In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Fernandes and the second or paternal family name is Santos.
American football player
Cairo Santos
Santos in 2015
No. 8 – Chicago Bears
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
Career history
Kansas City Chiefs (2014–2017)
Chicago Bears (2017)
New York Jets (2018)*
Los Angeles Rams (2018)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2018)
Tennessee Titans (2019)
Chicago Bears (2020–present)
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Roster status:
Active
Career highlights and awards
Lou Groza Award (2012)
Consensus All-American (2012)
2× First-team All-C-USA (2012, 2013)
Career NFL statistics as of Week 18, 2023
Field goals made:
220
Field goal attempts:
257
Field goal %:
85.6
Longest field goal:
55
Touchbacks:
321
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR
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.
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]
^"Cairo Santos Player bio". TulaneGreenWave.com.
^"NFL International Series: Cairo Santos' journey from Brazil". BBC.com. 31 October 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
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Jonathan Anderson to the active roster. On November 20, the Bears signed CairoSantos. On November 23, the Bears promoted Howard Jones to the active roster...
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re-election in 2022, and Santos ran for Congress again. This time, Santos prevailed, defeating Democrat Robert Zimmerman. Santos, who is gay, is the first...
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by a CairoSantos field goal for Kansas City. The pattern was duplicated in the second quarter, with Tom Brady rushing for a score before Santos kicked...
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