▁ 9 . 0 ▁! ▁ 5 . 3 ▁! ▁ 0 . 3 ▁| } ▁ ▁NFL ▁career ▁ ▁He ▁married ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 3 ▁and ▁went ▁on ▁his ▁h one ym oon ▁to ▁California , ▁where ▁he ▁contact ed ▁the ▁co aching ▁staff ▁of ▁the ▁San ▁Diego ▁Ch arg ers ▁and ▁asked ▁for ▁a ▁try out . ▁He ▁w ound ▁up ▁impress ing ▁the ▁Ch arg ers ▁sufficiently ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁placed ▁on ▁the ▁team ' s ▁practice ▁squad ▁for ▁that ▁season , ▁although ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁play . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁spring ▁of ▁ 1 9 9 5 , ▁the ▁Ch arg ers ▁sent ▁him ▁to ▁the ▁Amsterdam ▁Admir als ▁of ▁NFL ▁Europe , ▁where ▁he ▁led ▁the ▁league ▁in ▁net ▁pun ting ▁average ▁and ▁earned ▁all - le ague ▁hon ours . ▁That ▁fall , ▁he ▁became ▁the ▁Ch arg ers ' ▁regular ▁pun ter . ▁In ▁his ▁ro ok ie ▁season , ▁he ▁finished ▁second ▁in ▁the ▁NFL ▁in ▁pun ting ▁average ▁and ▁made ▁the ▁A FC ▁Pro ▁Bowl ▁team . ▁He ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁establish ▁himself ▁as ▁arg u ably ▁the ▁best ▁pun ter ▁in ▁the ▁NFL ▁for ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s . ▁Despite ▁playing ▁in ▁the ▁league ▁for ▁only ▁half ▁of ▁that ▁de cade , ▁he ▁was ▁named ▁as ▁the ▁pun ter ▁on ▁the ▁NFL ' s ▁All - Dec ade ▁Team ▁for ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s . ▁ ▁On ▁ 7 ▁August ▁ 1