The Tigers No. 1 kicker who returns after missing the last four games of the 2000 season with a shoulder injury ... could be one of the top kickers in the Big 12 in 2001 ... enters the season having missed just one career PAT and one career field goal attempt inside of 40 yards ...
2000 SEASON: Played in just seven games before breaking his collarbone on a tackle at Texas in week seven ... connected on 7-of-9 field goal tries and missed just one PAT ...
1999 SEASON: The Tigers’ leading scorer with 52 points ... was a perfect 25-of-25 in PAT attempts ... connected on 9-of-14 field goal tries ... made all four field goals attempts from inside 40 yards ... made five-of-nine attempts from 40-49 yards, his longest, a 48-yarder against Western Michigan ... also connected from 47 yards out against Nebraska and from 45 yards away at Memphis ... missed his only attempt of 50 yards, a 55-yard try on a windy day at Kansas ... made three tackles (two solo) on kickoffs and recovered his own onside squib kick in the fourth quarter at Colorado ...
1998 SEASON: Walked on and quickly impressed the MU staff with his strong leg ... pulled a quad muscle just before the season began and really never got back to form until late in the year ... assumed kickoff duties against Texas Tech and put four-of-five kicks into the end zone (three were touchbacks) ...
HIGH SCHOOL: Tremendous athlete who played quarterback and defensive back ... an all-state kicker as a junior and a first-team all-conference defensive back ... landed first team all-conference honors as a kicker, punter and defensive back as a senior, and was tabbed second team all-conference as a quarterback ... turned down several small college scholarship offers for the opportunity to play at Missouri ...
PERSONAL: Son of Hal and Barbara Hammerich ... has one brother, Shane ... bron Dec. 7, 1979 ... majoring in general studies.
FIELD GOAL YARDAGE BREAKDOWN
| YEAR | 10-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50- + | |
| 1998 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 1999 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 5-9 | 0-1 |
| 2000 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 0-1 |
| TOTAL | 0-0 | 5-5 | 5-6 | 6-10 | 0-3 |
