Nicholas Alexander Folk is an American football placekicker for the New England Patriots. He played college football at Arizona and was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the sixth round of the 2007 NFL Draft. As a rookie, Folk was selected to the 2008 Pro Bowl. He spent seven seasons with the New York Jets, where he ranks second in all-time franchise points with 729. He was released by the Jets on March 14, 2012, and re-signed by the team on September 11, 2012.
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Nicholas Alexander Folk is an American football placekicker for the New England Patriots of the National Football League. He played college football at Arizona and was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the sixth round of the 2007 NFL Draft. As a rookie, Folk was selected to the 2008 Pro Bowl. He spent seven seasons with the New York Jets, where he ranks second in all-time franchise points with 729. Folk has also spent time with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Arizona Hotshots. He was released by the Jets on March 14, 2012, and re-signed by the team on September 11, 2012. Folk is a member of the Patriots’ Super Bowl XLIX-winning team, the Super Bowl XXXVI-winning Patriots. He is married to the former Dallas Cowboys kicker and former New York Giants star, Michele Tafoya. The couple have a son and a daughter, both of whom play for the Jets and the Patriots. Folk was also a captain of the soccer team and earned All-CIF Division, all-league, and All-Valley honors at Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, California. He also played soccer for the California State University, San Diego.
He made a career long kick of 56 yards against the Denver Broncos on October 17, 2011. The longest field goal of his college career, a 52-yarder, came in 2005 against USC. Folk made the longest kick of his career to that point, a 53-yard game winner against the Buffalo Bills on Monday Night Football during his rookie season. In 2008, Folk continued his strong performance as he made 91% of his kicks and once again made all of his extra point attempts. In 2009, Folk discovered a problem with his hip that the Cowboys medical personnel diagnosed in his flexor, but it did not heal with the prescribed treatment. After conducting more tests, it was discovered that Folk had a torn labrum and underwent surgery in May 2009. On October 11, Folk became the first Jets kicker to kick five field goals in a home game since Pat Leahy achieved the feat in 1984. In the first game of the 2012 season, Folk kicked the game-winning field goal with only 3 seconds remaining in the 4th quarter against the Indianapolis Colts.
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