Cairo Santos
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#8
Experience: 13 years
Height: 5-8
Age: 34
Weight: 173 lbs
College: Tulane
Recent Games
| WK | OPP | RESULT | BLK | LNG | FG Att | FGM | PCT | XP Att | XPM | XPCT | XBLK | KO | AVG | TB | Ret | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vikings | L 24 - 27 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 3 | 3 | 100 | 0 | 64.8 | 0 | 5 | 26.6 | |
| 2 | @Lions | L 21 - 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 100 | 0 | 48.2 | 0 | 2 | 24 | ||
| 3 | Cowboys | W 31 - 14 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 100 | 4 | 4 | 100 | 0 | 62.5 | 2 | 4 | 23.2 | |
| 4 | @Raiders | W 25 - 24 | 0 | 52 | 4 | 4 | 100 | 1 | 1 | 100 | 0 | 62.2 | 0 | 5 | 26 | |
| 6 | @Commanders | W 25 - 24 | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | Saints | W 26 - 14 | ||||||||||||||
| 8 | @Ravens | L 16 - 30 | 0 | 47 | 4 | 3 | 75 | 1 | 1 | 100 | 0 | 60.2 | 0 | 5 | 30.8 | |
| 9 | @Bengals | W 47 - 42 | 1 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 5 | 5 | 100 | 0 | 61.3 | 1 | 8 | 37.1 | |
| 10 | Giants | W 24 - 20 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 100 | 3 | 3 | 100 | 0 | 64 | 4 | 1 | 39 | |
| 11 | @Vikings | W 19 - 17 | 0 | 54 | 5 | 4 | 80 | 1 | 1 | 100 | 0 | 62.6 | 1 | 4 | 23.2 | |
| 12 | Steelers | W 31 - 28 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 100 | 4 | 4 | 100 | 0 | 59.6 | 1 | 4 | 15.8 | |
| 13 | @Eagles | W 24 - 15 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 100 | 3 | 3 | 100 | 0 | 63.2 | 2 | 3 | 23 | |
| 14 | @Packers | L 21 - 28 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 2 | 100 | 1 | 1 | 100 | 0 | 56 | 1 | 3 | 28.3 | |
| 15 | Browns | W 31 - 3 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 4 | 4 | 100 | 0 | 61.2 | 2 | 4 | 21.5 | |
| 16 | Packers | W 22 - 16 | 0 | 51 | 3 | 3 | 100 | 1 | 1 | 100 | 0 | 54.3 | 1 | 4 | 26.5 | |
| 17 | @49ers | L 38 - 42 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 100 | 5 | 5 | 100 | 0 | 58.9 | 2 | 4 | 23 | |
| 18 | Lions | L 16 - 19 | 58.3 | 1 | 2 | 20 |
Career Stats
K Career
| SEASON | TEAM | G | GS | BLK | LNG | FG Att | FGM | PCT | XP Att | XPM | XPCT | XBLK | KO | AVG | TB | Ret | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Kansas City Chiefs | 16 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 30 | 25 | 83.3 | 38 | 38 | 100 | 0 | 63.6 | 26 | 53 | 24.1 | |
| 2015 | Kansas City Chiefs | 16 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 37 | 30 | 81.1 | 41 | 39 | 95.1 | 0 | 63.8 | 40 | 46 | 24.7 | |
| 2016 | Kansas City Chiefs | 16 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 35 | 31 | 88.6 | 39 | 36 | 92.3 | 1 | 62.7 | 48 | 35 | 24.1 | |
| 2017 | Kansas City Chiefs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 3 | 3 | 100 | 12 | 12 | 100 | 0 | 65.4 | 10 | 8 | 21 | |
| 2017 | Chicago Bears | 2 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 2 | 2 | 100 | 0 | 65 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | Los Angeles Rams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 6 | 5 | 83.3 | 6 | 5 | 83.3 | 0 | 63.2 | 7 | 6 | 23.8 | |
| 2018 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 12 | 9 | 75 | 17 | 17 | 100 | 0 | 59.9 | 12 | 23 | 21.1 | |
| 2019 | Tennessee Titans | 5 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 12 | 12 | 100 | 0 | 63.8 | 12 | 9 | 22.3 | |
| 2020 | Chicago Bears | 16 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 32 | 30 | 93.8 | 37 | 36 | 97.3 | 1 | 61.1 | 42 | 41 | 20.4 | |
| 2021 | Chicago Bears | 17 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 30 | 26 | 86.7 | 28 | 27 | 96.4 | 0 | 62.6 | 34 | 35 | 21.4 | |
| 2022 | Chicago Bears | 16 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 23 | 21 | 91.3 | 32 | 27 | 84.4 | 0 | 62.8 | 28 | 18 | 27.9 | |
| 2023 | Chicago Bears | 17 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 38 | 35 | 92.1 | 33 | 31 | 93.9 | 2 | 63.6 | 60 | 14 | 25 | |
| 2024 | Chicago Bears | 17 | 0 | 3 | 54 | 25 | 21 | 84 | 26 | 25 | 96.2 | 0 | 62.9 | 38 | 31 | 27.5 | |
| 2025 | Chicago Bears | 15 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 30 | 25 | 83.3 | 39 | 39 | 100 | 0 | 60 | 18 | 58 | 26.3 | |
| TOTAL | 165 | 0 | 8 | 55 | 312 | 266 | 85.3 | 362 | 346 | 1338.9 | 4 | 0 | 62.9 | 377 | 377 | 22.1 |
Biography
