No. 90, 97, 99 | |
Long snapper Defensive end | |
Personal information | |
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Date of birth: | January 18, 1972|
Place of birth: Washington, D.C. | |
Career information | |
College: Virginia | |
Undrafted in 1995 | |
No regular season or postseason appearances | |
Career history | |
* San Francisco 49ers ( 1995) *
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Career highlights and awards | |
* Super Bowl champion (XLII) | |
Stats at NFL.com |
Ryan Philip Kuehl (born January 18, 1972 in Washington, D.C.) is a former American football long snapper.
Early years[]
Kuehl attended Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland, where he was a prep All-American selection as a senior. One of Kuehl's notable high school achievements was scoring the Vikings' only playoff touchdown in nearly 20 years on a late game scoring strike from quarterback Andy Eichberg in the 1988 MD state playoff loss to the Randallstown Rams. It was the Vikings' only score that day.
Kuehl was a four-year letterman at the University of Virginia and was named second team All-ACC at defensive tackle (1994).
NFL career[]
- 1995: signed as free agent by the San Francisco 49ers ... released in 1996
- 1996: signed as free agent by the Washington Redskins ... waived 1998
- 1999: signed as free agent by the Cleveland Browns
- 2003: signed as unrestricted free agent by the New York Giants
Kuehl retired from the NFL after a ruptured Achilles' tendon during the 2007 preseason. Although he didn't play during the season, he earned a ring as a member of the Super Bowl XLII winning team.
Post-NFL career[]
After football, Kuehl earned an MBA from American University and joined Under Armour in 2009. As vice president of sports marketing in sponsorships, he gave Jordan Spieth a ten-year deal with the company in 2015, replacing the company's original four-year contract from 2013.
Kuehl quit his job in December 2018, after ve decided that his time was up and he felt it was right.
External links[]
- ESPN Profile: Ryan Kuehl
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