Michael T. Scifres, celebrated as Mike Scifres, is an American football player by profession. He plays in the position of Punter and is currently a free agent. The punter was born on October 8, 1980 at Metairie, Louisiana therefore; he ultimately holds an American nationality. He is the son of Jim Scifres and Debborah Scifres. He also has a brother named Jon Scifres.
Mike was very enthusiast about sports from a very young age. He did his schooling from Destrehan High School where he was involved in soccer, baseball and football. Later, he enrolled in Western Illinois University to continue his further studies and he also joined the football team of the university. He was the only punter from NCAA Div 1-AA to become a finalist of Ray Guy Award which is given to nation’s top punter. He graduated the college with the degree in Communication and Broadcaster.
He turned into professional player in 2003 where he was picked 14th of the fifth round by San Diego Chargers in the NBL draft. He remained the punter of the team until he was replaced by punter Drew Kaser in 2016 NBL draft. He has been entitled with various awards and honors such as Seven-time National Player of the week, AFC Special Team Player of the week and so on.
Talking about his personal life, Mike is a family person. He is married to his girlfriend turned spouse named Stacie Scifres. Mike and Stacey are blessed with three beautiful children. At first, they had twin girls named Bristyn Scifres and Berkeley Scifres and two years later she gave birth to their third child. Stacey have mentioned about the difficulties she has gone through while raise the three children as a single mother as Mike always have to leave the mother and children in order to earn the livelihood. However, these obstacles never came in the way of their love and understanding for each other. The couple is very happy with each other and handling their family life very well. The duo currently resides in San Diego with their family.
Mike can be seen keenly involved in various charity works and events. He has also been headlined in the inaugural charity tournament for Wish Warriors in order to raise money for the pediatric cancer research.
Mike Scifres has a net worth of more than $ 8.9 million and is earning a very good salary of around $ 4 million per year including the endorsement and sponsorships. The footballer has an amazing height of 6 ft. 2 in. with the weight of 98 kg.
To know more about Mike Scifres, he can be followed on different social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Wiki. Besides, there are different sites which provide a brief bio on him.
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