Ty Long

Ty Long
No. 1 – BC Lions
Position: Placekicker
Personal information
Born: (1993-04-06) April 6, 1993
Roswell, Georgia
Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight: 220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school: Roswell (GA)
College: UAB
Undrafted: 2015
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Roster status: Active
CFL status: International
Career highlights and awards
  • CFL West All-Star
  • CFL All-Star (2017)
  • UAB school record longest field goal, 54-yards (2012 @ Ohio State)
  • UAB school record career field goals converted (59)
Career CFL statistics
Field goals: 52
Field goal attempts: 60
Longest field goal: 51
Punts: 159
Punt yardage: 7,764
Player stats at CFL.ca

Ty Long (born April 6, 1993) is an American professional gridiron football placekicker for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League. He played college football for the University of Alabama at Birmingham and holds records for career field goals as well as the longest field goal in school history. He also has played for the Washington Redskins during the 2015 National Football League (NFL) preseason.[1]

Professional career

Washington Redskins

On May 7, 2015, Long signed with the Washington Redskins to compete with placekicker Kai Forbath.[2] He played in three preseason games for the team.[1] On August 30, 2015, he was waived.[3]

Pittsburgh Steelers

On January 20, 2016, Long signed a reserve/future contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers.[4] On May 5, 2016, he was waived,[5]

BC Lions

Long was signed by the BC Lions on May 24, 2017.[6] He became the starting punter and placekicker, following the release of veteran kicker Swayze Waters.

References

  1. 1 2 "Ty Long: Game Logs". NFL.com. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Redskins Sign 11 College Free Agents". www.redskins.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2016-05-09.
  3. ↑ "Redskins cut place kicker Ty Long". Washington Post. Retrieved 2016-05-09.
  4. ↑ "Steelers Sign Four More To Futures Contracts – Steelers Depot". Steelers Depot. 2016-01-20. Retrieved 2016-05-09.
  5. ↑ "Steelers Part Ways With T Mike Adams, Two Others – Steelers Depot". Steelers Depot. 2016-05-05. Retrieved 2016-05-09.
  6. ↑ "Transactions". cfl.ca. Archived from the original on 2015-07-30. Retrieved 2017-08-08.


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