About Sebastian
PERSONAL: Sebastian Janikowski was born on March 2, 1978, in Walbrzych, a small city in Poland. Played football only in his senior season at Seabreeze High in Daytona Beach, Florida...Was 31 of 31 on extra points and 9 of 15 on field goals...Nailed a career-long 60-yarder against Palatka for the second-longest field goal in state history...Also hit field goals from 56, 53 and 51 yards...Had just two kickoffs returned and 80 percent went through the end zone...First-team All-USA selection by USA Today and also earned All-American accolades...Selected to play in the Florida-Georgia All-Star Game...Listed as the state's top kicking prospect on the Florida Times-Union Super 75...Scored a state record 69 goals as a senior for the school's soccer team....Former member of the Polish national under-17 soccer team...Turned down various soccer contract offers in South America to enroll at Florida State.

COLLEGE: In only three seasons, finished Florida State career ranked second on the school's career record list in scoring with 324 points... In 1999, consensus All-American and All-Atlantic Coast Conference first-team selection. Became the first two-time winner of the Lou Groza Award,(1998,1999) given to the nation's top kicking specialist...Led the team in scoring with 116 points, the third-highest season total in school history...Connected on 23-of-30 field goals and all 47 extra point attempts...His 23 field goals rank behind his 1998 school season record of 27...Against North Carolina State, connected on field goals of 30, 47, 22, 31 and 47 yards and had 3 PATs...His five field goals tied the school game-record, first set by Bill Capece vs. Pittsburgh in 1980 and matched his own mark set vs. Maryland in 1998...General studies major.

PRO: 2000-drraft. The Oakland Raiders take Sebastian Janikowski with 17th pick. It was the first time a kicker went in the first round since 1979. Powerful, accurate kicker who has led the team in scoring in each of his first four seasons... Made 93-of-118 field goal attempts in four pro seasons for a .788 conversion rate, ranking first in Raiders history for best field goal percentage...
 

2007: Played 16 games and score 97 points. Made 23-of-32 field goal
attempts

2006: Played 16 games and score 70 points. Made 18-of-25 field goal
attempts.

2005: Played 16 games and score 90 points. Made 20-of-30 field goal
attempts.

2004: Played in all 16 games and score 106 points.Made 25-of-28 field goal attempts. On 12/15/2004 The Raiders signed Sebastian to five- year contract extension.

2003: Played in all 16 league games and led the team in scoring for the fourth consecutive season with 94 points...Converted 88 percent (22-of-25) of field goal attempts, the highest conversion percentage in his career...

2002: Played in all 16 league games while leading the team in scoring for the third-straight season with 128 points, second-highest in team history behind Jeff Jaeger who had 132 points in 1993...The 128-point performance ranked first in the AFC and tied for fourth in the NFL...Posted career-highs in field goal attempts with 33 and field goals made with 26...Also set career-highs in kickoffs (97), kickoffs into the end zone (48) and touchbacks (22)...The 22 touchbacks ranked first in the NFL...Finished the season by making 18 of last 20 FG attempts.

Postseason: (1/12) vs. NYJ: Converted three of four field goal attempts from 29, 31 and 34 yards...Made all three PAT's and kicked off seven times with none going into the end zone...(1/19) vs. TN: Connected on both field goal attempts from 32 and 43 yards...Made all five PAT's...Kicked off seven times with no touchbacks...Super Bowl XXXVII (1/26) vs. TB: Made only field goal attempt from 40 yards...Kicked off five times with one going into the end zone and one touchback...

2001: Played in 15 games, missing the final regular season contest...Had 111 points to lead the team for the second straight season...Connected on 23 of 28 field goal attempts on the season...The 23 field goals rank fourth in Raiders history and were the most made since 1996 (Cole Ford, 24)...

2000: Had a team-high 112 points to rank fifth in the AFC and ninth in the NFL...The 112 points were the most scored by a Raider since 1993 (Jeff Jaeger, 132)...Had 83 kickoffs with 23 going into the end zone and 14 touchbacks, second-best in the NFL...Connected on 22 of 32 field goals to rank ninth in the AFC...Tied for first in the AFC, making a career-long 54 yard field goal...Connected on all 46 PATs to rank second in the AFC and NFL...The 43 PATs were the most by a Raider since 1983 (Chris Bahr 51)...Against Indianapolis he had seven kickoffs, all going into the end zone with a season-high three touchbacks...Also made his first career field goal from 24 yards out...