Nate Kaeding

K · LAC/MIA · 2004–2012

Born March 26, 1982 · College Iowa · Drafted 2004, round 3, pick 65 (LAC) · 6-0, 187 lb

1st-team All-Pro (2009) · 2nd-team All-Pro (2006) · Pro Bowl ×2 (2006, 2009)

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles	QB hits	Tackles for loss	Passes defensed
2004	LAC	2	2	–	–	–
2005	LAC	2	3	–	–	–
2006	LAC	4	5	0	–	–
2007	LAC	1	1	0	–	–
2008	LAC	2	2	0	–	–
2009	LAC	2	2	0	0	0
Career	LAC	13	15	0	0	0

Kicking

Over expected: against the season’s average kicker from the same spots, in the same weather (our frozen FG model).

Season	Team	G	FG	FG %	Expected FG %	FG points over expected	Stabilised per attempt	Long	XP	XP points over expected
2004	LAC	16	20/25	80.0	80.9	−0.7	−0.00−0.11 to +0.11	53	54/55	−0.5
2004 playoffs	LAC	1	1/2	50.0	78.3	−1.7		35	2/2	+0.0
2005	LAC	16	21/24	87.5	82.5	+3.6	+0.02−0.09 to +0.12	49	49/49	+0.7
2006	LAC	16	26/29	89.7	82.2	+6.5	+0.01−0.10 to +0.12	54	58/58	+0.5
2006 playoffs	LAC	1	0/1	0.0	46.4	−1.4		–	3/3	+0.0
2007	LAC	16	24/27	88.9	85.6	+2.7	+0.02−0.09 to +0.12	51	46/46	+0.5
2007 playoffs	LAC	3	5/7	71.4	86.2	−3.1		40	6/6	+0.1
2008	LAC	16	27/32	84.4	87.3	−2.8	−0.01−0.12 to +0.10	57	46/46	+0.3
2008 playoffs	LAC	2	2/2	100.0	85.0	+0.9		42	5/5	+0.0
2009	LAC	16	32/35	91.4	83.4	+8.4	+0.05−0.06 to +0.15	55	50/51	−0.2
2009 playoffs	LAC	1	0/3	0.0	64.6	−5.8		–	2/2	+0.0
2010	LAC	13	23/28	82.1	81.3	+0.7	+0.01−0.10 to +0.12	50	40/40	+0.4
2012	LAC/MIA	5	8/10	80.0	85.9	−1.8	−0.01−0.12 to +0.10	45	9/9	+0.0
Career		114	181/210	86.2	83.5	+16.7		57	352/354	+1.7

Punting

Over expected: against the season’s average punter from the same spots, in the same weather (our frozen punt model).

Season	Team	G	Punts	Net yards over expected / punt	Stabilised	Gross yards over expected / punt	Inside 20 %	Touchback %
2012	MIA	1	1	−8.17	−0.07−2.06 to +1.92	–	0.0	100.0

Honours

Honours: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), matched to players through Wikidata (CC0). Awards and All-Pro teams are the Associated Press’s; Pro Bowl selections include replacements.

Season	Honours
2006	2nd-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2009	1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl

Game logs

2012 game log (5 games)

2012 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	FG	Long	FG points over exp.	XP	Punts	Net yds over exp.	Inside 20
1	2012-09-10	@ LV	W 22–14	5/5	45	+1.6	1/1	–	–	–
2	2012-09-16	vs TEN	W 38–10	1/1	26	+0.1	5/5	–	–	–
3	2012-09-23	vs ATL	L 3–27	1/1	41	+0.6	–	–	–	–
16	2012-12-23	vs BUF	W 24–10	1/2	45	−1.7	3/3	1	−8.2	0
17	2012-12-30	@ NE	L 0–28	0/1	–	−2.3	–	–	–	–

2010 game log (13 games)

