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Updated: Monday, 11 Mar 2013, 12:03 AM EDT
Published : Monday, 11 Mar 2013, 12:03 AM EDT

Hutch Konerman

CINCINNATI, Ohio - The Bengals on Sunday re-signed K Mike Nugent. His contract had been set to expire tomorrow, and without a new deal he would have become an unrestricted free agent as of Tuesday.

Nugent (5-10, 190; Ohio State) is a 10 ^th-year NFL player in 2013, in his fourth season with the Bengals. In 2011, he set Bengals records for points (132) and field goals (33) in a season. In 2012, his 55-yard field goal on Nov. 25 vs. Oakland tied a Bengals record, equaling a distance set only once previously in club history. He has made 83.8 percent of his field goals as a Bengal, the second-best career percentage in club history.

Nugent missed the last four games of last season, plus the Wild Card playoff, due to a calf injury suffered in practice on Dec. 5.

His hometown is Centerville, Ohio (Centerville High School), and he left Ohio State with 22 school records.