | 37 | 100.0 | 103 |
1985 | CIN (7–9) | 16 | 24 | 33 | 71.0 | 0–0 | 7–8 | 12–13 | 4–6 | 1–6 | 53 | 0 | 48 | 50 | 96.0 | 120 |
1986 | CIN (10–6) | 16 | 17 | 32 | 53.1 | 1–2 | 4–5 | 5–7 | 5–14 | 2–4 | 51 | 0 | 50 | 51 | 98.0 | 101 |
1987 | CIN (4–11) | 12 | 24 | 30 | 80.0 | 0–0 | 6–7 | 12–12 | 6–11 | 0–0 | 46 | 0 | 25 | 27 | 92.6 | 97 |
1988 | CIN (12–4) | 16 | 11 | 16 | 68.8 | 1–1 | 5–5 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 45 | 0 | 56 | 59 | 94.9 | 89 |
1989 | CIN (8–8) | 12 | 12 | 14 | 85.7 | 0–0 | 9–9 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 38 | 0 | 37 | 38 | 97.4 | 73 |
1990 | CIN (9–7) | 16 | 17 | 21 | 81.0 | 0–0 | 6–6 | 5–6 | 6–9 | 0–0 | 46 | 0 | 41 | 44 | 93.2 | 92 |
1991 | CIN (3–13) | 16 | 23 | 29 | 79.3 | 0–0 | 9–10 | 8–10 | 5–6 | 1–3 | 50 | 1 | 27 | 27 | 100.0 | 96 |
1992 | CIN (5–11) | 16 | 19 | 27 | 70.4 | 0–0 | 8–8 | 7–7 | 4–11 | 0–1 | 48 | 0 | 31 | 31 | 100.0 | 88 |
Career (14 seasons) | 197 | 243 | 340 | 71.5 | 7–9 | 91–98 | 90–109 | 49–98 | 6–26 | 53 | 1 | 517 | 539 | 95.9 | 1246 |
After football
Breech is a sales executive for the Hauser Group, an insurance firm in the Cincinnati suburb of Blue Ash, Ohio. He also heads the Cincinnati chapter of NFL Alumni and is also on the board of directors for Kicks for Kids, an organization to help needy kids started by fellow former Cincinnati Bengals kicker Doug Pelfrey.
References
- ^ a b "Jim Breech athletic career, photos, articles, and videos | Fanbase". fanbase.com. Archived from the original on February 21, 2012. Retrieved April 30, 2014.