Cody Parkey

The Bears kicker whose Double Doink ended the 2018 season.

Cody Parkey (born 1992) is a former NFL placekicker whose one season with the Chicago Bears, 2018, ended with the missed playoff kick against Philadelphia that became known as the Double Doink. He set the NFL rookie scoring record with the Eagles in 2014 and went to that season's Pro Bowl.

Quick Facts

Number: 1, 3, 2, 6
Position: Placekicker
Born: 19 February 1992
Birthplace: Jupiter, Florida, U.S.
High school: Jupiter
College: Auburn (2010–2013)

Facts from the source article.

Background

Parkey signed a four-year contract with Chicago on March 14, 2018. In a November game against Detroit four of his kicks, two extra points and two field goals, hit the uprights without going through, though the Bears still won 34-22, and the next week he was NFC Special Teams Player of the Week for three field goals in a 25-20 win over Minnesota. He made 23 of 30 field goals in the regular season.

In the wild-card game against the Eagles, with Chicago behind 16-15, his 43-yard attempt to win it struck the left upright and then the crossbar before bouncing back into the end zone; Philadelphia had called a timeout to wipe out his first try. Cris Collinsworth's on-air words gave the miss its name, and frame-by-frame replay later showed Treyvon Hester had tipped the ball, so the league officially recorded it as a blocked kick. Parkey's appearance on the Today show five days later, made without clearance from the team, drew criticism from head coach Matt Nagy, and he was released in March 2019 with $3.5 million still guaranteed.

His 150 points as a 2014 rookie broke Kevin Butler's 29-year-old record, set with the Bears in 1985. He later kicked for Tennessee, Cleveland and New Orleans.