Zoltan Mesko (American football)

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Zoltán Meskó
Mesko punts as a Michigan Wolverine
No. 14 New England Patriots
Punter
Personal information
Date of birth: March 16, 1986
Place of birth: Timişoara, Romania
High School: Twinsburg High School
Height: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight: 230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
College: Michigan (2005–2009)
NFL Draft: 2010 / Round: 5 / Pick: 150
Debuted in 2010 for the New England Patriots
Career history
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New England Patriots (2010–present)
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
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Ray Guy Award watch list (2007, 2008, 2009)
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Ray Guy Award semifinalist (2008, 2009)
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Ray Guy Award finalist (2009)
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Wuerffel Trophy finalist (2009)
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2× First-team All-Big Ten Conference (2008, 2009)
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2009 First-team Academic All-American
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2009 All-American (2nd-team, WCFF, Scout, Rivals and AP; honorable mention SI, CFN, and PFW)
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NFL Net Punting Yard Average Rookie Record (2010)
Career NFL statistics as of 2010
Punts 58
2
Punt long Punting yard average 65
43.2
Stats at NFL.com
[1]
Zoltán Meskó (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈzoltaːn ˈmɛʃkoː], English: /ˈzoʊltɑːn ˈmɛskoʊ/; born March 16, 1986) is a
Romanian-born American football punter for the New England Patriots of the National Football League. He was
drafted by the Patriots in the fifth round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He played college football at Michigan. A native of
Romania (of Hungarian origin), he emigrated with his family to the United States and eventually settled in Ohio.
There he was discovered as a potential kicker for his school's football team and became one of the best high school
football kickers in the nation, excelling as both a punter and placekicker. After earning top honors in his state, Mesko
was recruited by several college football teams. He selected Michigan over several schools including Indiana and
USC.
At Michigan, Mesko did not win the starting job as a punter right away. He redshirted his freshman year and won a
battle for the kicking duties on the field in 2006. Mesko has since gone on to excel on the field as a three-time Ray
Guy Award watchlist candidate and off the field as a four-time Academic All Conference selection. He has also been
recognized for his character and community service by numerous organizations. As a redshirt junior in 2008, Mesko
endured the dynamics of a coaching change, became Michigan's all-time leader in punts and punting yardage, and
was named to 2008 All-Big Ten first-team. As a fifth-year senior in 2009, he made a number of preseason
All-American teams and achieved the highest punting average of his college career at 44.5 yards per punt. Mesko
concluded his season as a 2009 All-Big Ten first-team selection by both the coaches and the media.[2] He was also
selected as a first-team Academic All-American[3] and as a second-team All-American by several publications. He
holds the career and single-season records for punts and punting yards at Michigan.
In the NFL, Mesko set an NFL rookie record for net punting yard average.
Early years
Mesko was born in Timişoara, where he lived with his family in 1989 during the revolutions leading to the fall of
communism in the former Eastern Bloc and the overthrow of dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu in Romania. The family
was so immersed in the middle of the crossfire that they often dodged bullets by getting on the floor in their
apartment. Zoltan was just passing through toddlerhood at the time of the revolution so he does not remember much
of the details,[4] but the family stuffed windows with pillows during the conflict.[5] Prior to the overthrow, the family
dealt with the realities of communism, such as having to wait seven years to buy a car even though they had the
money.[5]
As a child, Mesko had a strong interest in soccer.[6] At the age of twelve, he immigrated with his family to Ohio and
Mesko was introduced to American football when he was spotted as a potential kicker in seventh grade gym class
when he knocked out a light during a kickball game.[7] [8] Mesko is a left-footed kicker.[9] Mesko, who could not
distinguish a football from a rugby ball when he first arrived in the states, familiarized himself with the sport of
