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The Buccaneer kickers
| Buc kickers by season |
| 1976 | Roder, Green |
| 1977 | Green, Leavitt |
| 1978 | O'Donoghue |
| 1979 | O'Donoghue |
| 1980 | Yepremian |
| 1981 | Yepremian, Capece |
| 1982 | Capece, Clark |
| 1983 | Capece, Warnke, Yarno |
| 1984 | Ariri |
| 1985 | Igwebuike |
| 1986 | Igwebuike |
| 1987 | Igwebuike, Tiffin, Davis |
| 1988 | Igwebuike, Carney, Criswell |
| 1989 | Igwebuike, Carney |
| 1990 | Christie |
| 1991 | Christie |
| 1992 | Willis, Murray |
| 1993 | Husted |
| 1994 | Husted |
| 1995 | Husted |
| 1996 | Husted |
| 1997 | Husted |
| 1998 | Husted |
| 1999 | Gramatica |
| 2000 | Gramatica |
| 2001 | Gramatica, Brien |
| 2002 | Gramatica |
| 2003 | Gramatica |
| 2004 | Gramatica, Taylor |
| 2005 | Bryant, France |
| 2006 | Bryant |
| 2007 | Bryant |
"I go keek a touchdown" - the famous quote uttered by former NFL great Alex Karras when describing his opinion of kickers. But just like a backside, everyone needs one and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have had their fair share of interesting characters over their 27 seasons of existence.
British interest in the NFL has always been targeted on the kickers thanks to the likes of John Smith and Mick Luckhurst having success from these shores. The Bucs
have even had two English kickers during the pre-season, former Chelsea soccer midfielder Vince Abbott in 1985 and Southampton's Rob Hart in 2002, both putting toe to ball but without enough success to make the final roster.
But foreign nationalities have been well represented in Tampa Bay, starting with German-born Pete Rajecki who kicked the first points in Buc history during the 1976 pre-season. Israeli Garo Yepremian won a SuperBowl ring during Miami's perfect season and spent parts of two campaigns in Tampa, whilst a pair of Nigerians, Obed Ariri and Donald Igwebuike, both had great success in a Buc uniform.
Igwebuike actually followed his childhood friend Ariri to the USA and to Clemson University, and wound up taking his job in the 1985 season. Irishman Neil O'Donoghue kicked the Bucs to their first division title in 1979 and of course now Argentina is represented by Martin Gramatica on the current roster.
For sheer inaccuracy, the first Tampa Bay kicker Mirro Roder takes some beating as he missed all three of his fieldgoal attempts and was promptly cut.
Dave Warnke did at least make one of his two extra point attempts, but a short missed fieldgoal in his only game led to coach John McKay letting offensive lineman George Yarno become probably the only straight-on left-footed kicker the Bucs will ever have.
And for inactivity, Brian Clark and Greg Davis lead that category. Clark kicked off once during the 1982 season when Bill Capece had a slight injury, and Davis never actually got onto the field during a 1987 game that he was active for.
The 2004 season saw a continuation of the problems Martin "FUAT" Gramatica encountered during 2003 and he was eventually released at the end of November. He was replaced by former Arena League kicker Jay Taylor who promptly made a 50-yarder on his first NFL attempt. He though was waived during the off-season in April 2005 and returned to life with the Orlando Predators meaning a new name was added to this list in September 2005 in the form of Matt Bryant, with Todd France making it in too for one game when Bryant was injured.
Click here for the full stats of all the Buccaneer kickers
 
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