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St. Louis Rams

The St. Louis Rams drafted Hodges in the sixth round (210th overall) of the 2005 NFL Draft. He was signed to a three-year contract on July 27, 2005. Hodges won the Rams' punting job out of training camp, beating out veteran Bryan Barker. Hodges went on to appear in five games for the Rams, averaging 38.0 yards and 31.0 net yards in 22 attempts. Hodges' poor performance caused the team to release him on October 10 and re-sign Barker for the remainder of the season.

[edit] Philadelphia Eagles

On November 2, 2005, Philadelphia Eagles head coach Andy Reid said the team would sign Hodges to replace Dirk Johnson, who was out with a hernia. Hodges appeared in three games for the Eagles, averaging 36.8 yards in 19 punts with one blocked. He was waived by the team November 22. He spent the rest of the 2005 season out of football.

The Eagles re-signed Hodges to a two-year future contract on January 13, 2006. The deal included base salaries of $310,000 (2006) and $385,000 (2007). However, he did not play in the team's first preseason game and was waived on August 8.

[edit] Indianapolis Colts

On August 18, 2006, the Indianapolis Colts signed Hodges, however he failed to beat out longtime Colts punters Hunter Smith for the job and was released on September 3. He spent the 2006 season out of football.

The Colts re-signed Hodges to a three-year contract on February 23, 2007. He against lost out to Smith for the Colts' punting job, failing to appear in the team's first two preseason games before being released on August 23. He spent the season out of football.

[edit] Seattle Seahawks

After failing to make an NFL team for each of the past two seasons, Hodges signed with the Seattle Seahawks on April 11, 2008. He was released by the team on August 30 during final cuts.

[edit] New England Patriots

On September 4, 2008, Hodges was signed to the practice squad of the New England Patriots.

COLLEGE

Four-year punter who played in 45 career games and was 254-10,210 (40.2 avg.) yards, with 34.1 net average and ratio of 61:26 punts inside 20:touchbacks…254 attempts set school mark, while yardage ranks second...47 punts also resulted in fair catches...was All-MAC first-team choice as senior…was 73-42.6, with 36.7 net average and 7 TBs/25 In20...attempts led conference…was 10-44.0, with long of 65 yards and seven In20 vs. Boston College…was 10-50.9, with long of 65 yards and two In20 vs. Missouri…was 57-40.3, with 33.9 net average and 3 TBs/23 In20 as junior…was 60-41.4, with 37.1 net average and 8 TBs/12 In20 as sophomore…was 10-45.7 vs. Auburn, the third-best game total in school history…was 64-36.3 as freshman…majored in communications.

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