Shaun Suisham
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| Shaun Suisham | |
|---|---|
| Date of birth | December 29, 1981 (age 25) |
| Place of birth |  Wallaceburg, Ontario |
| Position(s) | Kicker |
| College | Bowling Green State |
| Statistics | |
| Team(s) | |
| 2005-2006 2006-present |
Dallas Cowboys Washington Redskins |
Shaun Suisham (December 29, 1981 in Wallaceburg, Ontario) is an American football placekicker. He is currently signed with the Washington Redskins of the NFL. Prior to college, Suisham helped Wallaceburg District Secondary School win a Kent County championship in 1999 by kicking a 57-yard field goal in the final. He then attended Bowling Green State University and attended training camp with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
[edit] Career as a Cowboy
After being cut by the Steelers, he joined the Cowboys practice squad, and signed with the team on October 24, 2005. After only 2 weeks on the team, in which he went 2 for 2 on field goals, he was released so the Cowboys could sign Billy Cundiff. However, Cundiff struggled, and they re-signed Suisham for the last game of the regular season.
During the 2006 off-season he was re-signed by the Dallas Cowboys. Originally, he was supposed to be second on the depth chart behind the NFL's all-time most accurate kicker, Mike Vanderjagt. After Vanderjagt missed two potentially game-winning field goal attempts in a preseason game against the Minnesota Vikings, however, Suisham was named the starter for the Cowboys' season opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars on September 10 of 2006. He attempted two kicks during the game, the first of which was good from a then career-long 32 yards. The second attempt, which would have given the Cowboys the lead, hit the right upright of the goalpost, causing a lot of uproar in Dallas. (The Cowboys had bad experiences with kickers the previous season, and most fans believed that the problem was solved by signing Vanderjagt.)
On October 12, 2006, the Cowboys officially released Suisham.
[edit] Career as a Redskin
He was signed a month later on November 22 to the Washington Redskins' practice squad. The Redskins promoted him to the active roster on December 2 to their kicking duties. The move became official on December 4 when the Redskins released Nick Novak.
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