PRO CAREER:Â 11-year NFL veteran, has converted on 85.3% of career regular season field goals, and is a perfect 11-for-11 in the postseason...Has played for the Kansas City Chiefs (2014-17), Chicago (2017, 2021-25), Los Angeles Rams (2018), New York Jets (2018), Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2019) and the Tennessee Titans (2019)...Set a Bears records for consecutive field goals made both overall and in a single-season (27) in 2020 and again in 2021; also set a single-season percentage record, making 93.8 percent of his attempts (30-of-32) in 2020...Converted 86-of-102 field goals from 2014-16 with Kansas City, including 31-of-35 (88.6%) in 2016...Made a career-high seven field goals at Cincinnati (10/4/15)...Connected on a career-best six extra-point attempts against Detroit (11/1/15), which he matched at New England (9/7/17)...Has connected on 158-of-178 (88.8) field goal attempts since 2020...Made 100th field goal as a Bear in Week 12 of 2023 season...In Bears history ranks first in FG% (88.3), first in FGs 50+ (25), third in FGM (159) and is fourth in total points (664)...Is 266-312 (85.3%) on field goals and 346-362 (95.6%) on extra points in career...Has scored 1,144 points.
HONORS:
2016: AFC Special Teams Player of the Month (November)
2019: NFC Special Teams Player of the Week (Week 6)
2020: NFC Special Teams Player of the Week (Week 6); NFC Special Teams Player of the Month (December)
2022: NFC Special Teams Player of the Week (Week 7)
2023: NFC Special Teams Player of the Month (November)
2025:Â NFC Special Teams Player of the Week (Week 16)
2025 SEASON (BEARS):Â Handled kicking duties in 15 games, missed Week 6 & 7 due to injury...Went 25-for-30 on field goal attempts and 39-for-39 on extra point attempts...In the Bears Week 3 victory, went 5-5 on kicks, including 4-for-4 on field goals with two coming form 50+ yards (51, 52)...With his second field goal in Week 4, tied Robbie Gould for the most field goals of 50+ yards (23) in Bears history...His third field goal in Week 8 marked the 250th of his career...Hit four field goals in Week 11 including a 54-yarder that was his 24th field goal of 50+ yards with the Bears, a new franchise record...Hit a 48-yard field goal as time expired to give the Bears a 19-17 victory, it was his sixth game winning field goal in the final two minutes or overtime with the Bears, the third most in franchise history...In the Bears two playoff games went 4-for-4 on field goal attempts and 4-for-4 on extra point attempts...Went 3-for-3 on field goals and 2-for-2 on extra points in the Bears Wild Card Round victory...Hit a 51-yard field goal in fourth-quarter which marked the longest field goal in Bears Playoff history...His three field goals were tied for the most field goals made by a Bears kicker in a playoff game...Hit a 49-yard field goal in the Divisional Round, the third longest field goal in Bears playoff history.
2024 SEASON (BEARS): Finished the season 21-for-25 on field goals including 8-for-9 from 50+ and 25-26 on PATs...Set a Bears single season record for most field goals of 50+ in a season...Was perfect on three kicks in Week 2 including field goals of 53- and 54-yards...In Week 2, tied K Kevin Butler for second most 50+ yard field goals (16) in Bears history...In Week 3 added another field goal of 50+ (53) bringing his Bears career total to 17, the second most in franchise history...Made two more field goals from 50+ in Week 9 (both 53 yards) giving him six on the season...His 53-yard field goal in Week 11 was his seventh field goal of 50+ yards on the season tying his own team record from 2023 (tied with Robbie Gould, 2015) for most in a season in Bears history...Scored the 1,000th point of his career with a third quarter field goal in Week 11...Made two field goals in Week 12, including a 48-yard field goal as time expired to complete the Bears 14-point fourth quarter comeback forcing overtime…The two field goals gave Santos 129 in his Bears career, moving his total to third most franchise history...He also converted on an onsides kick late in the fourth quarter giving the Bears a chance to set up the game tying field goal, it was the Bears first successful onsides kick since 2021 (Santos, Week 14, at GB)...With three points in Week 17 he passed HOF QB/K George Blanda (541) for the fifth most points scored in Bears history...In Week 17, scored for his 84th consecutive game for the Bears, passing Blanda for the second most consecutive games scoring in franchise history...In Week 18, hit a 51-yard field goal as time expired to give the Bears a 24-22 victory over the Packers...The field goal was his eighth of the season of 50+ yards, a Bears franchise record.
