Nick Kaczur

Games played:	68
Games started:	62
Fumble recoveries:	1

Nick Kaczur
	2005 / Round: 1 / Pick: 9
Career history
	New England Patriots (2005–2010);
Career highlights and awards
	New England Patriots All-2000s Team; 3× First-team All-MAC (2002–2004); Second-team All-MAC (2001);
Career NFL statistics
Games played:
Games played:	68
Games started:	62
Fumble recoveries:	1
	Player stats at NFL.com

Nicholas Jesse Kaczur (born July 28, 1979) is a Canadian former professional

2005 NFL Draft

.

Early years

While attending

MVP

in his junior and senior years. He also played for the Brantford Bisons of the Ontario Varsity Football League.

College career

After high school, Kaczur worked in construction for two years before attending the University of Toledo. He was a four-year starter on the offensive line for the Rockets. As a freshman, he was named a third-team freshman All-American by The Sporting News, and was also a second-team All-Mid-American Conference selection. As a sophomore, he won All-MAC first-team honors. He repeated those honors again in 2003 and 2004 as a junior and senior. He started 51 games during his college career and became Toledo's first ever player to earn all-conference honors in four seasons.

Professional career

Kaczur was selected in the third round of the

2005 CFL Draft (9th overall). After beginning the season as a reserve right tackle behind Tom Ashworth, Kaczur started the final 13 games at left tackle for the Patriots in 2005, following an injury to veteran Matt Light. After recovering from an injury that limited him to a reserve role behind Ryan O'Callaghan at right tackle for the first two months of the 2006 season, Kaczur returned to the starting lineup in November and helped the Patriots make a run to the AFC Championship Game against the Indianapolis Colts

.

In

2009 NFL Draft. Kaczur started the first 13 games of the 2009 season before missing Weeks 16 and 17 with an injury; Vollmer started both games in Kaczur's place, and continued to start in Week 17 and the Wild Card playoffs

, limiting Kaczur to a reserve role in both games.

After suffering a back injury early in the Patriots'

injured reserve

on October 12, 2010.

On July 29, 2011, he was released by New England.

References

^ "2005 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
^ Reiss, Mike (2009-08-24). "Nick Kaczur's extension". Boston.com Reiss' Pieces. Retrieved 2010-06-18.

External links

New England Patriots bio

[1] "2005 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-05-07.

[2] Reiss, Mike (2009-08-24). "Nick Kaczur's extension". Boston.com Reiss' Pieces. Retrieved 2010-06-18.