Ryan Succop

Ryan Succop

Succop with the Chiefs in January 2010
No. 4 Tennessee Titans
Position:	Placekicker
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1986-09-19) September 19, 1986 (age 30)
Place of birth:	Hickory, North Carolina
Height:	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:	218 lb (99 kg)
Career information
High school:	Hickory (NC)
College:	South Carolina
NFL Draft:	2009 / Round: 7 / Pick: 256
Career history
Kansas City Chiefs (2009–2013) Tennessee Titans (2014–present)
Roster status:	Active
Career highlights and awards
2× Second-team All-SEC (2006, 2007) Mr. Irrelevant (2009)
Career NFL statistics as of Week 13, 2016
Field goals: 168 Field goals attempted: 203 Field goal %: 82.8 Career long FG: 54 Touchbacks: 239 Player stats at NFL.com

Ryan Barrow Succop (/ˌsʌˈkʌp/; born September 19, 1986) is an American football placekicker for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He became the 2009 Mr. Irrelevant by virtue of being selected by the Kansas City Chiefs with the final pick of the 2009 NFL Draft. Succop played college football at South Carolina.

Succop attended Hickory High School in Hickory, North Carolina. He was a four-time all-conference and two-time all-state performer, and was named a three-time conference special teams Player of the Year. He also played soccer and scored 104 career goals. He was rated the fourth-best kicker in the nation and the sixteenth-best prospect in North Carolina by Rivals.com.

Succop attended the University of South Carolina. He performed kicking, punting, and kickoff duties for the Gamecocks. His 251 career points ranks 10th on South Carolina's all-time list.

In 2005, as a freshman, he was the kickoff specialist and backup placekicker. He kicked off fifty-nine times for a 62.3 yard average with twenty-nine touchbacks. He had two field goal attempts, missing both.