Todd France

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Todd France
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Position Placekicker
Personal information
Born (1980-02-13) February 13, 1980 (age 45)
Toledo, Ohio, U.S.
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school Springfield (Holland, Ohio)
College Toledo (1998–2001)
NFL draft 2002: undrafted
Career history
Awards and highlights
  • First-team All-MAC (2000)
  • Second-team All-MAC (1999)
Career NFL statistics
Field goals made7
Field goals attempted9
Field goal  %77.8
Longest field goal 44
Extra points made6
Extra points attempted6
Extra point %100.0
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Todd M. France [1] (born February 13, 1980, in Toledo, Ohio) was a placekicker in the Arena Football League. He is currently a professor at Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio. In the National Football League, he kicked for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Philadelphia Eagles. In the Arena League, he kicked for the Philadelphia Soul, Chicago Rush, Orlando Predators, and New Orleans VooDoo.

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High school

At Springfield High School, he was a Division II All-State team member, team MVP, first team All-District and All-Conference, lettered three years in football and volleyball, four years in soccer and two years in basketball.

College

He played college football at the University of Toledo where he majored in Mechanical Engineering. France was a nominee for Lou Groza Award as nation's best placekicker and he was the first UT kicker to make first-team All-MAC since Bruce Nichols in 1988. France helped lead the Rockets to their first bowl game win since 1995 by beating Cincinnati in the 2001 Motor City Bowl.

Professional football

He spent a season with the Rhein Fire of the now-defunct NFL Europa and played in World Bowl XI

College statistics

Toledo Rockets
SeasonGPKicking
EXMXPAXP%FGMFGAFG%Pts
1998 122828100.0111957.961
1999 11313296.9182669.285
2000 114949100.0151978.994
2001 11444597.8121770.680
Career 4515215498.7568169.1320

References

  1. "Todd France". Forbes. Retrieved May 31, 2023.