Ryan Kuehl

American football player (born 1972)

American football player

Ryan Kuehl
No. 90, 97, 99
Position:	Long snapper Defensive end
Personal information
Born:	(1972-01-18) January 18, 1972 (age 52) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Height:	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight:	276 lb (125 kg)
Career information
College:	Virginia
Undrafted:	1995
Career history
San Francisco 49ers (1995) * Washington Redskins (1996–1998) Cleveland Browns (1999–2002) New York Giants (2003–2007)

Career highlights and awards
Super Bowl champion (XLII)

Ryan Philip Kuehl (born January 18, 1972) is a former American football long snapper in the National Football League (NFL).

Early years

Kuehl attended Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland, where he was a prep All-American selection as a senior. One of Kuehl's notable high school achievements was scoring the Vikings' only playoff touchdown in nearly 20 years on a late game scoring strike from quarterback Andy Eichberg in the 1988 MD state playoff loss to the Randallstown Rams. It was the Vikings' only score that day.^[1]

Kuehl was a four-year letterman at the University of Virginia and was named second-team All-ACC at defensive tackle (1994).^[2]

NFL career

1995: signed as free agent by the San Francisco 49ers ... released in 1996
1996: signed as free agent by the Washington Redskins ... waived 1998
1999: signed as free agent by the Cleveland Browns
2003: signed as unrestricted free agent by the New York Giants

Kuehl retired from the NFL after a ruptured Achilles' tendon during the 2007 preseason. Although he didn't play during the season, he earned a ring as a member of the Super Bowl XLII winning team.

Post-NFL career

After football, Kuehl earned an MBA from American University and joined Under Armour in 2009. As vice president of sports marketing in sponsorships, he gave Jordan Spieth a ten-year deal with the company in 2015, replacing the company's original four-year contract from 2013.^[3]

Kuehl left Under Armour in 2018.^[4]

References

^ Sonner, Tim (November 20, 1988). "Whitman Out of Running, 20-6". The Washington Post.
^ "Virginia's ACC Honors". Virginia Sports. University of Virginia. August 14, 2001.
^ Steinberg, Dan (June 23, 2015). "Jordan Spieth and Under Armour: A former Redskins defensive lineman's golf bet pays off". The Washington Post.
^ Mirabella, Lorraine (December 11, 2018). "Under Armour removes marketing executives amid review of spending practices, report says". Baltimore Sun.