finalyear debutyear statvalue article_title finalteam draftround birth_date statseason pfr draftyear heightin heightft college statlabel debutteam name birth_place weight dbf position currentnumber draftpick
1980 1968 328 216 65.9 don cockroft
 cleveland browns 3 6 february 1945 1980 cockrdon01 1967 2 6 adams state field goal attempts field goals made field goal % cleveland browns don cockroft cheyenne , wyoming 195 cockrdon01 punter / placekicker 12 55
don cockroft

donald lee cockroft -lrb- born february 6 , 1945 -rrb- is a former american football punter and placekicker who played thirteen seasons in the national football league with the cleveland browns .
he has the third most career points for a brown behind fellow kickers phil dawson -lrb- second -rrb- and lou groza .
cockroft served as the browns ' primary punter and placekicker for the first nine seasons of his career .
in 1977 he dropped punting from his duties and became solely a placekicker .
he and tampa bay buccaneers kicker/punter dave green were two of the last nfl players to lead their teams in both punting and kicking in the same season -lrb- 1976 -rrb- .
later nfl players to have this dual distinction were steve little of the st. louis cardinals in 1979 , and frank corral for the los angeles rams in 1980 and 1981 .
