Mason Crosby is retiring as a Green Bay Packer.

General Manager Brian Gutekunst announced the decision Wednesday. Crosby kicked for Green Bay for 16 seasons, from 2007 through 2022, and leaves as the franchise’s all-time leading scorer with 1,918 points.

He played 258 straight regular-season games for the Packers, a team record. Only Aaron Rodgers, with 18, spent more seasons in Green Bay.

Texas to Colorado

Crosby was born Sept. 3, 1984, and grew up in Georgetown, Texas, where he played football and soccer at Georgetown High School.

He kicked for Colorado from 2003 to 2006. He was a unanimous first-team All-American after his junior season in 2005 and a three-time first-team All-Big 12 pick. He graduated in December 2006 with a degree in communication.

The rookie

The Packers took Crosby in the sixth round of the 2007 draft, 193rd overall.

He didn’t wait long. In his first regular-season game, he made all three field goals he tried against Philadelphia, including a 42-yarder with two seconds left for a 16-13 win. No rookie had kicked a game-winner on opening weekend since Matt Bahr in 1979.

Crosby led the NFL with 141 points that season. He made 31 of 39 field goals and all 48 extra points, and was named NFC Special Teams Player of the Month for November.

The numbers

Crosby is the Packers’ career leader in points (1,918), field goals (395), 50-yard field goals (43) and extra points (733). He made 81.44% of his field goals in Green Bay, 395 of 485.

He scored 100 or more points in 15 of his 16 seasons with the Packers. Only Adam Vinatieri (21) and Jason Elam (16) have done it more often.

He kicked the eight longest field goals in team history. The longest was a 58-yarder in 2011.

In 2020 he made all 16 of his field goal attempts, a team record for accuracy in a season.

Ryan Longwell held the team scoring record at 1,054 points. Crosby passed him in 2015 and kept going.

Big kicks

In Super Bowl XLV, Crosby made all four extra points and his only field goal try in the 31-25 win over Pittsburgh.

In the 2016 season’s divisional playoff at Dallas, he made a 56-yarder in the final two minutes and then a 51-yarder as time expired for a 34-31 win.

In September 2021 at San Francisco, he hit a 51-yard field goal as time expired for a 30-28 win.

He also set an NFL record with 23 straight postseason field goals.

The low point

In 2012, Crosby made 21 of 33 field goals, 63.6%. That was the lowest percentage of any active kicker in the league that season. The Packers kept him, and he kicked for them another 10 years.

After Green Bay

The Packers moved on after the 2022 season. Crosby played three games for the New York Giants in 2023 and sat out 2024. His 1,939 points from 2007 through 2023 were the most in the NFL over that span.

He and his wife, Molly, have five children, all born in Green Bay. The family lived there year-round during his career, WPR reported.

“Retiring as a Packer is my way of saying that even though I may now live in another state, I am still that ambassador,” Crosby said in a statement. “But now instead of you cheering me on, it is my turn to champion and celebrate what all is being accomplished in Wisconsin.”

Crosby and Detroit’s Jason Hanson are the only players in NFL history to play 250 regular-season games and score 1,900 points with one team.

Thank you, Mason.

Originally published 3/7/25

Crosby posted on March 6: “Loved every moment! #GoPackGo”