Education
Longwell attended high school in Bend, Oregon, where he played high school football for Bend High School"s Lava Bears. Longwell graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English.
Longwell attended high school in Bend, Oregon, where he played high school football for Bend High School"s Lava Bears. Longwell graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English.
After playing college football for the California Golden Bears, he started his professional football career with the San Francisco 49ers, but never played a game for the franchise. He then played for the Green Bay Packers from 1997 to 2005. He played for the Minnesota Vikings from 2006 to 2011.
He also played briefly for the Seattle Seahawks during the 2012 playoffs.
He also played baseball as a third baseman, earning three letters in that sport. He earned all-conference honors in both sports.
In 1993, he started college at the University of California, Berkeley where he played football and earned four varsity letters. At California he served as both a punter and placekicker for the team, earning all-conference honors in the Pac-10 his senior year as a punter and second team honors as a kicker.
Green Bay Packers
Longwell was acquired by the Green Bay Packers off waivers from the San Francisco 49ers in 1997.
With the Packers, Longwell played in Super Bowl XXXII, where he kicked one field goal and three extra points in their 31-24 loss to the Denver Broncos. Minnesota Vikings
Longwell signed a free agent contract with the Vikings in the 2006 offseason. In his second game with the Minnesota Vikings, Longwell had one of the best performances of his career.
In the 2008 season finale against the New York Giants, he kicked a 50 yard field goal with no time left to help the Vikings clinch the division in a 20-19 victory.
When Longwell picked Favre up at the airport in Minnesota on August 17, 2010, television station helicopters followed Longwell"s SUV all the way to Vikings headquarters. Seattle Seahawks and retirement
On January 8, 2013, Longwell was signed by the Seattle Seahawks after Steven Hauschka suffered a calf injury.
On August 12, 2013, the Green Bay Packers announced that Longwell would retire as a Packer. Records
Second leading scorer in Green Bay Packers history with 1054 points.
Has the most field goals in Green Bay Packers history with 226.
Kicked third-longest field goal in Green Bay Packers history (54 yards - tied with Chris Jacke and Dave Rayner)
Most points by a player who never made a pro bowl (1,687)
Career high/best bolded
Longwell is the cousin of 1992 and 1996 Olympic athlete Michael Orr.