American football via the television.[10]
In 2003, Mesko earned Northeast Ohio Inland All-District Division II football team honorable mention recognition
from the media while performing as a punter and placekicker for Twinsburg High School.[11] He was also selected as
Western Reserve North Division First-team by the coaches as well as the All-Summit County Team kicker.[12] [13]
The Plain Dealer listed him as their first team kicker.[14] During the year, he was 10 for 14 on field goals, while only
missing one point after touchdown attempt and averaging 36 yards per punt.[13] He placed 80% of his kickoffs in the
end zone and maintained a 4.0 grade point average.[14] During the season he made a 41-yard field goal and a
game-winning 31-yard field goal.[14] [15] By the end of the season, he had started 31 consecutive games.[6]
Twinsburg qualified for the state playoffs for the first time in ten years thanks in part to a solid kicking game.[6]
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During his junior year, he got his first recruiting feeler from Division III Mount Union College.[7]
After his junior season, he compiled tapes of his best punts, field goals, and kickoffs and sent them to 86 schools,
hoping for ten responses. As a result of his tapes, he received 14 invitations for campus visits.[7] He attended 16
kicking camps during his junior/senior summer.[6] On June 6 he attended an Indiana University camp and received a
full scholarship offer from the Hoosiers.[6] [7] Subsequently, at the University of Michigan camp, he averaged 48.5
yards per punt and a 4.6 second average hang time and was offered a scholarship.[6] During the visit he impressed
coaches when he saw fifth-year punter Adam Finley kicking balls on the roof of the Michigan indoor practice facility
and joined in by kicking four in a row over the building.[7] Mesko decided he'd give it a shot and kicked four in a
row over the building. Although, he was an Ohio State Buckeyes football fan, he was not sought after by the
Buckeyes who had recruited a punter the prior year.[6] [7] He was also admitted to all of the Ivy League schools.[16]
Mesko had a successful high school career and was ranked second among kickers in the 2005 recruiting class by
Rivals.com and fourth among punters by Scout.com.[17] [18] He committed to Michigan on June 28, 2004, just before
his senior year of high school.[19] He committed to Michigan mainly as a punter.[20] After committing to Michigan,
he continued to be recruited by USC Trojans football.[7] Over the course of his high school career, he evolved from a
155-pound (70.3 kg), 6-foot-2-inch (1.88 m) freshman into a 230-pound (104.3 kg), 6-foot-4-inch (1.93 m) senior.[6]
As a senior, Mesko once punted a ball 70 yards in the air.[21] As a senior punter and placekicker Mesko was a part of
the focus of opposition game plans.[22] He averaged 44 yards per punt as a senior and dropped 16 inside the 10-yard
line according to The Plain Dealer and 15 inside the 15-yard line according to the Ann Arbor News.[10] [23] He was
selected to play in the January 15, 2005 U.S. Army All-American Bowl as a punter.[24] During the game he drew a
roughing the kicker penalty and posted seven punts including kicks of 56, 48 and 47 yards and a pooch punt that he
placed inside the 15-yard line.[25] He was named an Associated Press Division II All-Ohio first-team punter.[26] He
was also selected to numerous local area All-star teams as both a punter and a placekicker. He served as both punter
and kicker for the Ohio team during the 2005 Big 33 Football Classic in which he was 4 for 5 on PATs.[27] [28] He
was recognized as the 2004 Northeast Inland All-District Division II first team punter by the media.[29] He was
selected as the All-Akron Beacon Journal team placekicker and the all-Summit County punter.[30] [31] The Akron
area coaches selected him as both the punter and kicker for the All-Western Reserve Conference, North Division
first-team.[32] He was selected to the combined Summit-Medina-Portage Counties All-Area team as the first team
punter by The Plain Dealer.[33] He was the first team punter for The Plain Dealer All-area team.[34] Although
Mesko's high school required 40 hours of community service, he performed over 300 hours.[10]
Name
Hometown
High school / college
Height
Weight
Zoltan
Mesko
P
Twinsburg, Ohio
Twinsburg (OH)
6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
230 lb (100 kg)
Scout:
Rivals:
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout - 4 (P) Rivals - 2 (PK/P), 36 (OH)
Note: In many cases, Scout and Rivals may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
In these cases, an average of the two was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100 point scale.