2010 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	FG	Long	FG points over exp.	XP
1	2010-09-13	@ KC	L 14–21	–	–	0.0	2/2
2	2010-09-19	vs JAX	W 38–13	1/1	41	+0.6	5/5
3	2010-09-26	@ SEA	L 20–27	1/1	29	+0.2	1/1
4	2010-10-03	vs ARI	W 41–10	2/3	48	−0.7	5/5
5	2010-10-10	@ LV	L 27–35	2/2	43	+1.0	3/3
6	2010-10-17	@ LA	L 17–20	1/2	41	−1.6	2/2
11	2010-11-22	vs DEN	W 35–14	0/1	–	−1.7	5/5
12	2010-11-28	@ IND	W 36–14	5/5	50	+1.6	3/3
13	2010-12-05	vs LV	L 13–28	2/3	39	−1.1	1/1
14	2010-12-12	vs KC	W 31–0	1/1	48	+0.9	4/4
15	2010-12-16	vs SF	W 34–7	2/2	39	+0.7	4/4
16	2010-12-26	@ CIN	L 20–34	2/2	28	+0.3	2/2
17	2011-01-02	@ DEN	W 33–28	4/5	47	+0.4	3/3

2009 game log (17 games)

2009 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD	FG	Long	FG points over exp.	XP
1	2009-09-14	@ LV	W 24–20	–	–	–	–	1/1	47	+1.1	3/3
2	2009-09-20	vs BAL	L 26–31	–	–	–	–	4/4	29	+0.5	2/2
3	2009-09-27	vs MIA	W 23–13	–	–	–	–	3/4	26	−1.9	2/2
4	2009-10-04	@ PIT	L 28–38	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.0	4/4
6	2009-10-19	vs DEN	L 23–34	–	–	–	–	3/4	50	+0.9	2/2
7	2009-10-25	@ KC	W 37–7	1	0.0	0	0	3/4	39	−1.2	4/4
8	2009-11-01	vs LV	W 24–16	1	0.0	0	0	1/1	28	+0.2	3/3
9	2009-11-08	@ NYG	W 21–20	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.0	3/3
10	2009-11-15	vs PHI	W 31–23	–	–	–	–	1/1	29	+0.2	4/4
11	2009-11-22	@ DEN	W 32–3	–	–	–	–	4/4	47	+1.1	2/3
12	2009-11-29	vs KC	W 43–14	–	–	–	–	2/2	55	+1.9	5/5
13	2009-12-06	@ CLE	W 30–23	–	–	–	–	3/3	42	+1.4	3/3
14	2009-12-13	@ DAL	W 20–17	–	–	–	–	2/2	34	+0.6	2/2
15	2009-12-20	vs CIN	W 27–24	–	–	–	–	2/2	52	+1.8	3/3
16	2009-12-25	@ TEN	W 42–17	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.0	6/6
17	2010-01-03	vs WAS	W 23–20	–	–	–	–	3/3	47	+2.0	2/2
P19	2010-01-17	vs NYJ	L 14–17	–	–	–	–	0/3	–	−5.8	2/2

2008 game log (18 games)

2008 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD	FG	Long	FG points over exp.	XP
1	2008-09-07	vs CAR	L 24–26	–	–	–	–	1/1	27	+0.1	3/3
2	2008-09-14	@ DEN	L 38–39	–	–	–	–	3/3	34	+0.4	3/3
3	2008-09-22	vs NYJ	W 48–29	1	0.0	0	0	2/2	49	+1.3	6/6
4	2008-09-28	@ LV	W 28–18	–	–	–	–	2/4	47	−3.6	2/2
5	2008-10-05	@ MIA	L 10–17	–	–	–	–	1/1	34	+0.3	1/1
6	2008-10-12	vs NE	W 30–10	–	–	–	–	3/4	35	−1.9	3/3
7	2008-10-19	@ BUF	L 14–23	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.0	2/2
8	2008-10-26	@ NO	L 32–37	–	–	–	–	3/3	33	+0.6	3/3
10	2008-11-09	vs KC	W 20–19	–	–	–	–	2/2	34	+0.5	2/2
11	2008-11-16	@ PIT	L 10–11	1	0.0	0	0	1/2	22	−2.1	1/1
12	2008-11-23	vs IND	L 20–23	–	–	–	–	2/2	47	+1.0	2/2
13	2008-11-30	vs ATL	L 16–22	–	–	–	–	1/2	28	−2.3	1/1
14	2008-12-04	vs LV	W 34–7	–	–	–	–	2/2	39	+0.5	4/4
15	2008-12-14	@ KC	W 22–21	–	–	–	–	1/1	32	+0.3	1/1
16	2008-12-21	@ TB	W 41–24	–	–	–	–	2/2	57	+1.9	5/5
17	2008-12-28	vs DEN	W 52–21	–	–	–	–	1/1	28	+0.1	7/7
P18	2009-01-03	vs IND	W 23–17 OT	–	–	–	–	1/1	26	+0.1	2/2
P19	2009-01-11	@ PIT	L 24–35	–	–	–	–	1/1	42	+0.8	3/3

