Cairo Santos

K

#8

Experience: 12 years

Height: 5-8

Age: 33

Weight: 173 lbs

College: Tulane

2024 SEASON

FGA

25
FGM

21
PCT

84
LNG

54

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WK	OPP	RESULT	BLK	LNG	FG Att	FGM	PCT	XP Att	XPM	XPCT	AVG	TB	Ret	Avg
13	@Lions	L 20 - 23	0	0	0	0		2	2	100	65.2	3	1	23
14	@49ers	L 13 - 38	0	0	0	0		1	1	100	65	3	0
15	@Vikings	L 12 - 30	0	39	2	2	100	0	0		50.5	2	1	30
16	Lions	L 17 - 34	0	30	1	1	100	2	2	100	62	1	3	27.7
17	Seahawks	L 3 - 6	0	42	1	1	100	0	0		65	2	0
18	@Packers	W 24 - 22	0	51	1	1	100	3	3	100	60	0	4	22
1	Titans	W 24 - 17	0	50	3	3	100	1	1	100	64.5	1	5	25.4
2	@Texans	L 13 - 19	0	54	2	2	100	1	1	100	64.2	1	3	32.7
3	@Colts	L 16 - 21	0	53	2	1	50	1	1	100	66	3	1	30
4	Rams	W 24 - 18	0	40	1	1	100	3	3	100	65	5	0
5	Panthers	W 36 - 10	0	33	1	1	100	4	3	75	65.4	4	3	33.7
6	Jaguars	W 35 - 16	1	0	1	0	0	5	5	100	63.8	2	4	31.2
8	@Commanders	L 15 - 18	0	0	0	0		1	1	100	64.7	1	2	23.5
9	@Cardinals	L 9 - 29	0	53	3	3	100	0	0		65	4	0
10	Patriots	L 3 - 19	0	33	1	1	100	0	0		65	2	0
11	Packers	L 19 - 20	1	53	3	2	66.7	1	1	100	65.2	3	2	25.5
12	Vikings	L 27 - 30	1	49	3	2	66.7	1	1	100	50.8	1	2	25

Career Stats

K Career

SEASON	TEAM	G	BLK	LNG	FG Att	FGM	PCT	XP Att	XPM	XPCT	XBLK	KO	AVG	TB	Ret	Avg
2014	Kansas City Chiefs	16	0	53	30	25	83.3	38	38	100	0		63.6	26	53	24.1
2015	Kansas City Chiefs	16	1	53	37	30	81.1	41	39	95.1	0		63.8	40	46	24.7
2016	Kansas City Chiefs	16	0	54	35	31	88.6	39	36	92.3	1		62.7	48	35	24.1
2017	Kansas City Chiefs	3	0	39	3	3	100	12	12	100	0		65.4	10	8	21
2017	Chicago Bears	2	0	38	2	1	50	2	2	100	0		65	2	0
2018	Los Angeles Rams	2	0	39	6	5	83.3	6	5	83.3	0		63.2	7	6	23.8
2018	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	7	0	45	12	9	75	17	17	100	0		59.9	12	23	21.1
2019	Tennessee Titans	5	1	53	9	4	44.4	12	12	100	0		63.8	12	9	22.3
2020	Chicago Bears	16	0	55	32	30	93.8	37	36	97.3	1		61.1	42	41	20.4
2021	Chicago Bears	17	1	47	30	26	86.7	28	27	96.4	0		62.6	34	35	21.4
2022	Chicago Bears	16	1	51	23	21	91.3	32	27	84.4	0		62.8	28	18	27.9
2023	Chicago Bears	17	0	55	38	35	92.1	33	31	93.9	2		63.6	60	14	25
2024	Chicago Bears	17	3	54	25	21	84	26	25	96.2	0		62.9	38	31	27.5
TOTAL		150	7	55	282	241	85.5	323	307	1238.9	4	0	63.1	359	319	21.8

Biography

PRO CAREER:

11-year NFL veteran, has converted on 85.5% of career regular season field goals, and is a perfect 7-for-7 in the postseason
Has played for the Kansas City Chiefs (2014-17), Chicago (2017, 2021-24), 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 133-of-148 (89.9) 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% (89.3), second in FGs 50+ (21), third in FGM (134) and is fifth in total points (550)
Is 241-282 on field goals and 307-323 on extra points in career
Has scored 1,030 points

