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Cairo Santos
Brazilian gridiron football player (born 1991) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cairo Fernandes Santos (born 12 November 1991)[1] is a Brazilian professional American football placekicker for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Tulane, and was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in 2014.
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No. 8 – Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
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Position: | Placekicker | ||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||
Born: | (1991-11-12) 12 November 1991 (age 32) Limeira, São Paulo, Brazil | ||||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 175 lb (79 kg) | ||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||
High school: | St. Joseph Academy (St. Augustine, Florida) | ||||||||||
College: | Tulane (2010–2013) | ||||||||||
Undrafted: | 2014 | ||||||||||
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* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||||
Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||
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Career NFL statistics as of Week 18, 2023 | |||||||||||
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Player stats at PFR | |||||||||||
Santos spent parts of his first four seasons in the NFL with the Chiefs, before being released partway in the 2017 season. Between 2017 and 2019, he had brief stints with the Chicago Bears, New York Jets, Los Angeles Rams, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Tennessee Titans. In 2020, he was reacquired by the Bears and has remained with them since.
He is the first Brazilian born player in NFL history.[2]