Sources:
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[35]
"Michigan Football Commitments"
. Rivals.com. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
[36]
"2005 Michigan Football Commits"
. Scout.com. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
[37]
"ESPN"
. ESPN.com. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
[38]
"Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings"
. Scout.com. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
[39]
"2005 Team Ranking"
. Rivals.com. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
40‡ Commit date
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Jun 28,
2004 Zoltan Mesko (American football)
College career
Lloyd Carr era
Prior to the 2005 season, it appeared that the Michigan Wolverines would use three kickers: Garrett Rivas for field
goals and extra points, Ross Ryan for kickoffs and Mesko for punting,[40] but redshirt junior Ryan beat out Mesko
and junior Mark Spencer for the punting duties.[41] Mesko redshirted as a freshman at Michigan in 2005, while Ryan
ranked last in the Big Ten for the 2005 season with a 38.3 yard average.[42]
Entering the 2006 season for Michigan, head coach Lloyd Carr could not decide between Mesko and Ryan.[43] In the
team's opening game against Vanderbilt, Mesko punted three times and Ryan once.[44] The two shared the kicking
duties for the first four games with Mesko recording 12 punts and Ryan recording 9.[45] [46] [47] [48] In the fifth game
of the season, against the Minnesota Golden Gophers for the Little Brown Jug, Mesko handled all of the punting
duties.[49] Ryan punted only five more times the rest of the season.[50] Mesko finished the season fourth in the Big
Ten and 38th in the nation in punting average.[51] [52] Mesko earned Academic All-Big Ten Conference recognition
for earning a letter while maintaining a 3.0 average during the fall.[53]
Prior to the 2007 season, Mesko adjusted his kicking technique to a straight motion instead of a cross-over like
National Football League punters.[54] He was a preseason Ray Guy Award watchlist nominee.[55] After Rivas
graduated, the 2007 Michigan Wolverines football team had a battle for the placekicking duties for the 2007 season
between redshirt freshman Bryan Wright and two walk-ons.[56] When the team had two fourth quarter field goal
attempts blocked during their season-opening 34–32 loss to the two-time defending FCS champion Appalachian
State Mountaineers, Mesko was an uninvolved third stringer but handled punting duties.[57] Mesko finished the
season fifth in the Big Ten in punting average,[58] and was again Academic All-Conference.[59]
Rich Rodriguez era
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When Rich Rodriguez arrived to replace the retired Carr prior to the 2008 season, he announced the Wolverines
would be using a new punting formation along with the spread offense. Instead of using two gunners, the team
switched to using six, and Mesko switched to rolling out and using directional kicks.[60] The plan called for a
mixture of employing traditional pocket punts and roll out for rugby style ones.[61] Mesko said the changes to the
team were so drastic under Rodriguez that he felt like he had transferred.[62] On all seven of his punts in the opening
game against Utah, Mesko rolled out to his left before punting.[63] The new punt scheme was part of the option
offense and could have resulted in a fake punt.[63] In Michigan's third game against Notre Dame on September 13,
Mesko executed an option run for 13 yards and a first down.[64] [65] Mesko also executed a seven-yard option run for
a first down against Minnesota on November 8 in the Little Brown Jug game.[66] Mesko had a couple of punts
blocked during the season,[67] [68] and one was returned for a touchdown during the Michigan – Ohio State game.[69]
During the season, Mesko served as K.C. Lopata's holder on placekicks.[70] Mesko repeated a Guy Award watchlist
candidate in 2008.[55] After the list was narrowed from fifty to ten, Mesko was a semifinalist for the award.[71]
Mesko led the Big Ten in punting average and finished twentieth in the nation.[72] [73] He was named to the Big Ten
All Conference First-Team in 2008.[74] He was recognized by Phil Steele as a fourth team All-American for 2008.[75]
Mesko was Academic All-Conference for a third time.[76] At the conclusion of the 2008–09 academic year, the
inaugural class of Big Ten Distinguished Scholars was recognized for having attained a 3.7 GPA for the academic
year while earning varsity letters,[77] and Mesko was among the honorees.[78]
As a senior, Mesko entered the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season
opener with the most career starts (38) on the 2009 Michigan Wolverines football
team.[79] He served as the first special teams performer to be captain in the
130-year history of Michigan football.[16] In 2009, Mesko was again a Guy
Award watchlist candidate for the Wolverines.[80] He was also a pre-season
Playboy All-American and NationalChamps.net first-team All-American.[81] [82]
On October 11, 2009, he was named Big Ten Conference special teams player of
the week for averaging 53.8 yards on five punts at Iowa.[83] He was a 2009
Allstate Good Works Team honoree for his outstanding civic contributions to the
local community and a 2009 Lowe's Senior Class Award Finalist for classroom,
community, character and competition excellence.[84] At the midpoint in the
Wolverines' Big Ten schedule, Mesko ranked fifth in the nation and first in the
Mesko at 2009 Michigan spring
Big Ten in punting average.[85] In November, Mesko was named a one of 10
practice
semifinalists for the Ray Guy Award and one of 12 finalists for the Wuerffel
Trophy.[86] [87] In eight conference games Mesko averaged 45.2 yards/punt, which was the first time a Michigan
punter led the Big Ten in Conference game punting average since Paul Staroba in 1970.[88] Although the team
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played twelve games, Mesko only accumulated stats in eleven since the team did not punt a single time in its October
17, 63–6 victory against the Delaware State Hornets.[89] He was selected by both the coaches and the media to the
first-team All-Big Ten Conference team.[2] Mesko was named one of three finalists for the Ray Guy Award along
with Drew Butler and Chaz Henry.[90] Mesko was honored as a fall term of the 2009-10 Academic All-Conference
selection.[91] He was also one of fifteen Football Bowl Subdivision athletes and six Big Ten athletes selected as a
first-team Academic All-American.[3] [92] He was the second-team All-American punter selection by the Walter
Camp Football Foundation, the Associated Press, Scout.com, and Rivals.com.[93] [94] [95] [96] He was an honorable
mention All-American by Sports Illustrated, Pro Football Weekly, and College Football News.[97] [98] [99] He
finished the season ranked eighth in the nation and first in the Big Ten in punting average.[100] [101] [102] On
December 31, 2009, he one of 22 players recognized as a member of the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team, which
rewards public service and volunteer work.[103]
Mesko is Michigan's career leader in punts and punting yardage and is
second only to Monte Robbins in punting average.[104] He is also the
Michigan single-season punts (80) and punting yards (3436) record
holder.[105] Mesko ranks ninth all-time in career punts and seventh in
punting yardage in Big Ten Conference history.[106] At the close of his
collegiate career, Mesko was rated the number one punter prospect for
the 2010 NFL draft by Scouts.com.[107]
Mesko during pregame coin toss with teammates
Carlos Brown, Brandon Graham and Mark
Ortmann as well as Tim Hiller.
