Dave Zastudil
{{Short description|American football player (born 1978)}}
{{Use American English|date=September 2024}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Dave Zastudil
| image = Dave Zastudil 2014.JPG
| caption = Zastudil with the Arizona Cardinals in 2014
| number = 15, 9
| position = Punter
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|10|26}}
| birth_place = Bay Village, Ohio, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 3
| weight_lbs = 220
| high_school = Bay Village (OH) Bay
| college = Ohio
| draftyear = 2002
| draftround = 4
| draftpick = 112
| pastteams = * Baltimore Ravens ({{NFL Year|2002}}–{{NFL Year|2005}})
- Cleveland Browns ({{NFL Year|2006}}–{{NFL Year|2010}})
- Arizona Cardinals ({{NFL Year|2011}}–{{NFL Year|2014}})
| highlights = * NFL punting yards leader (2012)
- PFWA All-Rookie Team (2002)
- First-team All-American (2001)
- 2× MAC Special Teams Player of the Year (1999, 2001)
;NFL records
- Most punting yards in a season: 5,209 (2012)
- Most punts inside the 20 in a season: 46 (2012)
| statlabel1 = Punts
| statvalue1 = 869
| statlabel2 = Punting yards
| statvalue2 = 38,016
| statlabel3 = Punting yards average
| statvalue3 = 43.7
| statlabel4 = Inside 20
| statvalue4 = 285
}}
David Michael Zastudil (born October 26, 1978) is an American former professional football player who was a punter in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ohio Bobcats, and was selected in the fourth round of the 2002 NFL draft by the Baltimore Ravens.
Early life
Zastudil attended Bay High School in Bay Village, Ohio,{{Cite web |title=Dave Zastudil |url=http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/team/player.php?id=486 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070408170726/http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/team/player.php?id=486 |archive-date=April 8, 2007 |access-date=April 30, 2007 |website=ClevelandBrowns.com}} where he played quarterback, punter, and placekicker and helped to lead his team to an 8–2 record during his senior year. As a senior, Dave passed for 806 yards and accumulated 2,282 yards throughout his career. He averaged 40.7 yards per kick as a senior punter with a long punt of 67 yards; he also made 19 consecutive point-after attempts, made six field goals with a long field goal of 42 yards and averaged 57 yards per kickoff. He was selected twice as an all-state and all-conference punter, and made the all-district team as a kicker and the all-conference team as a quarterback.
College career
Dave graduated from Bay High School and attended Ohio University, where he led the Bobcats and the Mid-American Conference in punting for four straight years. As a senior, Zastudil was selected as a first-team All-American by Football News and the Football Writers Association of America, and was selected as a second-team All-American by the Associated Press. He was also a first-team All-Mid-American Conference selection and the MAC's special teams co-player of the year, after leading the MAC in punting four times. During his senior year, Zastudil punted 50 times for 2,280 yards with a 45.6-yard average, with 16 of those punts having come from inside the 20-yard line, seven touchbacks and a long punt of 74 yards.
As an underclassman, Zastudil was a first-team All-Mid American Conference selection as a junior (averaging 44.3 yards per punt), sophomore (43.2 yards per punt) and freshman (45.3 yards per punt). As a sophomore, he was the MAC special teams player of the year and the first-team All-MAC punter after leading the conference in punting. As a freshman, he was also named to the All-America team.
Zastudil also set the school record for the longest punt with a 75-yard punt against the Akron Zips. Dave graduated from Ohio with a double major in finance and marketing.
Professional career
=Baltimore Ravens=
After graduating from Ohio University, Zastudil was eligible for the 2002 NFL draft. He was one of only two punters taken during the draft (Craig Jarrett was the other),{{cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/years/2002 |title=Draft History – 2002 |website=NFL.com |access-date=April 30, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070418141442/http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/years/2002 |archive-date=April 18, 2007 |url-status=dead }} and was selected in the fourth round with the 112th pick overall by the Baltimore Ravens.{{Cite web |title=2002 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2002/draft.htm |access-date=March 18, 2023 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}} As a rookie, he punted 81 times for 41.58 average.{{Cite web |title=Dave Zastudil 2002 Game Log |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/Z/ZastDa20/gamelog/2002/ |access-date=October 4, 2023 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}} He was named to the PFWA All-Rookie Team for the 2002 season.{{Cite web |title=2002 NFL All-Rookie Team |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/awards/nfl-all-rookie-2002.htm |access-date=October 4, 2023 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}} In his only postseason appearance of his professional career, Zastudil had eight punts for a 48.75 average in a 20–17 loss to the Tennessee Titans in the Wild Card Round.{{Cite web |title=Wild Card - Tennessee Titans at Baltimore Ravens - January 3rd, 2004 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200401030rav.htm |access-date=October 4, 2023 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}}
=Cleveland Browns=
File:Dave Zastudil punting in 2007.jpg
