Wildcat All-Americans
Jan 24, 2005 | General
JAMIE RHEEM
Place Kicker
6-2, 190, 4L
Wichita , Kan. (Collegiate HS)
2000 (Senior): Named first-team All-American by the Football News and the American Football Coaches Association... Also earned second-team All-American honors from the Associated Press and third-team All-American from The Sporting News ... Was the runner up for the 2000 Lou Groza Award... Participated in the East-West Shrine Game and the Senior Bowl... Earned first-team All-Big 12 honors from both the league's coaches and the Associated Press... Second-leading scorer (100 points) for a team that went 11-3 and 6-2 in league play en route to a Big 12 North Division Championship... Holds Kansas State career record for field goal percentage at .796 (39-of-49)... Stands fourth on K-State's career scoring list with 252 points... 17-of-20 (85%) on field goals... Had a streak of 10-straight field goals made until he missed a 59-yarder against Iowa State ... Was 8-of-9 in the 20-29-yard range and 9-of-9 from 30-39 yards... Had a season-long 39-yard field goal against Iowa at Arrowhead Stadium... Was 3-of-3 against both Louisiana Tech and Nebraska ... Made four field goals from 38 yards, including two against North Texas and one each against both Oklahoma and Nebraska ... Nailed 49-of-50 extra points on the year, including 8-of-8 against Iowa State , 7-of-7 against Ball State , North Texas and Kansas , and 5-of-5 against Tennessee in the Cotton Bowl... Finished with and even 100 points on the year, only four points shy of leading scorer Jonathan Beasley.
1999 (Junior): Lou Groza Award Finalist... Third-team All-America pick by Football News ... First-team All-Big 12 selection by the coaches, Associated Press, Kansas City Star and Football News ... Second-team Academic All-Big 12 selection... Named Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week after making four field goals, including a career-long 57-yarder against Utah State ... Set a K-State and Big 12 record with five field goals in win at Texas ... Set K-State record with 15-consecutive field goals made before missing at Nebraska ... Led the Big 12 and was 25th nationally in scoring at 8.33 points per game... Was 13-of-13 inside 40 yards... Had a streak of 58 straight PATs snapped with block against Kansas ... K-State coaches' Special Teams Player of the Game for performances against Texas , Utah State and Baylor... His 18 field goals on the season rank third on the K-State single season list.
1998 (junior): Redshirt season.
1997 (sophomore): Made both extra-point attempts against Bowling Green ... 40-of-78 (.513) of his kickoffs were touchbacks... Recovered his own onside kick in win over Texas A&M.
1996 (freshman): Stepped in as true freshman following a preseason injury to returning starter Martin Gramatica... Perfect on all 43 extra-point attempts... Made 4-of-8 field-goal attempts, including a career-best 51-yarder against Nebraska ... Tied for second in school record by making eight PATs against Indiana State ... Finished second on team to Mike Lawrence in scoring with 55 points... Was scheduled to attend K-State as a part-time student but was forced into action following Gramatica's injury... Coaches' pick as Special Teams Player of the Game vs. Nebraska and Oklahoma .
High School: As a senior at Collegiate High School , he made 10-of-12 field-goal attempts, including a 47-yarder, and made 55-of-56 extra-point attempts as a high school teammate of Nebraska 's DeAngelo Evans... Coach was Mike Gehrer.
Personal: Born Sept. 12, 1977... Parents are James and Liza Rheem... First ball he kicked in his college career was taken to College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Ind., as part of a display for the Big 12 Conference as the first ball used in a Big 12 Conference contest... Majored in management.
| Kicking Statistics |
| Year | G | FGM-FGA | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ | LG | PAT | PTS |
| 1996 | 11 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 51 | 46-46 | 55 |
| 1997 | 11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | N/A | 2-2 | 2 |
| 1998 | DNP | (Redshirt) | ||||||||
| 1999 | 10 | 18-21 | 0-0 | 8-8 | 5-5 | 4-6 | 1-2 | 57 | 41-43 | 95 |
| 2000 | 11 | 17-20 | 0-0 | 8-9 | 9-9 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 39 | 49-50 | 100 |
| Total | 43 | 39-49 | 0-0 | 16-17 | 16-17 | 5-10 | 1-5 | 57 | 135-138 | 252 |
