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James Wilhoit signed with the Baltimore Ravens as a rookie free agent on 5/4/07.
College Career:
Played in 37 games while at Tennessee...Wilhoit ended his senior season with 8 straight FGs and made 11 of his last 12...He posted a season FG percentage of 73.7 (14-of-19), his career best...Was named to the 2006 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America 2nd-team for football (group is selected by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America)...Was named to the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame's inaugural National Honor Society, comprised of college football players from all divisions who maintain a 3.2 GPA or better Finished his career as the 2nd-all-time leading scorer in Tennessee history and in the Top 10 in SEC history with 325 points...Earned 2006 Consensus All-SEC 1st team honors as a senior...Posted 4 FGs of 50 yards-or-more as a Volunteer, while playing in 50-career games...Played all 11 games as a senior Connected on 18 of 22 FGAs and hit all 21 PATs for 63 total points Also kicked off for the Volunteers, booting 37 of his 74 KOs for touchbacks...Earned 2nd Academic All-SEC honors Played all 13 games as a junior Led Vols in scoring with 74 points Finished 44-of-45 on PATs Missed what would have been a game-tying PAT late in Florida game (1st-career miss), but redeemed himself 90 seconds later by connecting on 50-yard FG with :06 remaining to give Tennessee 30-28 win...Tied career long with 51-yarder at Georgia...Played 13 games as a sophomore...First-team Freshman All-America by Scripps Howard/FWAA after leading Vols with 92 points...Also earned 2nd-team honors from The Sporting News...Consensus Freshman All-SEC kicker...Connected on 17-of-24 FGA (including 12 of his last 14) and all 41 PATs Also boomed 29 touchbacks on KOs...Ranked 2nd nationally among freshmen and 27th overall in FGs per game with 1.31...Assigned KO duties in 2nd half against Marshall and held position rest of season...Connected on a career-long 51-yard FGA against Florida...Perfect 3-for-3 on FGAs vs. Alabama Redshirted in 2002 Earned a communications degree and his graduate degree in sports psychology
Personal:
Attended Hendersonville (TN) HS Named 1st-team All-America from Parade, PrepStar, SuperPrep, Student Sports and Borderwars.com...Rated No. 1 kicker by Rivals.com, Borderwars.com and PrepStar...All-State honors as senior and junior and played in 2002 Tennessee-Georgia All-Star Game...Set state FG records for season (21) and career (32)...Set state title game-punting average record of 49 yards...Connected on 11-of-21 FGs as a junior, with a long of 53 and placed 81% of his KOs through the end zone...Added 42.3-yard punting average...Member of All-State Chorus Full name: James Howell Wilhoit II. | 