On March 12, 2006, Zastudil was signed by the Cleveland Browns to the terms of a five-year contract,{{Cite web |last=Jackson |first=Zac |date=March 12, 2006 |title=Browns sign punter Zastudil |url=http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/article.php?id=5214 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012155657/http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/article.php?id=5214 |archive-date=October 12, 2007 |access-date=April 30, 2007 |website=ClevelandBrowns.com}} replacing journeyman punter Kyle Richardson. Before 2009, Zastudil had played in all but three games during his professional career; he missed those three games in 2004 after suffering a shoulder injury.{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Brian |date=November 18, 2004 |title=With Zastudil injured, Murphy signed to punt |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2004-11-18-0411180304-story.html |access-date=October 4, 2023 |website=Baltimore Sun}}{{Cite web |title=Dave Zastudil Career Game Log |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/Z/ZastDa20.htm |access-date=October 4, 2023 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}} In Week 5 of the 2009 season, he earned AFC Special Teams Player of the Week for his game against the Buffalo Bills, a 6–3 defensive game where he punted nine times and landed seven inside the 20.{{Cite web |title=Cleveland Browns at Buffalo Bills - October 11th, 2009 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200910110buf.htm |access-date=October 4, 2023 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=2009 NFL Week 5 Leaders & Scores |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2009/week_5.htm |access-date=October 4, 2023 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}} On November 18, 2009, Zastudil was put on injured reserve after a lingering knee problem. Reggie Hodges took over the punting for the Browns. The knee did not recover as well as expected after surgery, and Zastudil was placed on injured reserve again for the 2010 season on August 17, 2010.{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE67G4LE20100817|title=Browns punter Zastudil out for season with injury|access-date=August 17, 2010 | work=Reuters | date=August 17, 2010}} On November 16, Zastudil and quarterback Brett Ratliff were waived by the Browns.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/story/14307017/browns-waive-qb-ratliff-p-zastudil-on-busy-day|title=Browns waive QB Ratliff, P Zastudil on busy day|access-date=November 17, 2010 | work=CBS Sports | date=November 16, 2010}}
=Arizona Cardinals=
Zastudil signed with the Arizona Cardinals on August 24, 2011.{{Cite web |last=Weinfuss |first=Josh |date=January 21, 2014 |title=Cards sign punter Zastudil to two-year deal |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/10329330/arizona-cardinals-sign-dave-zastudil-2-year-deal |access-date=October 4, 2023 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}} In the 2012 season, Zastudil set the NFL record for most net punting yards in a season with 5,209 on 112 punts, the third most in a season.{{Cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/punt_yds_single_season.htm |title=NFL Punting Yards Single-Season Leaders |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en |access-date=November 14, 2017}}{{Cite web |title=NFL Punts Single-Season Leaders (since 1939) |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/punt_single_season.htm |access-date=October 4, 2023 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}} In addition, he had 46 punts land inside the 20-yard line, breaking the NFL single-season record, which was originally shared by three others.{{Cite web |last=McManaman |first=Bob |date=December 23, 2012 |title=Bears 28, Cardinals 13 |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/news/bears-28-cardinals-13-010010621--nfl.html |access-date=December 23, 2012 |website=Yahoo! Sports}} On August 31, 2015, Zastudil was released by the Cardinals.{{Cite web |last=Weinfuss |first=Josh |date=August 31, 2015 |title=Cardinals release veterans Dave Zastudil, Lorenzo Alexander |url=https://www.espn.com/blog/arizona-cardinals/post/_/id/15800/cardinals-release-veterans-dave-zastudil-lorenzo-alexander |access-date=October 4, 2023 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}
=Career statistics=
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! align="center" rowspan="2" | Year !! align="center" colspan="3" | !! align="center" colspan="7" | Punting !! align="center" colspan="4" | Kickoffs | |||||||||||||
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! !! G !! No. !! YDS !! AVG !! LNG !! In20 !! TB !! BLKD !! No. !! YDS !! AVG !! TB | |||||||||||||
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| 2002 | Baltimore Ravens | 16 | 81 | 3,368 | 41.6 | 61 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 128 | 64.0 | 0 |
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| 2003 | Baltimore Ravens | 16 | 89 | 3,649 | 41.0 | 67 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2004 | Baltimore Ravens | 14 | 73 | 2,948 | 40.4 | 61 | 26 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 54.0 | 0 |
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| 2005 | Baltimore Ravens | 16 | 84 | 3,653 | 43.5 | 60 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 |
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| 2006 | Cleveland Browns | 16 | 81 | 3,563 | 44.0 | 61 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2007 | Cleveland Browns | 12 | 49 | 2,046 | 41.8 | 64 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2008 | Cleveland Browns | 16 | 75 | 3,410 | 45.5 | 65 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2009 | Cleveland Browns | 8 | 49 | 2,188 | 44.7 | 60 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2011 | Arizona Cardinals | 15 | 87 | 3,929 | 45.2 | 66 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2012 | Arizona Cardinals | 16 | 112 | 5,209 | 46.5 | 70 | 46 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2013 | Arizona Cardinals | 16 | 78 | 3,566 | 45.7 | 60 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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! align="right" colspan="2" | [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/Z/ZastDa20.htm Totals] | 161 | 858 | 37,529 | 43.7 | 70 | 284 | 78 | 3 | 4 | 198 | 49.5 | 0 |
Personal life
He is married to Sara Zastudil. The couple have five children.{{Cite web |date=November 30, 2021 |title=NFL Great Dave Zastudil '97 Returns to His Football Roots, Coaching BMS 5-6 Graders |url=https://www.thevillagernewspaper.com/2021/11/30/nfl-great-dave-zastudil-97-returns-to-his-football-roots-coaching-bms-5-6-graders/ |access-date=October 4, 2023 |website=The Villager Newspaper Online |language=en-US}} He currently resides in Bay Village, Ohio.{{Cite web |last=Galek |first=Lisa |date=May 26, 2021 |title=Best Places To Live: Bay Village |url=https://clevelandmagazine.com/at-home/rating-the-suburbs/articles/best-places-to-live-bay-village-2021 |access-date=October 4, 2023 |website=Cleveland Magazine |language=en}}
References
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External links
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Category:People from Bay Village, Ohio
Category:Players of American football from Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Category:American football punters
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