page_title: Brett Kern
section_title: 2009 season
hierarchical_section_title: Brett Kern / Professional career / Denver Broncos / 2009 season
caption_attribution_description: English: Brett Kern, a punter with the Denver Broncos American Football team.
context_page_description: Brett Alan Kern is an American football punter for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League. He was signed by the Denver Broncos as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at Toledo.
  After being waved by the Broncos after less than two full seasons, he was then acquired by the Titans and has since been a three-time Pro Bowl selection and a two-time All-Pro.
context_section_description: Kern remained as the Broncos' punter in his second professional season. In the season opener against the Cincinnati Bengals, he had a season-high eight punts for a season-high 340 net yards for a 42.5 average. On September 20, against the Cleveland Browns, he had two punts for 109 net yards for a season-high 54.5 average. He finished the 2009 season with 64 punts for 2,910 net yards for a 45.47 average.
  Despite having the third highest yards per punt average in NFL history, Kern was waived by the Broncos.
caption: Kern in 2009
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