Craig Jarrett

{{Short description|American football player (born 1979)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

|name=Craig Jarrett

|number=10

|position=Punter

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1979|7|17|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Martinsville, Indiana, U.S.

|height_ft=6

|height_in=2

|weight_lbs=215

|high_school=Martinsville (IN)

|college=Michigan State

|draftyear=2002

|draftround=6

|draftpick=194

|pastteams=

• Seattle Seahawks ({{NFL Year|2002}})*
• San Francisco 49ers ({{NFL Year|2002}})*
• Washington Redskins ({{NFL Year|2002}})
• Houston Texans ({{NFL Year|2003}})*
• Tampa Bay Buccaneers ({{NFL Year|2004}})*

|highlights =

• First-team All-Big Ten (1999)
• Second-team All-Big Ten (1998)

|statlabel1=Punts

|statvalue1=20

|statlabel2=Punting yards

|statvalue2=771

|statlabel3=Yards per punt

|statvalue3=38.6

|pfr=JarrCr20

}}

Craig Jarrett (born July 17, 1979) is an American former professional football punter in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Michigan State University and was selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the sixth round of the 2002 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=2002 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2002/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}

Jarrett is perhaps best known for taking out two players from Marshall University following a punt during a college football match-up between Michigan State and Marshall.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj7LNJYI--U |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/wj7LNJYI--U |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Michigan State Punter Destroys Marshall |accessdate=2010-04-02 |work=YouTube |date=2006-08-22 |publisher=NateFoccEER}}{{cbignore}}