Ryan Kuehl

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Ryan Kuehl
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Position: Long snapper
Defensive end
Personal information
Born: (1972-01-18) January 18, 1972 (age 52)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Height:6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight:276 lb (125 kg)
Career information
College: Virginia
Undrafted: 1995
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Games played:126
Total tackles:33
Player stats at PFR

Ryan Phillip Kuehl (born January 18, 1972) is an American former professional football long snapper in the National Football League (NFL).

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Early life

Kuehl attended Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland, where he was a prep All-American selection as a senior. One of Kuehl's notable high school achievements was scoring the Vikings' only playoff touchdown in nearly 20 years on a late game scoring strike from quarterback Andy Eichberg in the 1988 MD state playoff loss to the Randallstown Rams. It was the Vikings' only score that day. [1]

Kuehl was a four-year letterman at the University of Virginia and was named second-team All-ACC at defensive tackle (1994). [2]

NFL career

Kuehl retired from the NFL after a ruptured Achilles' tendon during the 2007 preseason. Although he didn't play during the season, he earned a ring as a member of the Super Bowl XLII winning team.

Post-NFL career

After football, Kuehl earned an MBA from American University and joined Under Armour in 2009. As vice president of sports marketing in sponsorships, he gave Jordan Spieth a ten-year deal with the company in 2015, replacing the company's original four-year contract from 2013. [3]

Kuehl left Under Armour in 2018. [4]

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References

  1. Sonner, Tim (November 20, 1988). "Whitman Out of Running, 20-6". The Washington Post.
  2. "Virginia's ACC Honors". Virginia Sports. University of Virginia. August 14, 2001.
  3. Steinberg, Dan (June 23, 2015). "Jordan Spieth and Under Armour: A former Redskins defensive lineman's golf bet pays off". The Washington Post.
  4. Mirabella, Lorraine (December 11, 2018). "Under Armour removes marketing executives amid review of spending practices, report says". Baltimore Sun.