Chris Kluwe

• Minnesota Vikings (2005-2012)

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Christopher James " Chris " Kluwe ( born December 24, 1981 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American professional American football player at the position of the Punters. He played eight years with the Minnesota Vikings in the National Football League ( NFL) and became a free agent after the 2012 season.

Career

College

Kluwe played college football at the University of California, Los Angeles ( UCLA) and became one of the best punter in the Pacific -10 Conference. He broke into his college years, two records: the yards achieved by punts and the number of punts in a season. Overall, Chris Kluwe punts went 93 for 4,000 yards for UCLA.

NFL

The Seattle Seahawks committed Kluwe 2005 as a free agent. However, he did not make it into the squad for the regular season, after which he undertook the Minnesota Vikings. Kluwe scored an average of 44 yards per punt, which made him the second best punter of the National Football Conference (NFC ). When a punt he was injured after an attack from the safety of the Detroit Lions, Vernon Fox, at the ankle. The at that time already 42 -year-old Darren Bennett was committed as a substitute, but Kluwe put just one of.

In October 2007, Chris Kluwe extended his contract for a further six years until 2013.

After the 2013 NFL Draft, where the Minnesota Vikings punter Jeff Locke (also from UCLA) selected in the fifth round, Kluwe was released by the Vikings. After discharge, there was speculation that his political commitment for same-sex marriage may have been decisive for his dismissal. After Kluwe had publicly expressed during an interview in late 2013 allegations to coach and owner of the Minnesota Vikings, the Vikings rates announced an opinion which stresses them to have Kluwe dismissed only because sporting aspects.