Cairo Santos
| No. 5 Kansas City Chiefs | |||||||||||||||
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| Position: | Placekicker | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | 12 November 1991 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Limeira, São Paulo, Brazil | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 160 lb (73 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | St. Joseph Academy (FL) | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Tulane | ||||||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2014 | ||||||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2016 | |||||||||||||||
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| Field goals m/a: | 86/102 |
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| Field goal percentage: | 84.3 |
| Extra points m/a: | 113/118 |
| Extra point percentage: | 95.8 |
| Long field goal: | 54 |
| Points: | 371 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Cairo Fernandes Santos (born 12 November 1991) is a Brazilian professional American football placekicker for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). Santos was signed by the Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in 2014. He played in college at Tulane. He is the first Brazilian born player in NFL history.
Born in Limeira, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, Santos was unfamiliar with American football until he moved to St. Augustine, Florida, as a foreign exchange student. Originally, Santos planned to stay at St. Joseph's Academy for one year to learn English, but soon found that the kicking skills he had developed playing soccer in Brazil translated well to field goal kicking in American football. With the opportunity to earn a college scholarship, Santos remained in Florida, sharpening his kicking skills through high school.
Santos committed to Tulane on 22 January 2010. Santos also received interest from Georgia Tech, Jacksonville, and Miami (OH). Santos played in all 12 games his freshman year and was named to the Conference USA All-Freshman Team and was honorable-mention All C-USA after leading the Green Wave in points scored while making 13 of his 16 field goal attempts, 32 of his 33 PATs, and handling kick off duties. In his sophomore season, Santos played in all 13 games and finished second on the team in scoring making 11/18 field goals and 33/34 PATs while handling kickoffs and punting duties averaging 41 yards a punt.
The 2012 was a breakout season for Santos as he went 26 of 27 on PATs (his only miss was blocked) and a perfect 21 of 21 on field goals, including a school record 57-yard field goal. He became only the second kicker to make at least 20 in a season without a miss. 12 of those field goals were from 40-plus yards and 2 from 50-plus and 31 of his 55 kickoffs went for touchbacks. At the end of the season, Santos was named consensus All-American and received the Lou Groza Award for the nation's most outstanding placekicker.
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