High school

McAfee attended Plum High School in his hometown of Plum, Pennsylvania, playing both soccer and football. As a senior, he borrowed $100 from a friend and played poker at an illegal poker club, turning it into $1,400. He used the funds to finance a trip to Miami to participate in the final day of a national competition highlighting the best field goal kicking prospects in America. McAfee made nine consecutive field goals, starting at 25 yards and moving five yards out each time. He narrowly missed a 70-yard field goal, with the ball missing to the right but with enough distance to make it. After returning home, he was approached in the school's lunchroom by Tony Gibson, West Virginia's recruiting coordinator, who offered him a scholarship.

College career

Freshman season

McAfee earned the starting job at West Virginia as a freshman. He was 11 for 18 as a freshman on field goals, and had 70 kickoffs for the season with 20 being touchbacks. McAfee's most memorable moment came against Louisville in a 46-44 triple overtime win, which was reached after a successful McAfee onside kick. The onside kick gave running back Steve Slaton the chance to tie the game with a one-yard touchdown run.

Sophomore season

Although they had losses to Louisville and USF, the Mountaineers won ten games and were victors in the Gator Bowl over Georgia Tech.

Junior season

McAfee started his junior season with a missed extra point against Western Michigan, ending his streak of 106 consecutive extra points. He finished the season in the Fiesta Bowl with a 2 for 4 performance, having one kick blocked by Oklahoma. He was named to the ESPN All-Bowl Team following the bowl season.

McAfee missed two relatively short field goals in WVU's 13-9 loss to a Pitt Panthers team with only 4 wins; ultimately taking the Mountaineers out of the BCS National Championship Game. He was named to the 2007 Lou Groza Award semi-finalist list for the best collegiate kicker. McAfee earned Big East Special Team Player of the week honors three times in 2007 and was named second-team All-Big East. He earned West Virginia's Scott Shirley Award for the second consecutive year.

Senior season

McAfee began his senior year in a 48-21 season-opening victory over Villanova in which he kicked two field goals, including a career-long of 52-yards, six extra points, and two punts. In the following 27-3 win over Marshall, McAfee became the school record holder for all-time scoring with a field goal, passing Slaton. He went two for two on field goals to move to third place for the Big East record of career field goals made in a 34-17 victory over Auburn.

Perhaps McAfee's most memorable performance of the season came against Cincinnati on November 8. The Mountaineers trailed by 13 points with 1:11 left in regulation, but reduced the deficit to 3 points with a safety, touchdown, and two-point conversion, all in less than a minute. Departing fans came sprinting back into the stadium just in time to see McAfee's onside kick recovered with 18 seconds remaining. He would tie the game as time expired with a 52-yard field goal, but the Mountaineers would go on to lose in overtime.

McAfee finished his senior year with a career-best 44.7 yards per punt average, a Big East-leading 23 punts inside the 20-yard line, and a career-high 2,639 yards with a 65-yard long.

Professional career

Pre-draft

Following his senior season at WVU, McAfee was invited to the 2009 Senior Bowl in Alabama, joining Mountaineers Pat White and Ellis Lankster. He started the Senior Bowl as the South team's kicker. McAfee performed in the 11th annual State Farm College Football All-Star Challenge, winning the "round the world" kicking competition.

Indianapolis Colts

McAfee was drafted in the seventh round (222nd overall) by the Indianapolis Colts. McAfee was signed before training camp. He handled punting and kick-off duties for the Colts in 2009, as well as holding for extra-points and field goals.

McAfee maintained a 46.6-yard punting average for the 2011 regular season, a career-high mark. He would better that mark the following season by posting a 48.2-yard average on punts. On March 7, 2014, McAfee announced he had signed a five-year contract to remain with the Colts.

McAfee was named the AFC Special Teams Player of the Month for September 2014. He led the NFL in punting average (45.6 yards) and touchbacks on kickoff (24), and converted the NFL's only two successful onside kicks in the first four weeks of the season. In week 6, McAfee converted his third onside kick of the season, recovering the ball himself after it traveled the necessary 10 yards. On December 23, 2014, McAfee was selected to play in his first Pro Bowl, and on January 2, 2015, he was selected by the Associated Press as the First Team All-Pro punter.

