Justin Paul Tucker, a placekicker for the National Football League’s Baltimore Ravens, was born on November 21, 1989.
Tucker was not selected in the 2012 NFL Draft. On May 29, 2012, the Baltimore Ravens acquired him.
In training camp and exhibition games, he will team up with placekicker Billy Cundiff. After a solid preseason performance, Tucker was granted the starting job while Cundiff was fired.
Where did Justin Tucker go to college? Did Justin Tucker play college football?
Before being signed by the Ravens as an undrafted free agent in 2012, he played collegiate football at Texas.
Tucker, one of the best kickers ever, has two notable NFL records for kickers: longest field goal at 66 yards and lifetime field goal percentage (minimum 100 tries) of 91.2 percent.
Tucker participated in football while a student at the University of Texas for the Texas Longhorns. In 2011, he made the game-winning field goal with a few seconds left to end the rivalry between Texas A&M University and the University of Texas, which had lasted 117 years and 118 games.
The Texas squad ranked No. 25, triumphed 27-25. Tucker graduated from the University of Texas with a degree in music after completing his studies there.
