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Published on 05/21/2008 at Wed May 21 13:00.
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Danny Baugher – Denver Broncos Player Bio

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Danny Baugher

[Danny Baugher]
Name: Danny Baugher
Height, Weight: 5’10”, 194
Position: Punter
Age, Experience: 24, 1
College: Arizona

Danny Baugher is entering his third year in the NFL, and already he’s been around the block a few times. He joined Cincinnati as an undrafted free agent in 2006, then was signed to the New England Patriots practice squad in October, 2006. He remained with the Patriots until his release in August, 2007. From there he rejoined the Bengals for a short while before being released again, then signed with the Broncos in April, 2008. He’s yet to suit up or play a snap in the regular season.

The Good: Baugher played well in the final year of NFL Europa in 2007. There he earned all-league honors with 47 punts for 2,040 yards (43.4 avg.) while placing 15 punts inside the 20-yard line. He was a finalist for the Ray Guy Award in college, where he completed his collegiate career as Arizona’s all-time leader with 225 punts for 9,476 yards (42.1 avg.). He led the nation his senior year with a 47.5-yard average until a knee injury sidelined him after seven games.

The Bad: Shortly after the Patriots released him in 2007, Baugher was charged with assault and battery after allegedly punching his father in a fast food parking lot. He pleaded not guilty, and witness statements indicate he was heavily intoxicated at the time of the incident. On the field, Baugher has yet to crack a starting lineup with two different franchises. The knee injury that undoubtedly cost him the chance to be drafted seems to have affected his game – the average distance between 2007 and 2005 is a noticeable 4.1 yards. Can he return to form?

Status: Signed an undisclosed contract in April, 2008, and will compete with Sam Paulescu for the Broncos punting role. Born in Newton, NJ on January 24, 1984.

As always, we invite the readers to tell us what they think. Is Baugher the answer at Punter, or not worth the risk?

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  • http://www.broncotalk.net Josh Temple

    *shuffles notes*
    *looks up, looks down*
    *shuffles notes*
    Wait? Who is this guy again?

  • http://broncotalk.net Kyle

    Heading for lowest approval to date… not surprising, but ouch…

  • Aerobroncos

    haha i don’t think any one wants to see an other troubled punter. We had that with Tod. Punching his father? No punter is worth that kinda aggravation.

  • Aerobroncos

    And i mean just look at his picture here haha he looks so mean. Bad ass punter lol

  • http://broncotalk.net Kyle

    Kinda the only real good picture of him out there… kinda sad really… I’ve love to replace it with something from camp.

  • LarryB

    I’ll tell you who this guy is. His foot gave us jaw-dropping moonshots many times here at the Univ. of Arizona. This guy has serious pops in his leg. If he does not win the punting job, I will be surprised.

  • AZ1BroncoFan

    I am very familiar with Danny Baugher because I’m retired in the same neighborhood he grew up in, and got to see him play high school ball for three years as a starter (LB/RB/P/PK). Then he accepted the scholly to my alma matre, the UofArizona Wildcats.

    I’m also familiar with the event the evening he got cut by the Patriots. I do want to clarify something about that. Namely: NO charges were brought and the entire matter was promptly dropped/dismissed. Period. No conviction/no anything resulted. The newspapers did not go back and print that of course. And, no fisticuffs broke out as they interpretted. So why should he be guilty until proven innocent?

    As I have heard it, the four teams he’s worked-out for since (also the Bears 9/07; Bills 01/08; Bengals 02/08) definately looked into the matter before hand. The balance on Danny Baugher’s character is very much a positive.

    About the “interpretted fight”…Danny is a solid 5’10″/200 pounder, even recruited as a saftey out of hs. His pops also played LB back in the day and his gene array has him over 6’1″/270 pounds plus. A side by side veiw of the two of them in our community reveals two things. One…Danny would not come out on top of a scrape with his old man; two, it is nearly laughable as they clearly are freinds (fish together etc).

    Danny was a team captain in HS, a game captain along with Mike Bell for the UofA Wildcats and was elected a team captain in NFL-Europe for the Rhein Fire too. His reputation around here is very positive.

    That he is competing for the job with the Broncos is to the team’s favor, in my opinion. That’s because (amongst other memories of high hang time, well placed punts) I watched him hold Reggie Bush to no returns for two years running against USC, while pinning them deep.

    As for the knee injury that came after a helluva run of 39 yards, via Haloti Ngata/Oregon his senior year …the fact he was wearing a brace still less than a year out influenced the punting initially in NFL. Now two years+ out (the time for full recovery) he’s likely stronger than ever. The games I watched on NFL Network of him in Europe and Patriots preseason, looked strong.

    I’m now a Broncos fan…again, as I was when with the Buckley Air Nat’l Gaurd in the 70’s & 80’s.

    BEAR-Down & Go Broncos

  • adam

    This is an odd move. All we’ve read about for weeks is how the Broncos are going after character, then there’s this?! Makes me wonder what the other side of the story is? Are we desperate and thus speaking-out of both sides of our mouths, did this guy experience radical transformation, or did he get caught on a really bad day?

  • http://denverbroncos.com Jon

    hey Aerobroncos, i like Todd, and u got 2 give this guy a chance. And his profile pic looks fine 2 me.

  • http://denverbroncos.com Jon

    and by the way, no need for @#%

  • Aerobroncos

    Jon i appologize if I offended you by my post. It was just my oppinion without knowing anything about him and im sorry. I don’t want to come across as a jerk or anything. I was just messin around. sorry again….

  • http://denverbroncos.com Jon

    yea, sorry for judgeing or whatever, i was just saying