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Born: | Pace, Florida, U.S. | August 26, 1995||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 258 lb (117 kg) | ||||||||||
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High school: | Pace HS (Pace, FL) | ||||||||||
College: | Minnesota | ||||||||||
Position: | Placekicker | ||||||||||
Undrafted: | 2018 | ||||||||||
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Ryan Santoso (born August 26, 1995) is an American football placekicker who is a free agent. He played college football at Minnesota. He has been a member of the Detroit Lions, Montreal Alouettes, Tennessee Titans, New York Giants, Carolina Panthers, Los Angeles Rams, Jacksonville Jaguars, and San Antonio Brahmas.
Santoso was the seventh-ranked kicker and a two-star recruit out of Pace High School in Pace, Florida. He signed a letter of intent to play college football at the University of Minnesota on December 25, 2012. [1]
Santoso redshirted during the 2013 season. [2]
He became Minnesota's kicker in 2014 and had a poor 12-of-18 (66.7%) showing on field goal attempts but went 45-of-46 (97.8%) on extra point tries. The high point of his season was 52-yard field goal to beat Purdue. [3]
In 2015, Santoso's field goal numbers improved drastically, he went 17-of-21 (80.9) on field goal attempts, including a game-winning field goal in overtime against Colorado State. [4] He also was a perfect 32-of-32 on extra point tries.
Prior to the 2016 season, the Gophers announced that Santoso would change positions to punter. [5]
In 2016, Santoso punted 77 times for 3,151 yards (40.9 yards/punt). In 2017, he punted 66 times for 2,838 yards (43.0 yards/punt) [6]
On April 28, 2018, Santoso signed with the Detroit Lions as an undrafted free agent. [7] He was waived on September 1, 2018. [8] He signed a reserve/future contract with the Lions on January 3, 2019. [9] He was waived during final roster cuts on August 30, 2019. [10]
The Montreal Alouettes of the CFL signed Santoso to their practice roster on September 24, 2019. [11] He was released on October 15, 2019. [12]
Santoso was signed back into the NFL by the Tennessee Titans on November 27, 2019. [13] He was waived on December 17, 2019. [14]
On February 13, 2020, Santoso was re-signed by the Montreal Alouettes. [15] He was released on August 18, 2020, after the 2020 CFL season was cancelled. [16]
On September 6, 2020, Santoso was signed to the New York Giants practice squad. [17] He was promoted to the active roster on November 17, 2020. [18] He was waived on December 1, 2020, [19] and re-signed to the practice squad two days later. [20] He was elevated to the active roster on January 2, 2021, for the team's week 17 game against the Dallas Cowboys, and reverted to the practice squad after the game. [21] On January 26, 2021, Santoso signed a reserves/futures contract with the Giants. [22]
On August 26, 2021, Santoso was traded to the Carolina Panthers for a conditional seventh-round pick. [23] In Week 1 against the New York Jets, Santoso went 2-for-2 in field goals, and 1-for-2 in extra point attempts. He was waived on September 14, 2021. [24]
The Tennessee Titans signed Santoso to their practice squad on September 17, 2021. [25] He was released from the practice squad on September 20, 2021.
On September 22, 2021, Santoso signed with the Detroit Lions' practice squad. [26] Santoso was promoted to the active roster three days later to replace kicker Austin Seibert, who ended up on the COVID-19 reserve list earlier in the week. [27] In Week 10 against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Santoso missed an extra point, and a game winning field goal in overtime which would've given the Lions their first win of the season, however the game resulted in a tie in the end. He was released on November 16, 2021. [28]
On December 18, 2021, Santoso was signed to the Los Angeles Rams practice squad. Santoso became a Super Bowl champion when the Rams defeated the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl LVI. [29]
On March 21, 2022, Santoso signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars. [30] On August 23, 2022, he was waived. [31]
On August 26, 2022, Santoso signed again with the New York Giants. [32] He was waived on August 29, 2022. [33]
On April 10, 2024, Santoso signed with the San Antonio Brahmas of the United Football League (UFL) as a replacement for the injured Donald De La Haye. [34] Santoso was waived on August 2, 2024. [35]
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