Eddy Pineiro

Eddy Pineiro
No. 9 – Oakland Raiders
Position: Placekicker
Personal information
Born: (1995-09-13) September 13, 1995
Miami, Florida
Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight: 173 lb (78 kg)
Career information
High school: Miami Sunset (Miami, Florida)
College: Florida
Undrafted: 2018
Career history
Roster status: Injured reserve
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com

Eddy Pineiro (born September 13, 1995) is an American football placekicker for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He played for the University of Florida.[1]

College career

Pineiro started off playing soccer, he was a four-time All-Dade County pick in soccer and signed with Florida Atlantic on a scholarship. [2] Despite having grown up only playing soccer, he joined the Miami Sunset Senior High football team in his senior season, handling extra points and kickoffs. [2] His dad encouraged him to try on football cleats and pads but with no football scholarship, Pineiro went on to play soccer for a small junior college, ASA College. In the summer of 2015 he went to an open kicking combine at the University of Alabama. Out of hundreds of kickers, Alabama coach Nick Saban narrowed his scholarship offers to Chris Salek and Pineiro. [3] Pineiro verbally committed to Alabama but later tried out for Florida and ultimately that was where he chose to play.

During his final year of college Pinerio had the best field goal percentage in the nation, 94.4% (17-for-18).[1] He finished his career with an 88.4% (38-for-43) field goal conversion rate, which ranks first in UF history (min. 35 attempts) as he passed Bobby Raymond (87.8%, 43-of-49, 1983-84. His 38 made field goals place him sixth all-time in Florida history. He also connected on 16 straight field goals to close the 2017 season, which tied Jeff Chandler (2001) for the second longest streak in program history. [1] He played for the Gators during the 2016 and 2017 seasons.[4]

Professional career

Pineiro declared for the 2018 NFL Draft early after only two seasons with the Gators, only to go undrafted. He signed with the Oakland Raiders as an undrafted free agent on May 4, 2018.[5] He was placed on injured reserve on September 1, 2018.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Eddy Pineiro - 2016".
  2. 1 2 "NFL Draft & Combine Profile - EDDY PINEIRO". www.nfl.com.
  3. ↑ "Former soccer player getting his kicks with Gator football". 2 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Eddy Pineiro". ESPN.com.
  5. ↑ "Raiders Announce Undrafted Free Agent Signings". Raiders.com. May 4, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Oakland Raiders announce roster transactions - 9.1.18". Raiders.com. September 1, 2018.
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