Career statistics

Regular season

Season	Team	Punting
		GP	Punts	Yds	Net Yds	Lng	Avg	Net Avg	Blk	OOB	Dn	In 20	TB	FC	Ret	RetY	TD
2009	Indianapolis Colts	16	64	2,837	2,416	60	44.3	37.8	0	0	7	21	6	15	36	301	0
2010	Indianapolis Colts	15	65	2,731	2,302	66	42.0	35.4	0	3	8	21	7	22	25	289	1
2011	Indianapolis Colts	16	88	4,098	3,488	64	46.6	39.2	1	8	11	21	3	18	48	550	1
2012	Indianapolis Colts	16	73	3,520	2,985	64	48.2	40.3	1	10	9	26	8	14	32	375	1
2013	Indianapolis Colts	16	76	3,499	2,963	65	46.0	38.5	1	8	15	27	7	17	29	396	1
2014	Indianapolis Colts	16	69	3,221	2,956	61	46.7	42.8	0	7	5	30	3	19	35	205	0
2015	Indianapolis Colts	9	48	2,331	2,085	61	48.6	43.4	0	5	5	13	3	12	23	186	1
	Total	104	483	22,237	19,195	66	46.0	39.7	3	41	60	159	37	117	228	2,302	5

Postseason

Season	Team	Punting
		GP	Punts	Yds	Net Yds	Lng	Avg	Net Avg	Blk	OOB	Dn	In 20	TB	FC	Ret	RetY	TD
2009	Indianapolis Colts	3	12	550	514	56	45.8	42.8	0	0	0	3	1	7	4	16	0
2010	Indianapolis Colts	1	4	153	138	46	38.3	34.5	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	15	0
2012	Indianapolis Colts	1	4	194	137	53	48.5	34.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	57	0
2013	Indianapolis Colts	2	6	310	268	58	51.7	44.7	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	42	0
2014	Indianapolis Colts	2	8	375	296	68	46.9	37.0	0	1	1	1	3	0	3	19	0
	Total	9	34	1,582	1,350	68	46.2	38.7	0	1	2	5	4	9	18	149	0

Philanthropy

The Pat McAfee Foundation

The Pat McAfee Foundation is a not-for-profit organization with the goal of providing assistance for the sons and daughters of military personnel. McAfee worked closely with his father, Tim McAfee, to establish the foundation.

Appearances

In November, 2011 McAfee chopped off his signature locks for Locks of Love, an organization that provides hairpieces for children who are suffering from long-term illness and are poor.

McAfee is a regular on the nationally syndicated morning radio program The Bob & Tom Show. He has described co-host Bob Kevoian as one of his best friends during an interview on the Off the Air Podcast hosted by sports commentator Chick McGee

Personal life

On October 20, 2010, McAfee was arrested and charged with public intoxication, a Class B misdemeanor. McAfee had been found shirtless and wet, and assumed to be swimming in a canal in Broad Ripple, a popular nightclub area, at approximately 5:15 that morning after being reported by a woman who found him near her car. Police reported that he tested with a blood alcohol content of 0.15. The Colts later issued a one-game suspension to McAfee for his actions. Two weeks after being arrested, McAfee issued an apology for his actions. "Obviously I made a dumb decision on a night when things got out of control," he said. "I will never put my team or my family through this kind of embarrassment again." Since the October 2010 arrest, McAfee has not had any run-ins with the law.

On January 4, 2014, McAfee tweeted a photo with Colts teammate Andrew Luck in the background, almost completely nude. McAfee, who was taking a picture of kicker Adam Vinatieri being interviewed in the locker room, apologized for the incident and was fined $10,000 by the Colts organization, according to his interview with the Bob & Tom Show.

McAfee is also a stand-up comedian, and has performed in events around Indiana.

On February 5, 2016, McAfee became a Guinness World Record Holder by successfully kicking a 40-yard field goal while being blindfolded.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]