1. Shaun Christopher Suisham is a Canadian former professional American football player who was a placekicker in the National Football League, primarily for the Pittsburgh Steelers, while playing for the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins.
39 Facts About Shaun Suisham
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Shaun Suisham was signed by the Steelers as an undrafted free agent in 2005.
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Shaun Suisham played college football for the Bowling Green Falcons.
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Shaun Suisham attended Holy Family Catholic School before attending Wallaceburg District Secondary School, where he began playing football under his uncle Rob MacLachlan, the coach of the team.
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Shaun Suisham helped Suisham make a highlight reel to send out to colleges.
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Shaun Suisham was rated as the number-one placekicker in Canada, after setting school and Ontario field goal records.
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Shaun Suisham accepted a football scholarship from Bowling Green State University, starting from the spring 2000 semester.
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Shaun Suisham suffered an injury during spring practice and was forced to take a medical redshirt.
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Shaun Suisham played under coach Urban Meyer in 2001 and 2002.
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Shaun Suisham had a career-high 3 field goals made against the University of Missouri.
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Shaun Suisham kicked a season-long 47-yard field goal against Purdue University.
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Shaun Suisham was a Lou Groza Award semifinalist after finishing 12th in the nation in scoring with a 9.3 points-per-game average.
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Shaun Suisham set the All-time NCAA Division I record for extra points made in a career.
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Shaun Suisham left Bowling Green as the all-time leading scorer of the Falcons football team with 361 points, while setting records with 45 career field goals and 31 touchbacks.
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Shaun Suisham graduated in 2005 with a degree in exercise science.
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Shaun Suisham was selected by the Ottawa Renegades in the third round of the 2004 CFL Draft and his rights were traded to the Edmonton Eskimos.
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Shaun Suisham played in the first game of the preseason against the Philadelphia Eagles, converting a 46-yard field goal and an extra point.
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Shaun Suisham returned for the final preseason game against the Minnesota Vikings, but missed two field goals in overtime of 32 and 33 yards, forcing the contest to end in a tie.
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Shaun Suisham was named the starter for the Cowboys' season opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars on September 10,2006.
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Shaun Suisham attempted two kicks during the game, the first of which was good from a then-career-long 52 yards.
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Shaun Suisham went on to kick for five more weeks as a kick off specialist.
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On October 24,2006, Shaun Suisham was signed to the San Francisco 49ers' practice squad.
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Shaun Suisham would go on to make 8 consecutive field goals to finish out the year.
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Shaun Suisham kicked his first game-winning field goal from 39 yards in an overtime victory over the Miami Dolphins in the Redskins' season-opener on September 9,2007.
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Shaun Suisham was two out of three in the regular season.
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Shaun Suisham missed twice, including kicks from 48 and 49 yards, making one field goal from 33 yards.
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On May 18,2010, Shaun Suisham signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Browns.
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On November 16,2010, Shaun Suisham signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers after a tryout, as Jeff Reed had poor outings throughout the 2010 season.
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Shaun Suisham handled the punting duties for the Steelers after Daniel Sepulveda tore his ACL.
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Shaun Suisham finished the regular season 14 of 15 on field goal attempts, with his only miss coming from 41 yards out in Week 16 against the Carolina Panthers.
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On January 15,2011, Shaun Suisham missed a 43-yard field goal in the divisional playoff round, the first postseason miss by a Steelers kicker since Jeff Reed's rookie year of 2002.
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On October 7,2012, Shaun Suisham made a 34-yard game-winning field goal against the Philadelphia Eagles with 3 seconds left in the 4th quarter.
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Shaun Suisham received AFC Special Teams Player of the Week honors for his efforts.
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Shaun Suisham scored a career-best 132 points in the regular season.
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Shaun Suisham extended a streak of 30 consecutive field goal made from 40 to 49 yards.
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Shaun Suisham connected on his first field goal of the contest, to extend his club record of 24 straight field goals made, before missing his second attempt.
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Shaun Suisham went on to miss the entire 2015 season and was replaced with Garrett Hartley at first and eventually with Chris Boswell.
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On June 24,2016, Shaun Suisham was released by the Steelers after a failed physical.
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In 2014, while playing for the Steelers, Shaun Suisham began coaching girls youth hockey.