Cody Mandell
{{Short description|American football player (born 1992)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Cody Mandell
| image =
| caption =
| current_team = Hamilton Tiger-Cats
| number = 79
| position = Punter
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|4|7}}
| birth_place = Lafayette, Louisiana
| high_school = Lafayette (LA) Acadiana
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lbs = 217
| college = Alabama
| undraftedyear = 2014
| pastteams =
- Dallas Cowboys ({{NFL Year|2014}})*
- Green Bay Packers ({{NFL Year|2015}})*
- Hamilton Tiger-Cats ({{CFL Year|2016}}–present)
| highlights =
- 2× BCS national champion (2012, 2013)
- First-team All-SEC (2013)
| status =
}}
Cody Mandell (born April 7, 1992) is an American football punter for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Mandell played his college football at Alabama.
Early years
Mandell attended Acadiana High School and was recruited to Alabama to walk-on the team as a punter. During his career with the Crimson Tide, Mandell started all four years and was a member of both the 2011 and 2012 national championship teams. During his four years at Alabama, he increased his punting average from 39.2 yards as a freshman to 47.1 yards by his senior year.
Professional career
=Dallas Cowboys=
After his senior year at Alabama, Mandell was selected to participate in the NFL Scouting Combine as one of the top punters in the 2014 draft class.{{cite news |title=Alabama leads way with 12 former players invited to NFL Combine |first=Andrew |last=Gribble |url=http://www.al.com/alabamafootball/index.ssf/2014/02/alabama_leads_way_with_12_form.html |publisher=AL.com |date=February 6, 2014 |access-date=May 16, 2014}} Mandell went undrafted in the 2014 NFL draft, but was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Dallas Cowboys after the draft.{{cite news |last=George |first=Brandon |title=Dallas Cowboys bring in 23 undrafted free agents as rookie mini-camp approaches |url=http://cowboysblog.dallasnews.com/2014/05/dallas-cowboys-bring-in-undrafted-free-agents-as-rookie-mini-camp-approaches.html/ |access-date=May 16, 2014 |newspaper=The Dallas Morning News |date=May 11, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140516095036/http://cowboysblog.dallasnews.com/2014/05/dallas-cowboys-bring-in-undrafted-free-agents-as-rookie-mini-camp-approaches.html/ |archive-date=May 16, 2014 }} He was released on August 12, 2014.
=Green Bay Packers=
On January 26, 2015, it was announced by Green Bay Packers General Manager Ted Thompson that they signed Mandell and that he would wear number 9 for the Packers.{{Cite web|url=http://www.packersnews.com/story/sports/nfl/packers/insidersblog/2015/01/26/packers-sign-p-cody-mandell/22375623/|title = Packers sign P Cody Mandell}} He was released from the team on August 10, 2015.{{Cite web |url=http://www.packers.com/news-and-events/article-roster-moves/article-1/Packers-release-P-Cody-Mandell/8f239a26-7076-4c1a-a22d-9659b3f5d14f |title=Packers release P Cody Mandell |access-date=August 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150819184449/http://www.packers.com/news-and-events/article-roster-moves/article-1/Packers-release-P-Cody-Mandell/8f239a26-7076-4c1a-a22d-9659b3f5d14f |archive-date=August 19, 2015 |url-status=dead }}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140607144700/http://www.rolltide.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/mandell_cody00.html Alabama Crimson Tide bio]
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Category:Alabama Crimson Tide football players
Category:American football punters
Category:Dallas Cowboys players
Category:Players of American football from Lafayette, Louisiana