Christopher Clay Summers (born 29 February 1988 in

Fishers, Indiana Fishers is a city in Fall Creek Township, Hamilton County, Indiana, Fall Creek and Delaware Township, Hamilton County, Indiana, Delaware townships, Hamilton County, Indiana, Hamilton County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 United States Cens ...

) is a former

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wit ...

placekicker Placekicker, or simply kicker (PK or K), is the player in gridiron football who is responsible for the kicking duties of field goals and extra points. In many cases, the placekicker also serves as the team's kickoff specialist or punter. Sp ...

and punter for

Purdue University Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and ...

. He played for the Boilermakers from 2006 to 2009. An Indiana native, Summers played high school football at

Hamilton Southeastern High School Hamilton Southeastern High School (HSE or HSHS) is a public secondary school in Fishers, Indiana, United States. It is a part of the Hamilton Southeastern School District. History During the 2003–2004 school year, the Hamilton Southeastern sch ...

. He received ''The Indianapolis Star'' Mr. Football position award at placekicker in 2005. Summers enrolled at Purdue in 2006. During the 2006, 2007, and 2008 seasons, he successfully converted 111 consecutive extra-point attempts. Summer's streak was the third longest in

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history and established a Purdue program record. He was also Purdue's leading scorer in 2007 with 110 points. His 110 points in 2007, including 18 field goals in 22 attempts, was the third highest single-season point total in Purdue program history. In the

2007 Motor City Bowl The 2007 Motor City Bowl, part of the 2007-08 NCAA football bowl games season, occurred on December 26, 2007 at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan, United States. The Central Michigan Chippewas, who won their second straight Mid-American Conferenc ...

, Summers kicked a game-winning field goal as time expired. Summers is currently an employee at a mechanical contracting company called HFI in Bloomington, Indiana.

External links

Purdue Boilermakers bio

References

1988 births Living people People from Fishers, Indiana Sportspeople from Hamilton County, Indiana American football placekickers American football punters Purdue Boilermakers football players {{Amfoot-punter-stub