Hall of Fame Inductees
- Induction:
- 2019
Mike Nugent rewrote the Ohio State football record books as a four-year kicker for the Buckeyes between 2001-04, during which time the team won a national championship in 2002 and went 40-11 overall. At the conclusion of his career he either owned or shared 22 school kicking and/or scoring records, including 16 records he still holds. Among the records: most career points (356), kicking points, single season field goals (28 in 2002) and career field goals (72) and 50-yard field goals in a season (five in 2004) and career (eight).
Nugent made 24 consecutive field goals at one point, another school record, and was named a consensus All-American in both 2002 and 2004, the first Ohio State kicker to be so honored. Voted a team captain as a senior in 2004, Nugent scored 120 points during Ohio State’s national championship season in 2002 and was 25-of-28 in field goals that year.
As a senior, Nugent was 24-of-27 in field goals, including a nation’s-best 5-of-6 from 50 yards or more, and was named the Lou Groza Award winner as the nation’s outstanding kicker. He nailed a career-long 55-yard field goal as time ran out in the 24-21 win over Marshall, and he became the first Ohio State kicker to ever be named team MVP.
Drafted in the second round of the 2005 NFL Draft by the New York Jets, Nugent, from Centerville, Ohio, completed his 14th season in the NFL in 2018, with the Oakland Raiders.