HONORS & AWARDS:

2023: NFC Special Teams Player of the Month (November)
2022: NFC Special Teams Player of the Week (Week 7)
2020: NFC Special Teams Player of the Week (Week 6)
2019: NFC Special Teams Player of the Week (Week 6)
2016: AFC Special Teams Player of the Month (November)

2024 SEASON (BEARS):

Finished the season 21-25 on field goals including 8-9 from 50+ and 25-26 on PATs
In Week 1 was 3-3 on field goal attempts (24, 50, 48) and 1-1 on PATs
Set a Bears single season record for most field goals of 50+ in a season
Was perfect again 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 last season (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 overti
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 score in Bears history
In Week 17 he scored for his 84th consecutive game for the Bears, passing Blanda for the second most consecutive games scoring in franchise history
In Week 18 he 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):

Named NFC Special Teams Player of the Month for November
Was 32-35 on field goals and 31-33 on extra points
Finished Week 1 against the Packers going two for two on field goal attempts, connecting from 47 and 29 yards
His 47-yarder was tied for the sixth-longest field goal all-time for the Bears in a Week 1 matchup
Drilled a 52-yard field goal to tie the game with 2:00 remaining in the second quarter in Week 2 against the Buccaneers
Was his 15th career field goal of 50+ yards
Went 3-3 on PATs in Week 4 against the Broncos
In Week 5, was 4-4 on field goals and 4-4 on extra points
Went 2-2 on field goals and 1-1 on extra points in Week 6 against the Vikings
Was 1-1 on field goals and 3-4 on PATs in Week 7
Went 1-1 on PATs in Week 8
Was 1-2 on FGs and 2-2 on PATs in Week 9
Went 3-3 on field goals and 1-1 on PATs in Week 10
Made 200th field goal of career in second quarter.
Hit 100th field goal as a Chicago Bear in Week 12
Was 6-6 on field goals from 50+ yards on the season, the most he has made in a season in his career
Went 3-for-3 against Detroit in Week 14
Went 2-2 on field goals and 3-3 on extra points in Week 16
In the first quarter, made 25th extra point of the season
Against Atlanta, went 3-4 on field goals and 4-4 on extra points, hitting from 22 yards and 42 yards twice
22-yarder marked 30th field goal of the season and 215th of career
Also converted 30th extra point of the season in the second quarter
With third field goal of the game, set a new career-high for field goals made in a single-season (32)

2022 SEASON (BEARS):

Made both of his kicks in Week 2 at Green Bay, the first a PAT following their first drive, followed by a 44-yard field goal with 5:16 in the third quarter
In Week 3 vs. Houston, went 3-for-3 on the afternoon, including knocking home a game-winning field goal from 30 yards out to secure the 23-20 victory for the Bears
His 30-yard game-winning field goal was the first time the Bears have kicked a field goal to score go-ahead points in the last two minutes of regulation since the Bears' Thanksgiving victory at Detroit during Week 12 of the 2021 season
Also converted a 50-yard field goal with 1:53 to go in the second quarter to bring the score to 14-13
In Week 5 at Minnesota, finished a perfect 3-for-3 for the second consecutive game, including a pair of field goals from 50+ yards
That marks the second time in his career he's connected on multiple field goals from 50 yards or further, with the last such performance coming on October 4, 2015 at Cincinnati as a member of the Kansas City Chiefs
Went 4-for-4 in field goal attempts in the Bears' Week 7 33-14 MNF victory over the Patriots, including one 50-yarder and was named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week in the process
In Week 8 at Dallas, knocked in a 36-yard field goal with three seconds left in the second quarter to bring the score to 17-28 going into the half
Moved to 12-for-12 on field goal attempts for the season
Converted his only field goal attempt in Week 9 vs. Miami, putting Chicago in front, 3-0, with 11:03 to go in the first quarter
It was his 19th consecutive make on the season
In Week 10 vs. Detroit, he put the Bears on the board first with a 33-yard field goal with 10:42 left in the first quarter to cap off an eight play, 60-yard opening drive
It was Santos' 20th consecutive make on the season – a streak that dates back to Week 15 of the 2021 season at Minnesota
His 20 consecutive makes represent the second-longest active streak in the NFL (Daniel Carlson, LV) and the longest in the NFC
Knocked home his first field goal attempt of the afternoon to make the score 10-7 with 7:47 remaining in the second quarter
It was Santos' 21st consecutive make on the season – a streak that dates back to Week 15 of the 2021 season at Minnesota. Santos' second attempt was short from 56 yards, finalizing his streak at 21 consecutive field goals
It stands as the second-longest streak of his career after connecting on 40 consecutive field goals over the course of the 2020 and 2021 seasons, a streak that finished as a Bears franchise record and the longest active streak in the NFL at the time
Opened the scoring for the Bears knocking in a 22-yard field goal with 6:02 left in the first quarter agains the Jets in Week 12
Against Buffalo in Week 16, finished the afternoon two-for-two on field goal attempts, hitting from 37 and 35-yards out
Converted a 23-yard field goal at Detroit in Week 17

