Adam Vinatieri elected to Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame
New England Patriots
Vinatieri is certainly one of 5 gamers elected on this yr’s Corridor of Fame Class.
SAN FRANCISCO — Adam Vinatieri has formally kicked his method right into a spot in Canton. In the course of the NFL Honors ceremony on Thursday, the league introduced that Vinatieri has been elected to the Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame.
Vinatieri is the NFL’s all-time scoring chief, with 2,673 factors and the record-holder for made field-goals (599). He’s a four-time Tremendous Bowl champion. Three of these rings got here throughout his decade-long stint with the Patriots.
He received the opposite throughout a later 14-year stint with the Colts. He performed 24 seasons in whole and nailed plenty of memorable kicks alongside the best way.
“You at all times knew that when he kicked, they had been going to go in,” Patriots coach Mike Vrabel stated. “I believe that was simply sort of what we at all times thought and knew if we obtained into these sorts of conditions.”
His kick within the snow throughout the ultimate sport at Foxboro stadium within the 2001 Divisional Spherical in opposition to the Raiders is unparalleled, Vrabel stated.
“The kick within the snow, that’s most likely the best feat — one of many best feats I’ve ever seen on a soccer discipline,” Vrabel stated. “You might barely run, not to mention method and kick a soccer that size.”
Vinatieri additionally made a pair of game-winning Tremendous Bowl kicks in 2001 and 2003. He was a three-time first-team All-Professional choice. He made 83.8 % of his profession field-goal makes an attempt.
This was Vinatieri’s second yr eligible for enshrinement. He’s the third kicker within the Po Soccer Corridor of Fame, with Morten Andersen and Jan Stenerud previous him.
The opposite inductees had been Panthers linebacker Luke Kuechly, Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald, Saints quarterback Drew Brees, and 49ers operating again Roger Craig.
There have been no coaches or contributors elected this yr. Former Patriots coach Invoice Belichick and crew proprietor Robert Kraft had been each on the poll up in opposition to Craig. Kraft and Belichick each fell in need of the 40 out of fifty vote threshold wanted for election.
Vinatieri performed till age 47, when he retired from the Colts in 2021. Now, at age 53, he has earned his spot within the Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame.
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