All-Time Seminole Kicker: Sebastian Janikowski

Biography

BORN: March 2, 1978

BIRTHPLACE: Walbrych, Poland

HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6'2"/255 pounds

NFL Experience: Three Years

DRAFT: 1995 - No. 17 in the first round to Oakland

FSU LETTERS: Football 1997-1999

One of the most colorful athletes to ever play at Florida State...Possesses tremendous leg power and confidence...Nearly always dead-center on his placements and generally boomed his kickoffs out of the end zone and was wery consistent driving the ball...Gets above average hang time on his kickoff attempts...Despite only three seasons as a Seminole, he ranks third on the school’s career-record list in scoring with 324 points...His 66 field goals rank behind Derek Schmidt (73, 1984-87) on FSU’s all-time record chart.

1999 Season...Earned consensus All-American honors and was a All-Atlantic Coast Conference first-team selection... Recipient of the Lou Groza Award, given to the nation’s top kicking specialist...Led the team in scoring with 116 points, the third-highest season total in school history...Connected on 23 of 30 field goals and all 47 extra point attempts...His 23 field goals rank behind his 1998 school season-record of 27 in 1998.

Louisiana Tech...Made 5 conversions and field goals of 49 & 23 yards. Georgia Tech...Followed with 46 & 45-yard field goals while also making 5 PATs. North Carolina State...Connected on field goals of 30, 47, 22, 31 & 47 yards and had 3 PATs...His five field goals tied the school game-record, first set by Bill Capece vs. Pittsburgh in 1980 and matched his own mark set vs. Maryland in 1998. Duke...Successful on 6 conversions and field goals of 46, 27 & 37 yards. Wake Forest...Added 31, 34, 52 & 32-yard field goals to go with his 3 PATs.

Maryland...Connected on 7 conversions. Virginia Tech (Sugar Bowl)...Closed out his career with 5 PATs and a 32-yard field goal.

1998 Season...Winner of the Lou Groza Award...Named All-American by the Associated Press, Football Writer's Association and Football News...First-team All-ACC pick...Set school and Atlantic Coast Conference records for field goals in a season with 27...Made 27 of his 32 attempts (84.4 percent) last year...Set the ACC and Florida State season kick scoring record with 123 points, which also ranks second on the FSU all-time season scoring list...Led the nation with an average of 2.25 field goals-per-game. Texas A&M...Opened the season with a pair of conversions and field goals of 33, 28 & 22 yards. Duke...Made a career-high 8 PATs to go with 35 & 40-yard field goals. Southern California...Followed with 37, 36 & 26-yard field goals. Maryland...Added 27, 47, 48, 23 & 36-yard field goals. Clemson...Kicked 6 conversions and 53 & 42-yard field goals. North Carolina...Had 42, 28, 24 & 42-yard field goals, adding 4 conversions. Florida...Booted field goals of 36, 42 & 41 yards. Tennessee (Fiesta Bowl)...Successful on a 34-yard field goal and a pair of PATs.

1997 Season...Led the Seminoles in scoring with 85 points as a freshman...Began the season as the starter on kickoffs...Unseated incumbent starter Bill Gramatica from field goal and point after attempts after the Miami game...Made 16 of 21 field goals and converted 37 of 39 extra points... Ranked sixth in the nation with 1.45 field goals-per-game and 30th with 7.64 points-per- game. Duke...In his first game as the starting placekicker, he made a 21-yard field goal and 6 PATs. North Carolina...Had 40 & 32-yarders. Wake Forest...Followed with 56, 20 & 21-yard field goals...His 56 yarder set a school record. Florida...Had field goals of 20, 31 & 28 yards. Ohio State (Sugar Bowl)...Booted a 35 yarder.

Accolades:

Two time Leo Groza Award Winner

1997

The Sporting News - 1st Team All-Freshman

1998

Associated Press - 1st Team All-American

Football News - 1st Team All-American

Football Writers Association - 1st Team All-American

The Sporting News - 1st Team All-American

Football Digest - 1st Team All-American

NCAA Consensus All-American

1999

Football Writers Association - 1st Team All-American

Walter Camp - 1st Team All-American

All-American Foundation - 1st Team All-American

Associated Press - 1st Team All-American

The Sporting News - 1st Team All-American

Football News - 1st Team All-American

American Football Coaches Association - 1st Team All-American

NCAA Consensus All-American

Career Statistics - College

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