2007 game log (19 games)

2007 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD	FG	Long	FG points over exp.	XP
1	2007-09-09	vs CHI	W 14–3	1	0.0	0	0	0/1	–	−2.7	2/2
2	2007-09-16	@ NE	L 14–38	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.0	2/2
3	2007-09-23	@ GB	L 24–31	–	–	–	–	1/1	44	+0.8	3/3
4	2007-09-30	vs KC	L 16–30	–	–	–	–	3/3	51	+1.9	1/1
5	2007-10-07	@ DEN	W 41–3	–	–	–	–	2/2	45	+0.7	5/5
6	2007-10-14	vs LV	W 28–14	–	–	–	–	0/1	–	−1.8	4/4
8	2007-10-28	vs HOU	W 35–10	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.0	5/5
9	2007-11-04	@ MIN	L 17–35	–	–	–	–	1/1	36	+0.4	2/2
10	2007-11-11	vs IND	W 23–21	–	–	–	–	1/1	33	+0.4	2/2
11	2007-11-18	@ JAX	L 17–24	–	–	–	–	1/1	23	+0.1	2/2
12	2007-11-25	vs BAL	W 32–14	–	–	–	–	4/4	46	+2.3	2/2
13	2007-12-02	@ KC	W 24–10	–	–	–	–	1/2	25	−1.8	3/3
14	2007-12-09	@ TEN	W 23–17 OT	–	–	–	–	1/1	20	+0.1	2/2
15	2007-12-16	vs DET	W 51–14	–	–	–	–	3/3	45	+0.9	6/6
16	2007-12-24	vs DEN	W 23–3	–	–	–	–	3/3	40	+0.9	2/2
17	2007-12-30	@ LV	W 30–17	–	–	–	–	3/3	36	+0.7	3/3
P18	2008-01-06	vs TEN	W 17–6	–	–	–	–	1/2	20	−2.1	2/2
P19	2008-01-13	@ IND	W 28–24	–	–	–	–	0/1	–	−2.2	4/4
P20	2008-01-20	@ NE	L 12–21	–	–	–	–	4/4	40	+1.2	–

2006 game log (17 games)

2006 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD	FG	Long	FG points over exp.	XP
1	2006-09-11	@ LV	W 27–0	–	–	–	–	2/2	47	+1.2	3/3
2	2006-09-17	vs TEN	W 40–7	–	–	–	–	4/4	44	+1.9	4/4
4	2006-10-01	@ BAL	L 13–16	–	–	–	–	2/3	54	−0.4	1/1
5	2006-10-08	vs PIT	W 23–13	–	–	–	–	3/3	33	+0.6	2/2
6	2006-10-15	@ SF	W 48–19	–	–	–	–	2/2	44	+1.0	6/6
7	2006-10-22	@ KC	L 27–30	–	–	–	–	2/3	39	−1.0	3/3
8	2006-10-29	vs LA	W 38–24	–	–	–	–	1/1	31	+0.3	5/5
9	2006-11-05	vs CLE	W 32–25	–	–	–	–	1/1	29	+0.2	3/3
10	2006-11-12	@ CIN	W 49–41	1	0.0	0	0	–	–	0.0	7/7
11	2006-11-19	@ DEN	W 35–27	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.0	5/5
12	2006-11-26	vs LV	W 21–14	2	0.0	0	0	–	–	0.0	3/3
13	2006-12-03	@ BUF	W 24–21	1	0.0	0	0	1/2	42	−1.6	3/3
14	2006-12-10	vs DEN	W 48–20	–	–	–	–	2/2	35	+0.9	6/6
15	2006-12-17	vs KC	W 20–9	1	0.0	0	0	2/2	30	+0.3	2/2
16	2006-12-24	@ SEA	W 20–17	–	–	–	–	2/2	46	+2.0	2/2
17	2006-12-31	vs ARI	W 27–20	–	–	–	–	2/2	47	+1.3	3/3
P19	2007-01-14	vs NE	L 21–24	–	–	–	–	0/1	–	−1.4	3/3

