Rob Bironas

Rob Bironas

James Robert Douglas “Rob” Bironas was an American football placekicker. He holds the NFL record for field goals in a single game, set in 2007 against the Houston Texans. He played college football for Auburn University and Georgia Southern University. He was an All-Pro and Pro Bowl selection in 2007.

About Rob Bironas in brief

Summary Rob BironasJames Robert Douglas “Rob” Bironas was an American football placekicker. He holds the NFL record for field goals in a single game, set in 2007 against the Houston Texans. He played college football for Auburn University and Georgia Southern University. He was an All-Pro and Pro Bowl selection in 2007. He died in a car crash on September 20, 2014, at the age of 43. He is survived by his wife, two children, and a brother. His funeral was held in Nashville, Tennessee, on September 25, 2014. He leaves behind a wife and two children. He also leaves a brother, a brother-in-law, and two brothers-in law. He had a brother on the Georgia Southern Eagles football team.

He won the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA National Championship while playing with the Eagles. He founded The Rob Biron as Fund to help Nashville youth achieve scholastic excellence through music education and leadership. He worked to provide needy children through the Kicks for Kids program to help them through the Nashville Symphony, and worked with the Phi Kappa Kicks fraternity to help youth through the fraternity’s Kicks For Kids program. His brother was on the soccer team, for his final year of collegiate eligibility, and played for Georgia Southern.