David Chudzinski

David Chudzinski

Player Profile

Class:
RS Junior

Hometown:
Belleville, Mich.

High School:
Belleville (Toledo)

Height / Weight:
6-1 / 188

Position:
PK

Birthdate:
11/01/1984

Experience:
3L


Career Notes: Tied-for-first all-time in WSU scoring by kickers (tied-for-seventh overall) with Matt Fishburn (1994-97) with 158 points ... ranks third in field goals made (26) and first in extra points made (80) and extra points attempted (87) ... has the second-highest extra point percentage (92.0) of any WSU kicker with at least 40 made ... has the third-best field goal made percentage (61.9) of any WSU kicker with at least seven made.

2007: Pre-season All-American by Street and Smith ... First Team All-Division II pre-season selection by Lindy's and D2Football.com ... played in all 11 games ... made first 21 extra-point attempts extending his school-record streak to 58 before a miss vs. Gannon ... set the school single-season record for PAT made (34) and attempted (37) ... averaged 38.8 yards on four punts at St. Joseph's, only the third game he punted at WSU ... punted 15 times in the first four games with three inside the 20 ... became WSU's all-time leader in PAT made at Indianapolis ... made both extra point attempts and a 35-yard field goal against Northwood to earn WSU's Special Teams Player of the Week award ... was six-for-six on PATs at Ashland ... made two field goals in a game twice (vs. Gannon and vs. Ferris State) wtih a long of 42 in both contests ... averaged 57.8 yards on 53 kickoffs with four touchbacks ... helped WSU to a second-place finish in GLIAC in kickoff coverage (39.2 net yards) ... Game-By-Game Stats.

2006: Selected to the Daktronics, Inc. All-America First Team after earning All-Northwest Region First Team honors ... named to the AP Little All-America First Team ... selected to the Hansen's Football Gazette All-America First Team and All-Northwest Region First Team ... tabbed a Second Team All-American by D2Football.com ... named to the CollegeSportsReport.com All-America Second Team ... named to the All-GLIAC First Team (first WSU kicker in school history) ... selected WSU's Special Teams Most Valuable Player ... selected GLIAC Special Teams Player of the Week for the Sept. 2 game at Michigan Tech ... made all four extra points and both field goal attempts including a then career-best 45-yarder ... equaled a then career-best with a 45-yard field goal against Saint Joseph's ... made all three field goal attempts and all three extra-point attempts at Gannon to earn GLIAC Special Teams Player of the Week honors ... selected GLIAC Special Teams Player of the Week after making a 49-yard field (career long), five extra points and a 26-yard field goal versus Hillsdale ... made all 33 extra-point attempts (school record) extending his streak to 37 (which is also a school record) ... 21 career field goals made is fourth on WSU's all-time list ... finished 34th in NCAA Division II in scoring per game (6.8 points) and tied-for-fifth in field goals made per game (1.3) ... was tied-for-fourth in total field goals made (14) ... led the GLIAC in total field goals made (14) [which is a WSU record], field goal percentage (87.5) and PAT percentage (100) ... averaged 56 yards per kickoff and helped WSU to a second-place finish in GLIAC kickoff coverage ... Game-By-Game Stats.

2005: Played in all 10 games ... connected on a then career-best 44-yard field goal attempt at Saginaw Valley ... made a career-high two field goals at Northern Michigan including a 42-yard attempt ... connected on a 30-yard attempt at Grand Valley and a 27-yarder against Michigan Tech ... seventh in the GLIAC in field goals made per game (0.70) ... finished second on the squad in scoring with 34 points (13-17 PAT, 7-12 FG) ... averaged 53.5 yards per kickoff with four touchbacks ... WSU's 39.1 net average was third best in the conference (opponents average drive start was the 25).

Pre-WSU: Attended the University of Toledo for two years (2003-04 and 2004-05) ... was on the roster, but did not see any playing time.

High School: A 2003 graduate of Belleville High School ... earned two varsity letters for the Tigers and coach Bob LaPoint ... named to the 2002 Detroit News All-Metro team as a kicker ... made 12 of 14 field goal attempts as a senior and converted all 21 of his extra point tries ... also had a 39.5-yard punting average ... Detroit Free Press 2002 All-Dream Team selection ... connected on a 47-yard field goal attempt ... also earned letters in soccer (4), track (4) and wrestling (2) ... was senior class Athlete of the Year in 2003.

Personal: Full name--David R. Chudzinski, Jr. ... born November 1, 1984, in Albuquerque, N.M. ... son of David and Paula Chudzinski ... has two younger sisters, Tiffany and Pamela ... is a secondary education major ... named to the Coach's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.0-3.49) for Winter 2006.

David Chudzinski's Career Statistics
FG
Year GP 1-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total Long PAT Pts
2005102-43-52-30-07-124413-1734
2006116-64-54-50-014-164933-3375
2007110-12-43-90-05-144234-3749
Year 32 8-11 9-14 7-17 0-0 26-42 49 80-87 158