Ryan Longwell
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| Position: | Kicker | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | August 16, 1974 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Seattle, Washington | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | Bend (OR) | ||||||||||||
| College: | California | ||||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 1997 | ||||||||||||
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| Field goals made: | 361 |
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| Field goals attempted: | 434 |
| Field goals %: | 83.2 |
| Long field goal: | 55 |
| Points scored: | 1,687 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Ryan Walker Longwell (born August 16, 1974) is a retired American football kicker. After playing college football for the California Golden Bears, he started his professional football career with the San Francisco 49ers, but never played a game for the franchise. He then played for the Green Bay Packers from 1997 to 2005. He played for the Minnesota Vikings from 2006 to 2011. He also played briefly for the Seattle Seahawks during the 2012 playoffs.
Longwell attended high school in Bend, Oregon, where he played high school football for Bend High School's Lava Bears. A three-year letter winner in football as a kicker, Longwell also was the team's back-up quarterback. He also played baseball as a third baseman, earning three letters in that sport. He earned all-conference honors in both sports.
In 1993, he started college at the University of California, Berkeley where he played football and earned four varsity letters. At California he served as both a punter and placekicker for the team, earning all-conference honors in the Pac-10 his senior year as a punter and second team honors as a kicker. Longwell graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English.
Longwell was acquired by the Green Bay Packers off waivers from the San Francisco 49ers in 1997. With the Packers, Longwell played in Super Bowl XXXII, where he kicked one field goal and three extra points in their 31-24 loss to the Denver Broncos.
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