| Kicker | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Date of birth: October 21, 1986 | |
| Career information | |
| College: Delaware | |
| Undrafted in 2010 | |
| No regular season or postseason appearances | |
| Career history | |
| * Philadelphia Soul (2011) | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
* Associated Press first-team All-America honors (2007)
| |
| Field goals made – attempts | 2–4 |
| Extra points made – attempts | 64–76 |
| Tackles | 3 |
| Stats at ArenaFan.com | |
Jonathan Edmund "Jon" Striefsky (born October 21, 1986) is an American football kicker who is currently a free agent. After playing college football for the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens, he was signed by the Philadelphia Soul of the Arena Football League as a free agent in 2011. He played for the Soul in 2011 and for the Jacksonville Sharks in 2012.
Early years[]
Striefsky attended North Penn High School in Towamencin, Pennsylvania.[1]
College career[]
Striefsky was a walk-on for the University of Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens in 2005.[1] As a sophomore in 2007, he broke or tied ten school kicking records.[2] He broke the Football Championship Subdivision record for the most points scored in a season with 127 (tied with Julian Rauch of Appalachian State, who also set the record in 2007).[3] He earned Associated Press and The Sports Network first-team All-America honors, and first-team All-Colonial Athletic Association honors in 2007.[4] He won the Outstanding Senior Special Teams Player honor in 2009.[4] In his career, he went 41-for-51 for field goals and 121-of-126 on extra point attempts.[1]
Professional career[]
Philadelphia Soul[]
Striefsky was signed by the Philadelphia Soul of the Arena Football League in May 2011, due to an injury suffered by kicker Robbie Smith.[1] Striefsky went two-of-four for field goals and 39-of-47 on extra point attempts in 2011 for the Soul. He also recorded three tackles.
Jacksonville Sharks[]
Striefsky was assigned by the Jacksonville Sharks on June 15, 2012. In his only game appearance for the Sharks, he went 3-of-4 on extra point attempts. He was reassigned on June 18.
Return to Philadelphia[]
On June 20, 2014, Striefsky was assigned as an emergency kicker for the Soul.
Cleveland Gladiators[]
On May 6, 2016, Striefsky was assigned to the Cleveland Gladiators.
Jacksonville Sharks[]
On May 18, 2016, Striefsky was assigned to the Jacksonville Sharks. On May 23, 2016, Striefsky was placed on reassignment.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Kracz, Ed (June 4, 2011). "Striefsky getting his kicks with the Soul". phillyburbs.com. Archived from the original on May 22, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120522164237/http://www.phillyburbs.com/sports/high_school/intel/striefsky-getting-his-kicks-with-the-soul/article_7c29c4cc-b746-5aeb-a86e-742f52d2f15a.html. Retrieved June 23, 2012.
- ↑ "University of Delaware All-Time Football Records" (PDF). University of Delaware Athletics. Archived from the original on February 27, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120227134517/http://www.bluehens.com/sportsinfo/football/footballrecords.pdf. Retrieved June 23, 2012.
- ↑ "Football Championship Subdivision Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2011. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2011/FCS.pdf. Retrieved June 23, 2012.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "All-Time Honors". University of Delaware Athletics. Archived from the original on October 13, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121013122900/http://www.bluehens.com/teams/football/info/honors.html. Retrieved June 23, 2012.