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Concordia-St. Paul place kicker Tom Obarski signs with the Bengals

The Cincinnati Bengals have signed Concordia-St. Paul place kicker Tom Obarski to compete with Mike Nugent, who is usually forced to fend off younger competition.

By Josh Kirkendall
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Mike Nugent has some competition.

The Cincinnati Bengals have signed Concordia-St. Paul place kicker Tom Obarski, according to the players twitter account:

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Concordia-St. Paul kicker Tom Obarski had a college career that earned him dozens of honors and records. Though he will likely go undrafted, the Bengals may look to Obarski in undrafted free agency.

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Obarski holds a slew of Concordia records including:

  • Field goals made (44)
  • Career points for a kicker (250)
  • Single game record for field goals made, (set four times during career, three times in 2014, once in 2013).
  • Second most points for a kicker in a single game (14) and the third most points in a game for kicker (13).

He also holds a school and Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference record for longest field goal (59, vs Augustana) and delivered NCAA Division II record-long field goals twice during career (59 vs Augustana, 56 vs Upper Iowa).

Obarski was one of few kickers selected to play in the Senior Bowl, where he impressed scouts by making a 49-yard field goal. CBS Sports ranks Obarski as the draft's eighth-best kicker.

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