Blaze Activate Steve Videtich

Published on May 9, 2008 under Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I)
Utah Blaze News Release


SALT LAKE CITY - The Utah Blaze today activated K STEVE VIDETICH (6-2, 228, North Carolina State) from injured reserve. In other moves the week, Utah waived K STEVE AZAR (5-9, 195, Northern Illinois) and OL MYNIYA SMITH (6-7, 335, Southern), and signed OL KYLE GUNTHER (6-4, 310, Utah) and DB WILL FIELDS (5-9, 185, Houston) to the practice squad.

Videtich has played in 169 regular season games and is in his third season with Utah. He has connected on 177-of-361 (49.0%) on field goal attempts and 1,004-of-1,103 (91.0%) of his PATs. He is currently No. 1 all-time in scoring for a kicker (1,535), No. 1 all-time for extra points made (1,004), and is tied with MIKE BLACK for No. 2 all-time for made field goals (177).

Videtich was a Second-Team All-American for the Wolf Pack and was named All-ACC twice. In 1997 and 2002, he earned AFL Kicker of the Year honors, as well as First-Team All-Arena recognition. He also attended training camp for the NFL's Washington Redskins in 1995.

ABOUT THE UTAH BLAZE

The Utah Blaze were recipients of the Best Support Staff Award for the 2006 and 2007 seasons as recognized by the Arena Football League. The Blaze take on the Colorado Crush at 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 10 at EnergySolutions Arena. Tickets are available by logging onto www.utahblaze.com or by calling (801) 257-3111. The Blaze are owned and operated by the Ken Garff Automotive Group - www.kengarff.com.

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