Travis Dorsch Travis Edward Dorsch ( born September 4 , 1979 ) is a doctor of sport psychology and an assistant professor at Utah State University in Logan , Utah , Dorsch is a former American college and professional football player who was placekicker and punter in the National Football League ( NFL ) for two seasons during the early 2000s . He played college football for Purdue University , and was recognized as an All - American . The Cincinnati Bengals picked him in the fourth round of the 2002 NFL Draft , and he played professionally for the Bengals and Green Bay Packers of the NFL , and the Rhein Fire of NFL Europa . Early years . Dorsch was born in San Diego , California . He attended Bozeman High School in Bozeman , Montana , and was a letterman in high school football , basketball , and track and field for the Bozeman Hawks . He also played four years of American Legion baseball for the Bozeman Bucks as a starting first baseman and pitcher . He holds several state records including the longest field goal in state history ( fourth - longest in the national high school annals ) at 63 yards . College career . While attending Purdue University in West Lafayette , Indiana , Dorsch played for both the Purdue Boilermakers football team and the Boilermakers baseball team . While playing for the Boilermakers football team from 1998 to 2001 , Dorsch set many records including career scoring ( 355 points ) , career field goals ( 69 ) , and career punting average ( 48 . 4 ) . He became the first Big Ten Conference athlete to be named as a first - team all - conference selection as both a punter and a placekicker . He was recognized as a consensus first - team All - American punter , having received first - team honors from the American Football Coaches Association , Associated Press , Walter Camp Foundation and CNNSI . He also and won the Ray Guy Award for the nation ' s outstanding punter , and received first - team All - American honors as a placekicker from " Football News " and " The Sporting News " . He is the only athlete in Purdue history to have kicked a field goal and thrown a touchdown in football , and hit a home run and recorded a win as a pitcher in baseball . Professional career . As a football player , Dorsch was drafted in the 4th round ( 111th overall pick ) in the 2002 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals . His only NFL experience came with the Bengals in 2002 . He had 5 punts , averaging just 32 . 4 as an injury replacement for starter Nick Harris . His net average of 1 . 8 yards per kick remains the lowest in NFL history ( 5 kick minimum ) . Dorsch was a member of the 2004 Green Bay Packers playoff roster and was a practice squad member with the Minnesota Vikings in 2004 . He spent 2005 and 2006 competing in NFL Europe as a punter for the Rhein Fire in Düsseldorf , Germany . Life after football . Dorsch is currently an assistant professor at Utah State University in Logan , Utah . After retiring from football in 2006 , he has focused his competitive energies on the sport of triathlon . He is one of the top ranked clydesdale triathletes in the United States , and has finished six Ironman triathlons ( Cozumel , 2009 ; Regensburg , 2010 ; Florida , 2011 ; Arizona , 2012 ; Los Cabos , 2013 ; Coeur D ' Alene , 2013 ) . Dorsch has published two scholarly articles : ( 1 ) Dorsch , T . E . , Smith , A . L . , & McDonough , M . H . ( 2009 ) " Parents ' perceptions of child - to - parent socialization in organized youth sport " , and ( 2 ) Witt , J . K . & Dorsch , T . E . ( 2009 ) " Kicking to bigger uprights : Field goal kicking performance influences perceived size " .