Jose Cortez This is Me

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1. 1. www.palmbeachpost.com

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   Published on: 4/1/2008   Last Visited: 4/9/2008

   Cundiff had an injury-plagued camp in 2005 and surprisingly was replaced by kickoff specialist Jose Cortez.
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   Shaun Suisham then replaced Cortez, and Cundiff eventually was brought back in November.

2. 2. www.knowyourdallascowboys.com

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   Published on: 1/1/2008   Last Visited: 6/7/2008

   [Note: this entry has been corrected to add kicker Jose Cortez]
   
   Only three players in team history have worn jersey #2: former kicker Lin Elliott, former backup quarterback Anthony Wright, and former kicker Jose Cortez.
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   3. Jose Cortez, K, Oregon State, 2005
   
   Statistics: Cortez made 12 of 16 field goals for Dallas in 2005.He was one of three Dallas kickers that season, along with Billy Cundiff and Shaun Suisham.
   
   Accolades: None.
   
   Longevity: Dallas signed Cortez after Cundiff was injured in training camp in 2005.
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   Intangibles: Cortez was better known as a kickoff specialist and was not expected to make the team that season.He made the game-winning kick against the Giants in overtime that season (and because I was actually at that game, I can't believe I forgot about him!).
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   I remember Suisham & Cundiff, but not Cortez.
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   I was going by the list on the Dallas Cowboys site, and it does not include Cortez at all.I should have remembered him.

3. 3. Press Release 3: More News and Notes from November Minicamp, Part 1

   www.all-xfl.com/losangelesxtre - [Cached]

   Published on: 3/21/2003   Last Visited: 8/26/2007

   Kickers Jose Cortez and Brian Moorman went head to head in a field goal kick off as they battle for the lone kicking job.
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   Cortez, who played high school soccer and football in Van Nuys, was working in Oregon as a roofer when the Xtreme gave him a call.
   
   "When I got the call from (Special Teams) Coach (Chris) Allen he told me I was drafted and coming back to L.A. Trouble is at the time there was a lot of noise going on because we were tearing up the roof.So Coach Allen says, 'What in the world are you doing?' When I explained to him I was a roofer, he told me just don't fall of the roof ."
   
   The Xtreme are familiar with Cortez.