Ryan Kuehl
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| Position: | Long snapper Defensive end | ||||||
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| Born: | January 18, 1972 Washington, D.C., U.S. | ||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||
| Weight: | 276 lb (125 kg) | ||||||
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| College: | Virginia | ||||||
| Undrafted: | 1995 | ||||||
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Ryan Phillip Kuehl (born January 18, 1972) is an American former professional football long snapper in the National Football League (NFL).
Early life
[edit]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.[1]
Kuehl was a four-year letterman at the University of Virginia and was named second-team All-ACC at defensive tackle (1994).[2]
NFL career
[edit]- 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
[edit]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.[3]
Kuehl left Under Armour in 2018.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Sonner, Tim (November 20, 1988). "Whitman Out of Running, 20-6". The Washington Post.
- ^ "Virginia's ACC Honors". Virginia Sports. University of Virginia. August 14, 2001.
- ^ Steinberg, Dan (June 23, 2015). "Jordan Spieth and Under Armour: A former Redskins defensive lineman's golf bet pays off". The Washington Post.
- ^ Mirabella, Lorraine (December 11, 2018). "Under Armour removes marketing executives amid review of spending practices, report says". Baltimore Sun.
External links
[edit]- ESPN Profile: Ryan Kuehl
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