2021 SEASON (BEARS):

Extended his 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. His mark of 40 consecutive makes stands as a Bears record and is tied for the third-longest streak of consecutive makes all-time with Gary Anderson (SF & MIN, 1997-98)
Finished the season 26-for-30 on field goal attempts and connected on multiple FGs in 9-of-17 games throughout the season, including two field goals late in the fourth quarter to help seal the win at the Raiders Week 5
Was 3-for-4 on field goal attempts and kicked the game-winning field goal, a 28-yarder as time expired Week 12 at the Lions
Connected on 3 field goals Week 14 at the Packers, including a 23-yarder to put the Bears on the board first towards the end of the first quarter (4:21
Made a 35-yard field goal in the Week 16 win at Seattle
Was 3-for-3 on field goal attempts in Week 18 at Minnesota, all of his attempts were for 40+ yards

2020 SEASON (BEARS):

Set Bears records for consecutive field goals both overall and in a single-season (27) in 2020, breaking the old record of 26 straight held by Robbie Gould from 2005-06 (Weeks 16-17 in 2005, Weeks 1-11 in 2006); also set a single-season percentage record, making 93.8 percent of his attempts (30 of 32)
Went 30 of 32 on the season (93.8 percent) on field goals, including 36 of 37 on PATs
Named the NFC Special Teams Player of the Month in December, going a perfect 12 for 12 and 16 of 17 (his lone miss was blocked)
Connected on a season-high four field goals in the Week 15 win at Minnesota
Connected on all three of his attempts in Week 17 against the Packers
Made all three of his FG attempts, including a 51-yarder that sent the game into overtime, in Week 8 vs. NO
Drilled a career-long 55-yard FG just before the half in the Week 6 win at Carolina; went 3 for 3 in that game and picked up NFC Special Teams Player of the Week honors in the process
Connected on both field goals in the Week 5 win over the Buccaneers, including the game-winning 38-yarder with 1:13 remaining; also connected on a season-long 47-yarder in the win

2019 SEASON (Titans):

In five games with the Titans, went 4-9 on field goals and 12-12 on extra points (100%)

2018 SEASON (Buccaneers/Rams):

Played two games with the Rams before joining Tampa Bay
Went 5-6 on field goals attempts and 5-6 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 14-18 on field goals and 22-23 on extra points

2017 SEASON (BEARS/Chiefs):

Appeared in five games, going 4-5 on field goals (80.0%) and 14-14 on PATs (100%)
Made Bears debut in Week 12 against the Eagles
Went 1-2 on field goals and 2-2 on PATs for the Bears in two games played

2016 SEASON (Chiefs):

Played in all 16 games, helping Chiefs to a 12-4 record
Went 31-35 on field goals (88.6%) and 36-39 on PATs (92.3%)
Connected on a then career-long 54-yard field goal in Week 2 against the Texans
Was a perfect 2-2 on field goals of 50+ yards

2015 SEASON (Chiefs):

Appeared in all 16 regular season games
Made 30-37 field goals (81.1%) and 39-41 PATs (95.1%)
Tied (then) career-long with a 53-yard field goal in Week 15 against the Ravens
Hit four field goals of 50+ yards

2014 SEASON (Chiefs):

Played in all 16 games, connecting on 25-30 field goals (83.3%) and 38-38 on PATs (100%)
Booted a season-long 53-yarder in Week 8 against the Rams

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