Jason Elam is one of the most popular and richest American Football Player who was born on March 8, 1970 in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, United States. Jason Elam (born March 8 in 1970) is an ex- American football player. He was selected with the Denver Broncos in the third round of the 1993 NFL Draft and played 15 seasons with the Broncos and two with the Atlanta Falcons.
The year 1995 was the time he was 3rd on the NFL in scoring with 132 points. He was also second in field goals with 31 points as they were voted into his debut Pro Bowl. In the course of the season, he scored 31-for-38 (.816) in field-goal attempts, and 39 for 39 when attempting extra-points. His breakout season also included second-team All-Pro distinction in the Associated Press and All-AFC honors from Pro Football Weekly. He set the stage for his great season by scoring his first goal in the opening game against. Buffalo Bills, tying an Broncos single-game record by scoring five field goals that were successful in just six attempts (22 52,, 20 37 and 38 yards). The 56-yarder he scored in Houston is the most long goal of his career and second-longest goal in the history of the franchise after the Steinfort his 57-yarder in vs. Washington in 1980. Elam scored a record-setting 13 consecutive field goals in mid-season beginning with a 30-yarder against Seattle Seahawks and ending with 35 yards vs. The Chargers. On December 24 , vs. Oakland Raiders, Oakland Raiders, Elam scored 11 points and scored the winning 37-yard field goal in the final 48 seconds in Denver’s win 31-28. It was only the two times in the year 1995 Elam was able to kick an important field goal that won the game in the closing minute.
In 1999, he converted all 29 extra-point attempts and was 29 of 36 (.806) on field-goal attempts to account for 116 points on the season, tied for fifth in the AFC and tied for sixth in the league. He was 5-7 on field-goal attempts between 50 and 59 yards in 1999 to improve his career percentage from that range to 63.7 percent (21–33). He was successful from 50 yards at Kansas City, 51 yards against the New York Jets, 55 yards at San Diego, 53 yards against Oakland and 50 against San Diego again. The 55-yarder at San Diego was the third longest of his career, the effort earned Elam AFC Special Teams Player of the Week honors for Week 9 as he made four field goals and scored 15 points in the game, his highest single-game totals for both categories since setting career highs with five field goals and 16 points at Kansas on November 16, 1997. Elam matched the four field goal effort vs. Oakland on Monday Night Football with one of the most pressure-filled conversions of his career from 53 yards with seven seconds remaining to tie the score at 21 and send the game to overtime. It proved to be the eighth game-winning or game-saving field goal of his career as the Broncos went on to win 27–21.
In the 1997 season, he converted 26 of 36 field-goal attempts (.722) and tied his own franchise record for extra points in a season by going a perfect 46 of 46. His 124 total points on the season ranked second in the AFC (fourth in the NFL), and his 46 extra points led the AFC and were second in the NFL. During the postseason, he was perfect, converting all 15 extra-point attempts and both field goal attempts of 43 and 51 yards. His 51-yard field goal in Super Bowl XXXII against the Green Bay Packers was the second longest in Super Bowl history since Steve Christie’s 54-yarder for the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXVIII as well as the longest in Broncos postseason history. He passed the 500-point plateau with his final extra-point attempt at Seattle, becoming only the third Bronco in history to do so and the fastest in terms of games played (66). He also kicked the game-winning 33-yard field goal in overtime at Buffalo, the second time in his career that Elam had won a game for the Broncos in overtime. He tied his own franchise record with five field goals at Kansas City Chiefs, matching the standard achieved previously by himself.
For the third time in three games the player scored the season’s highest 14 points at Dallas with the ball four times (24 50, 46, and 28 yards.) as well as two extra-point chances. He was awarded AFC Special Teams Player of the Month in November, when he was the top of the entire group of NFL players with field goal attempts of 11 and 38. He scored 11 of 12 field goal attempts (.917) throughout the month, and made two attempts from more than 45 yards. He also which was his highest single-season score in his career by scoring his 31st field goal of the season during the season-ending game against. The Indianapolis Colts, matching his previous record of 1995.