2023 SEASON (BEARS):Â Went 32-35 on field goals and 31-33 on extra points...Named NFC Special Teams Player of the Month for November...Set career-highs in field goals made and points (136)...Was 7-of-8 on field goals from 50+ yards on the season, the most he has made in a season in his career...In Week 18, set the Bears single-season record for field goals made in a season, passing Robbie Gould (33, 2015).
2022 SEASON (BEARS):Â Played in 16 games during the 2022 season...21-of-23 on field goals and 27-of-32 on extra points...Went In Week 7, went 4-for-4 in field goal attempts in the Bears' 33-14 Monday Night Football victory over the Patriots, including one 50-yarder and was named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week...Opened the season making 21 consecutive field goals.
2021 SEASON (BEARS):Â Played in all 17 games...Finished the season 26-for-30 on field goal attempts...Extended field goal streak to 40 consecutive field goals made during the regular season, before missing short on a 65-yard attempt as time expired Week 9 at the Steelers...Stands as a Bears record and is tied for the third-longest streak of consecutive makes all-time.
2020 SEASON (BEARS):Â Set a Bears records for consecutive field goals both overall and in a single-season (27), breaking the old record of 26 straight held by Robbie Gould from 2005-06...Also set a single-season field goal percentage record, making 93.8 percent of attempts (30-for-32)...Also went 36-for-37 on PATs...Named NFC Special Teams Player of the Month in December, going a perfect 12-for-12 on field goals and 16-for-17 on PATs (his lone miss was blocked)...Connected on a season-high four field goals in the Week 15 win at Minnesota...Drilled a career-long 55-yard field goal in Week 6 against Carolina...Went 3-for-3 in the game and was named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week.
2019 SEASON (TITANS):Â In five games with the Titans, went 4-for-9 on field goals and 12-for-12 on extra points (100%).
2018 SEASON (BUCCANEERS/RAMS):Â Played two games with the Rams before joining Tampa Bay...Went 5-for-6 on field goals attempts and 5-for-6 on extra point attempts for the Rams...Made Buccaneers debut against the Giants in Week 11, connecting on all five extra point attempts...On the season, went 14-for-18 on field goals and 22-for-23 on extra points.
TRANSACTIONS:
05/19/2014: Signed/UDFA by the Chiefs
04/17/2017: Re-signed with Chiefs (one-year tender through 2017)
09/30/2017: Cut by ChiefsÂ
11/20/2017: Signed by Bears
03/16/2018: Signed with Jets (one-year contract through 2018)
08/22/2018: Cut by Jets
10/02/2018: Signed by Rams
10/16/2018: Released by Rams
11/12/2018: Signed by the Buccaneers
03/13/2019: Re-signed by the Buccaneers (one-year extension through 2019)
08/31/2019: Released by Buccaneers
09/04/2019: Signed by Titans
10/07/2019: Released by Titans
08/25/2020: Signed by Bears
09/05/2020: Released by Bears
09/06/2020: Signed to Bears practice squad
09/16/2020: Signed to Bears active roster
03/15/2021: Re-signed by the Bears (three-year extension through 2023)
12/23/2023:Â Re-signed by the Bears (four-year extension through 2027)
COLLEGE:Â Played in 50 games at Tulane (2010-13), connecting on 61-78 field goals (78.2 pct.) and 129-132 extra points (98.0 pct.)...Established a school record for field goal percentage and left ranking second in school history in points (312) and field goals made (61)...As a senior, earned the Lou Groza Award, given annually to the best kicker in college football...Also named the College Football Performance National Kicker of the Year.
PERSONAL: A native of Sao Paulo, Brazil...Was a member of a high school exchange program at St. Joseph's Academy (Fla.)...Was a three year letter-winner with time at kicker, punter and wide receiver…As a senior, named Conference and District Kicker of the Year as well as First-Team All-Conference and All-District…Was also a three-year letterwinner in soccer, where he scored 57 goals and had 49 assists in his high school career.
