Sebastian Janikowski
Sebastian Janikowski

August 30, 2006

He was born on March 3, 1978 in Walbrzych, Poland and lives in Daytona Beach, Florida. Currently plays as a placekicker for the NFL's Oakland Raiders. His nicknames are the "Polish Powderkeg", the "Polish Cannon", "Sea Bass" and "Lightning Feet".

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He played football only in his senior season at Seabreeze High in Daytona Beach, Florida. It was 31-of-31 on extra points and 9-of-15 on field goals. He nailed a career-long 60-yarder against Palatka, which was also the second longest field goal in state history. He also hit field goals from 56, 53 and 51 yards and had just two kickoffs returned and 80 percent went through the end zone. He was First team All-USA selection by USA Today and also earned All-American accolades. He was even selected to play in the Florida-Georgia All-Star Game and was listed as the state's top kicking prospect on the Florida Times-Union Super 75. He scored a state record 69 goals as a senior for the school's soccer team. He was a former member of the Polish national under-17 soccer team. He turned down various soccer contract offers in South America to enroll at Florida State.

He attended Florida State and took up a major on General Studies. In only three seasons, finished Florida State career ranked second on the school's career record list in scoring with 324 points. In 1999, he was selected to become a member of the consensus of All-American and All-Atlantic Coast Conference first team selection. He was also a recipient of the Lou Groza Award, given to the nation's top kicking specialist. He also led the team in scoring with 116 points, the third-highest season total in school history.

Also as sophomore, he won the Lou Groza Award and was named All-American by the Associated Press, Football Writer's Association and Football News. He was the First team All-ACC pick. He set school and ACC records for field goals in a season with 27. He also made 27 out of his 32 attempts. Set the ACC and Florida State season kick scoring record with 123 points, which also ranks second on the FSU all-time season scoring list. He led the nation with an average of 2.25 field goals per game. He made a career-high eight PATs to go with 35 and 40-yard field goals against Duke.

In 2000,he had a team-high 112 points to rank fifth in the AFC and ninth in the NFL. The 112 points were the most scored by a Raider since 1993.

He played in 15 games in 2001, missing the final regular season contest. He had 111 points to lead the team for the second straight season

In 2002, he played in all 16 league games while leading the team in scoring for the third straight season with 128 points, second-highest in team history behind Jeff Jaeger, who had 132 points in 1993. The 128-point performance ranked first in the AFC and was tied for fourth in the NFL. His posted career highs in field goal attempts with 33 and field goals made with 26. Also, set career highs in kickoffs , kickoffs into the end zone and touchbacks. The 22 touchbacks ranked first in the NFL. Finished the season by making 18 of his last 20 FG attempts.

He played in all 16 league games and led the team in scoring for the fourth consecutive season with 94 points in 2003. He converted 88 percent of field goal attempts and connected on a career-long and franchise record 55-yard field goal at Detroit.

In 2004 season, he played in all 16 games and led the team in scoring for the fifth consecutive year and topped the century mark in scoring for the fourth time in five years, finishing with 106 points which tallied the 100th field goal of his career against Tampa Bay.

He led the team in scoring for the sixth straight season, racking up 90 points in 2005. Connected on 20 of 30 field goal attempts and was perfect on 30 extra points and kicked off 70 times and put 22 in the end zone with 11 touchbacks. He was named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week for Week 4 when he was perfect on four field goal attempts and accounted for 13 of the team's 19 points in a 19-13 victory over Dallas.