2005 game log (16 games)

2005 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD	FG	Long	FG points over exp.	XP
1	2005-09-11	vs DAL	L 24–28	–	–	–	–	1/1	33	+0.4	3/3
2	2005-09-18	@ DEN	L 17–20	–	–	–	–	1/1	42	+0.6	2/2
3	2005-09-25	vs NYG	W 45–23	–	–	–	–	1/1	44	+0.8	6/6
4	2005-10-02	@ NE	W 41–17	–	–	–	–	2/2	42	+0.8	5/5
5	2005-10-10	vs PIT	L 22–24	–	–	–	–	3/3	41	+1.5	1/1
6	2005-10-16	@ LV	W 27–14	–	–	–	–	2/2	33	+0.7	3/3
7	2005-10-23	@ PHI	L 17–20	–	–	–	–	1/2	34	−1.8	2/2
8	2005-10-30	vs KC	W 28–20	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.0	4/4
9	2005-11-06	@ NYJ	W 31–26	1	0.0	0	0	1/1	18	+0.1	4/4
11	2005-11-20	vs BUF	W 48–10	2	0.0	0	0	2/2	38	+0.8	6/6
12	2005-11-27	@ WAS	W 23–17 OT	–	–	–	–	1/3	48	−3.6	2/2
13	2005-12-04	vs LV	W 34–10	–	–	–	–	2/2	41	+1.1	4/4
14	2005-12-11	vs MIA	L 21–23	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.0	3/3
15	2005-12-18	@ IND	W 26–17	–	–	–	–	4/4	49	+2.4	2/2
16	2005-12-24	@ KC	L 7–20	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.0	1/1
17	2005-12-31	vs DEN	L 7–23	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.0	1/1

2004 game log (17 games)

2004 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD	FG	Long	FG points over exp.	XP
1	2004-09-12	@ HOU	W 27–20	–	–	–	–	2/2	48	+1.2	3/3
2	2004-09-19	vs NYJ	L 28–34	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.0	4/4
3	2004-09-26	@ DEN	L 13–23	–	–	–	–	2/2	51	+1.2	1/1
4	2004-10-03	vs TEN	W 38–17	–	–	–	–	1/1	31	+0.3	5/5
5	2004-10-10	vs JAX	W 34–21	–	–	–	–	2/2	28	+0.3	4/4
6	2004-10-17	@ ATL	L 20–21	–	–	–	–	2/2	53	+1.6	2/2
7	2004-10-24	@ CAR	W 17–6	–	–	–	–	1/2	44	−1.9	2/2
8	2004-10-31	vs LV	W 42–14	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.0	6/6
9	2004-11-07	vs NO	W 43–17	–	–	–	–	2/2	40	+0.9	5/5
11	2004-11-21	@ LV	W 23–17	–	–	–	–	1/2	19	−2.1	2/3
12	2004-11-28	@ KC	W 34–31	–	–	–	–	2/4	43	−2.8	4/4
13	2004-12-05	vs DEN	W 20–17	–	–	–	–	2/2	23	+0.2	2/2
14	2004-12-12	vs TB	W 31–24	–	–	–	–	1/2	40	−1.0	4/4
15	2004-12-19	@ CLE	W 21–0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.0	3/3
16	2004-12-26	@ IND	L 31–34 OT	1	0.0	0	0	1/1	50	+1.1	4/4
17	2005-01-02	vs KC	W 24–17	1	0.0	0	0	1/1	34	+0.4	3/3
P18	2005-01-08	vs NYJ	L 17–20 OT	–	–	–	–	1/2	35	−1.7	2/2