(1981-08-21) August 21, 1981 (age 42) San Diego, California, U.S.
Height:
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:
202 lb (92 kg)
Career information
High school:
Albemarle (Charlottesville, Virginia)
College:
Maryland (2000–2004)
Undrafted:
2005
Career history
Chicago Bears (2005)*
Dallas Cowboys (2005)*
Washington Redskins (2005)
Arizona Cardinals (2005)
Washington Redskins (2006)
Cologne Centurions (2007)
Kansas City Chiefs (2008)
San Diego Chargers (2010)*
Florida Tuskers (2010)
New York Jets (2011)*
San Diego Chargers (2011–2014)
Houston Texans (2015–2016)
Los Angeles Chargers (2017)
Birmingham Iron (2019)
Los Angeles Wildcats (2020)
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
San Diego/LA Chargers 2010s All-Decade Team
2× First-team All-ACC (2002, 2003)
2004 ACC Jim Tatum Award Recipient and University of Maryland Lefrak Scholar
UFL Special Teams Most Valuable Player (2010)
UFL Record 54-yard field goal
Career NFL statistics
Field goals made:
182
Field goals attempted:
222
Field goal %:
82.0
Longest field goal:
53
Extra points:
256 / 263
NFL career scoring leaders:
802 points (94th)
Player stats at PFR
Nicholas Ryan Novak (born August 21, 1981) is a former American football placekicker. He played college football at Maryland and was signed by the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent in 2005.
Novak was a member of the Dallas Cowboys, Washington Redskins, Arizona Cardinals, Kansas City Chiefs, San Diego / Los Angeles Chargers, New York Jets, and Houston Texans of the NFL, as well as the Cologne Centurions of NFL Europe, the Florida Tuskers of the United Football League (UFL), the Birmingham Iron of the Alliance of American Football (AAF) and the Los Angeles Wildcats of the XFL.
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the board as the half wined down with a 22-yard field goal from NickNovak. With Novak's field goal, Houston trailed 3–10 at the half. The Texans' defense...
Iron scored when NickNovak kicked a 29-yard field goal to make it 3–0. They would increase their lead in the second quarter when Novak kicked 28-yard and...
Chargers waived him after Week 4, replacing him with 10-year veteran NickNovak. Chargers head coach Anthony Lynn stated that he wanted "someone with...
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Houston scored on the following drive with a 28-yard field goal from NickNovak. Following a slow offensive start in the first half, Houston trailed Chicago...
James Reeves (2022–2023) Brian Schlitter (2022–2023) Trevor Lane (2022–2023) Nick Heath (2023) Braxton Davidson (2023) Jake Newberry (2023) Joe Wieland (2023)...
kicker NickNovak was still unable to put it in the endzone, allowing Dallas return man Tyson Thompson to return the kick nearly to midfield. Novak atoned...
pass from Mark Brunell to Chris Cooley, NickNovak extra point is good (19–19) Q4 – 0:00 – 47-yard FG by NickNovak (19–22 WAS) at University of Phoenix...
on to Georgetown University. Novak and John Mulaney were in the same college improv troupe at Georgetown, both cast by Nick Kroll, who himself was cast...
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to 14–3. Maryland's NickNovak kicked a 48-yard field goal before halftime to put Maryland up 17–3. In the third quarter, NickNovak kicked a 44-yard field...
goal as with a few seconds left to send the game into overtime, where NickNovak kicked the game winner. With the win, the Chargers finished the 2013 season...
Brunell connected with Moss again on a 70-yard (64 m) touchdown pass and NickNovak kicked the game-winning extra point. It was the Redskins' first victory...
for the tying field goal from 46 yards. Their kicker, redshirt freshman NickNovak, had earlier missed a field goal attempt, bouncing it off an upright,...
game-winning field goal was blocked by Troy Vincent and allowed Redskins' kicker NickNovak to kick a 47-yard game-winning field goal to defeat the Dallas Cowboys...
the early lead. Two second-quarter field goals by Chargers' placekicker NickNovak – from 26 and 40 yards out – narrowed the Broncos lead. However, the Broncos...
starting job over the incumbent veteran NickNovak. He displayed a strong leg during exhibition games, while Novak did not have a touchback in the final...
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