A two-time consensus All-American for Ohio State in 2002 and 2004, Mike Nugent had a goal to be the first kicker chosen in the 2005 NFL Draft. And he was.

By 35 50-yard field goals. Or in other words, by about a mile.

"I always had the attitude that I had absolutely no control over who drafts me or when it happens, whether it's early or late," Nugent said. "All I could really kind of keep under my control was just the fact of that in college, as long as I can do my job on the field, then hopefully I can work hard enough and be able to be the first kicker taken."

After trading their first-round pick to the Raiders for tight end Doug Jolley, the Jets made Nugent the highest kicker they ever drafted when they selected him with their first choice, which came in the second round, 47th overal

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