Austin Seibert

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Austin Seibert
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Seibert with the Cleveland Browns in 2019
No. 4 – Detroit Lions
Position:Placekicker
Personal information
Born: (1996-11-15) November 15, 1996 (age 25)
Belleville, Illinois
Height:5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight:211 lb (96 kg)
Career information
High school:Belleville West
College:Oklahoma
NFL Draft:2019 / Round: 5 / Pick: 170
Career history
Roster status:Active
Career highlights and awards
  • PFWA All-Rookie Team (2019)
  • Most career points by a kicker in FBS history: 499
  • Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Year (2018)
  • First-team All-Big 12 (2018)
  • Second-team All-Big 12 (2017)
Career NFL statistics as of Week 9, 2021
Field goals:41
Field goal attempts:50
Field goal%:82.0
Longest field goal:53
Touchbacks:48
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Austin Seibert (born November 15, 1996) is an American football placekicker for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Oklahoma and was selected in fifth round of the 2019 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns.

Early years[]

Seibert attended and played high school football at Belleville High School-West.[1]

College career[]

Seibert attended and played college football at Oklahoma. He contributed to the football team as a placekicker and a punter.[2]

Collegiate statistics[]

Austin Seibert Kicking Punting
Season Team Conf Class Pos GP XPM XPA XP% FGM FGA FG% Pts Punts Yds Avg
2015 Oklahoma Big 12 FR K 13 70 72 97.2 18 23 78.3 124 57 2,395 42.0
2016 Oklahoma Big 12 SO PK 13 72 74 97.3 11 16 68.8 105 48 1,975 41.1
2017 Oklahoma Big 12 JR K 14 81 81 100.0 17 21 81.0 132 43 1,820 42.3
2018 Oklahoma Big 12 SR PK 14 87 88 98.9 17 19 89.5 138 31 1,267 40.9
College career 54 310 315 98.4 63 79 79.7 499 179 7,457 41.7

Professional career[]

Cleveland Browns[]

Seibert was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the fifth round (170th overall) of the 2019 NFL Draft.[3] Seibert signed his rookie contract with the Browns on May 3, 2019.[4]

Seibert made the Browns' 53-man roster out of training camp. He made his NFL debut in the Browns' 2019 regular season opener against the Tennessee Titans. He converted one of two extra point attempts in the 43–13 loss.[5] He scored his first career field goal during the Browns' Week 2 game against the New York Jets, where he kicked three field goals in a Browns' 23-3 win.[6]

Seibert was waived by the Browns on September 14, 2020 after missing a field goal and extra point in a 38–6 loss to the Baltimore Ravens in Week 1.[7]

Cincinnati Bengals[]

Seibert was claimed off waivers by the Cincinnati Bengals on September 15, 2020.[8] Seibert played in four games during the 2020 season with the Bengals making six of nine field goals and all eight of the extra points he attempted. He was waived on August 31, 2021, after losing out the starting kicker job to Evan McPherson in training camp.[9]

Detroit Lions[]

On September 1, 2021, the Detroit Lions claimed Seibert off waivers.[10] On September 23, 2021, Seibert was placed on the COVID-19 reserve list. He was replaced on the active roster by kicker Ryan Santoso, who had just been signed to the practice squad.[11] He was placed on injured reserve on November 13 with a hip injury.[12]

References[]

  1. ^ "Austin Seibert's High School Football Stats". MaxPreps.com. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
  2. ^ "Austin Seibert College Stats". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
  3. ^ Gribble, Andrew (April 27, 2019). "Cleveland Browns select Oklahoma K Austin Seibert with No. 170 pick in 2019 NFL Draft". Cleveland Browns. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
  4. ^ Pokorny, Chris (May 3, 2019). "Cleveland Browns sign 5th round draft pick, K Austin Seibert". Dawgs By Nature. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
  5. ^ "Tennessee Titans at Cleveland Browns - September 8th, 2019". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
  6. ^ "Cleveland Browns at New York Jets - September 16th, 2019". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
  7. ^ "Cleveland Browns waive kicker Austin Seibert, sign Cody Parkey". wkyc.com. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  8. ^ "Bengals Make Player Moves Ahead Of Week 2 Game Against The Browns". Bengals.com. September 15, 2020. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  9. ^ "Bengals Reduce 2021 Roster To 53 Players". Bengals.com. August 31, 2021. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
  10. ^ "Lions announce roster moves". DetroitLions.com. September 1, 2021. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
  11. ^ Birkett, Dave. "Detroit Lions place K Austin Seibert on COVID list, WR Tyrell Williams on injured reserve". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  12. ^ "Detroit Lions elevate kicker Ryan Santoso vs. Steelers, place Austin Seibert on IR". Pride of Detroit. SB Nation. November 13, 2021.

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