Stephen Gostkowski

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American football player human placekicker

Stephen Gostkowski is a former NFL placekicker best known for his long, successful tenure with the New England Patriots, during which he became one of the most accurate and highest-scoring kickers in league history.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Gostkowski	1
Stephen Carroll Gostkowski	1
Stephen Gostkowski canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11196370 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Stephen Gostkowski
Context triple: [Miracle in Miami game on December 9, 2018, awayTeamKicker, Stephen Gostkowski]

A. David Akers
David Akers is a former American football placekicker best known for his long and successful NFL career, primarily with the Philadelphia Eagles, during which he became one of the league’s most accurate and highest-scoring kickers.
B. Lawrence Tynes
Lawrence Tynes is a former NFL placekicker best known for his clutch performances with the New York Giants, including game-winning field goals in two NFC Championship Games that helped lead the team to Super Bowl titles.
C. Adam Vinatieri
Adam Vinatieri is a former NFL placekicker renowned for his clutch performances and game-winning field goals in multiple Super Bowls, primarily with the New England Patriots.
D. Dave Prater
Dave Prater was an American soul and R&B singer best known as one half of the influential duo Sam & Dave, famed for hits like "Soul Man" and "Hold On, I'm Comin'."
E. Justin McCarthy
Justin McCarthy is a name shared by several notable figures, including an Irish nationalist politician and historian, as well as a contemporary American historian and author known for his work on Middle Eastern and Ottoman history.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Stephen Gostkowski
Target entity description: Stephen Gostkowski is a former NFL placekicker best known for his long, successful tenure with the New England Patriots, during which he became one of the most accurate and highest-scoring kickers in league history.

A. David Akers
David Akers is a former American football placekicker best known for his long and successful NFL career, primarily with the Philadelphia Eagles, during which he became one of the league’s most accurate and highest-scoring kickers.
B. Lawrence Tynes
Lawrence Tynes is a former NFL placekicker best known for his clutch performances with the New York Giants, including game-winning field goals in two NFC Championship Games that helped lead the team to Super Bowl titles.
C. Adam Vinatieri
Adam Vinatieri is a former NFL placekicker renowned for his clutch performances and game-winning field goals in multiple Super Bowls, primarily with the New England Patriots.
D. Dave Prater
Dave Prater was an American soul and R&B singer best known as one half of the influential duo Sam & Dave, famed for hits like "Soul Man" and "Hold On, I'm Comin'."
E. Justin McCarthy
Justin McCarthy is a name shared by several notable figures, including an Irish nationalist politician and historian, as well as a contemporary American historian and author known for his work on Middle Eastern and Ottoman history.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American football player ⓘ human ⓘ placekicker ⓘ
birthPlace	Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States ⓘ linked to: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
careerHighlight	multiple All-Pro selections ⓘ multiple Pro Bowl selections ⓘ
collegeAttended	University of Memphis ⓘ
collegeTeam	Memphis Tigers football ⓘ linked to: Memphis Tigers
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1984-01-28 ⓘ
draftedBy	New England Patriots ⓘ
familyName	Gostkowski ⓘ linked to: Stephen Gostkowski
fullName	Stephen Carroll Gostkowski ⓘ linked to: Stephen Gostkowski
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Stephen ⓘ
handedness	right-footed ⓘ
height	6 ft 1 in ⓘ
highSchool	Madison Central High School ⓘ
highSchoolLocation	Madison, Mississippi, United States ⓘ linked to: Madison, Mississippi
jerseyNumber	3 ⓘ 4 ⓘ
knownFor	consistency on field goals and extra points ⓘ strong leg on kickoffs ⓘ
league	National Football League ⓘ
NFLDraftPickNumber	118 ⓘ
NFLDraftRound	4 ⓘ
NFLDraftYear	2006 ⓘ
notableFor	being one of the highest-scoring kickers in NFL history ⓘ being one of the most accurate kickers in NFL history ⓘ long tenure with the New England Patriots ⓘ
occupation	professional athlete ⓘ
playedFor	New England Patriots ⓘ Tennessee Titans ⓘ
positionPlayed	placekicker ⓘ
role	placekicker for New England Patriots ⓘ placekicker for Tennessee Titans ⓘ
sport	American football ⓘ
status	retired ⓘ
teamAchievement	member of multiple New England Patriots Super Bowl championship teams ⓘ
teamRecord	New England Patriots all-time leading scorer ⓘ linked to: New England Patriots New England Patriots record for most extra points made ⓘ New England Patriots record for most field goals made ⓘ
weight	215 lb ⓘ
won	Super Bowl LI ⓘ Super Bowl LIII ⓘ Super Bowl XLIX ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Miracle in Miami game on December 9, 2018 → awayTeamKicker → Stephen Gostkowski ⓘ

subject linked to: “Miracle in Miami” game on December 9, 2018

Stephen Gostkowski → fullName → Stephen Carroll Gostkowski ⓘ

linked to: Stephen Gostkowski

Stephen Gostkowski → familyName → Gostkowski ⓘ