Statistics
Punting
Season
Team
Professional career
Pre-draft
Punts
Avg
Long
Yds
2006
Michigan 13
50
41.6
64
2,079
2007
Michigan 13
70
41.1
68
2,876
2008
Michigan 12
80
43.0
63
3,436
2009
Michigan 12
52
44.5
66
2,312
Career totals
[108]
GP
50
252
42.5
68
10,703
7
Pre-draft measureables
Ht
Wt
Arm
length
Hand
size
6 ft 4 in
240
lb
34 in
10 in
40-yd
dash
10-yd split 20-yd split 20-ss 3-cone Vert Broad
BP
Wonderlic
16 rep
[109]
All values from NFL Scouting Combine.
Mesko ranked second among all specialists at the NFL Combine with 16 repetitions on the bench press.[110]
New England Patriots
2010 season
Mesko was drafted by the New England Patriots in the fifth round (150th overall) of the 2010 NFL Draft. He was the
first punter or placekicker drafted and the second Wolverine drafted (Graham was the first) in the 2010 draft.[111] He
signed a four-year contract on June 16, 2010.[112]
In Week 6 of his rookie season, Mesko set a season-long with a 65-yard punt in overtime that gave the Baltimore
Ravens the ball at their own 19-yard line. The Ravens would not convert a first down, punting back to the Patriots
who scored to win the game on the ensuing drive.[113]
The 2010 Patriots were the seventh-highest scoring team in NFL history; as a result, Mesko punted just 58 times,
26th in the league. Of those punts, 19 were downed inside the 20, while 5 were touchbacks. Mesko finished his
rookie season with a gross average of 43.2 yards, and net average of 38.4 yards, the highest net average for a rookie
in NFL history.[114] [115] During the 2011 NFL Lockout, Mesko, a finance and marketing major in college, interned
as a private equity analyst with Graham Partners in Philadelphia.[115]
Personal
In the mid-1990s, his parents, Michael and Elisabeth Mesko, were highly educated engineers in Romania. The
family supplemented its income selling homemade clothes in the market.[116] His father was also a professional
nine-pin bowler.[114] On May 8, 1997,[114] when Zoltan was 11, his family moved from his native Romania after
Michael Mesko won a United States Permanent Resident Card (green card) in the Diversity Immigrant Visa lottery
for the single child family to move to the United States.[116] The Meskos now have jobs that pay well.[6] The family
spent the first year and half in New York City before moving to Ohio for better jobs.[10] Zoltan speaks Romanian,
Hungarian, German and English and is conversant in Spanish. He learned to speak English by watching
television.[23] He was schooled at a German school in Timişoara, which was then Romania's second-largest city. His
parents taught him Hungarian and he spoke Romanian with his friends.[117] Mesko completed a Bachelor of Business
Administration in finance and marketing from the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business in 2009.[118] He
completed a master's degree in sports management from the University of Michigan School of Kinesiology in April
2010.[119]
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Profile (NFL) (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?playerId=13421) at ESPN.com
Michigan Wolverines bio (http://www.webcitation.org/5wzIAPW0a)
New England Patriots bio (http://www.patriots.com/team/index.cfm?ac=playerbio&bio=34186)
Profile (college) (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/player/profile?playerId=180834) at ESPN.com
Profile (http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/players/playerpage/584055) at CBS Sports
Profile (http://michigan.rivals.com/cviewplayer.asp?Player=59773) at Rivals.com
Stats (http://web1.ncaa.org/mfb/playerDetail.jsp?yr=2009&org=418&player=41) at NCAA.org
Candidate profile for Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award (http://www.seniorclassaward.com/athletes/
zoltan_mesko/)
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