Shaun Suisham Shaun Christopher Suisham ( ; born December 29 , 1981 ) is a Canadian placekicker of American football for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League ( NFL ) . He was signed by the Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2005 . He played college football at Bowling Green . Suisham has also been a member of the Washington Redskins and Dallas Cowboys . Early life and college . Suisham was born in Wallaceburg , Ontario to Rick and Wendy Suisham . He attended Holy Family Catholic School before attending Wallaceburg District Secondary School . The 1999 conference offensive MVP , Suisham graduated from Wallaceburg District Secondary School . In 1998 , Suisham kicked two field goals ( from 58 and 27 yards ) and helped Wallaceburg win the league championship for the first time since 1968 . Starting from the spring 2000 semester , Suisham attended Bowling Green State University . Injured during spring practice , Suisham redshirted his freshman season and was on the active roster from 2001 to 2004 . He played under coach Urban Meyer in 2001 and 2002 . In the 2004 CFL Draft , the Ottawa Renegades drafted Suisham and traded his rights to the Edmonton Eskimos . Suisham never signed with either team . He left Bowling Green as the all - time leading scorer of the Falcons football team with 361 points and broke records with 45 career field goals and 31 touchback s . In 2003 , he was special teams MVP , and in 2004 he was Second - Team All - MAC . Suisham graduated from Bowling Green in 2005 with a degree in exercise science . Professional career . Dallas Cowboys ( 2005 - 2006 ) . Suisham joined the Dallas Cowboys practice squad and signed with the team on October 24 , 2005 . After two weeks on the team , in which he went 2 for 2 on field goal s , he was released so the Cowboys could sign Billy Cundiff . Cundiff struggled so Dallas re - signed Suisham for the last game of the regular season . During the 2006 off - season , Suisham was re - signed by the Dallas Cowboys . Originally , he was supposed to be second on the depth chart behind Mike Vanderjagt . After Vanderjagt missed two potentially game - winning field goal attempts in a preseason game against the Minnesota Vikings , Suisham was named the starter for the Cowboys ' season opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars on . He attempted two kicks during the game , the first of which was good from a then - career - long 52 yards . The second attempt , which would have given the Cowboys the lead , hit the right upright of the goalpost . He went on to kick for five more weeks as a kick off specialist . On October 12 , 2006 , the Cowboys released Suisham . Washington Redskins ( 2006 - 2009 ) . Suisham was signed on November 22 , 2006 to the Washington Redskins ' practice squad . The Redskins promoted him to the active roster on December 2 , 2006 . He missed his first attempt from 50 yards but went on to make 8 consecutive field goals to finish out the year . He kicked his first game - winning field goal from 39 yards in an overtime victory over the Miami Dolphins in the Redskins ' season - opener on . He re - signed with the Redskins on March 16 , 2009 . On December 6 , 2009 , Suisham missed a 23 - yard field goal that likely would have sealed an upset win against the undefeated New Orleans Saints . The Redskins went on to lose the game in overtime , 33 - 30 . The Redskins released Suisham on December 8 , 2009 , and replaced him with former UFL kicker Graham Gano . Second stint with the Dallas Cowboys ( 2009 ) . On December 21 , 2009 , the Cowboys signed Shaun Suisham , after Nick Folk missed 10 field goals in 2009 . Suisham was two out of three in the regular season . On January 17 , 2010 , he played in the NFC Divisional Playoff game against the Minnesota Vikings , his fourth game after replacing Nick Folk . He missed twice , including kicks from 48 and 49 yards , making one field goal from 33 yards . He was not tendered by Dallas after the season , becoming a free agent . Pittsburgh Steelers ( 2010 - present ) . On November 16 , 2010 , Suisham signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers after a tryout , as Jeff Reed had poor outings throughout the 2010 season . On November 28 , 2010 , Suisham kicked four 40 + yard field goals ( 45 , 46 , 48 , and 41 yards ) against Buffalo , including the game - winning kick in overtime . No other player in NFL history has kicked four field goals of 40 yards or longer , including an OT game - winner , in one game , but Suisham has done it twice . Suisham had a 5 field goal effort of 40 + yards for the Redskins in a 23 - 20 overtime victory over the Jets in 2007 . On December 5 , 2010 , Suisham made two field goals in the Steelers 13 - 10 victory against the Baltimore Ravens . He also handled the punting duties for the Steelers after Daniel Sepulveda tore his ACL . On December 12 , 2010 , Suisham made three field goals in the Steelers ' victory over the Bengals . 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 . On January 15 , 2011 , 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 . On February 6 , 2011 , Suisham missed a 52 - yard field goal in Super Bowl XLV . The Steelers lost 31 - 25 to the Green Bay Packers . On September 25 , 2011 , Suisham made a 38 - yard game winning field goal against the Indianapolis Colts with 4 seconds remaining in the 4th quarter . The Steelers lost to the San Francisco 49ers 20 - 3 on December 19 , 2011 , and the only scoring by Pittsburgh came from Suisham ' s 51 - yard field goal in the second quarter . However , Suisham missed a 48 - yard attempt wide left . On October 7 , 2012 , Suisham made a 34 - yard game winning field goal against the Philadelphia Eagles with 3 seconds left in the 4th quarter . The successful attempt made Suisham 8 - for - 8 on the season . On October 11 , 2012 , Suisham failed to make a 54 - yard attempt against the Tennessee Titans with the ball falling about one yard short of the uprights . However , he made his next thirteen field goals following the miss , including game winners of 23 and 42 yards respectively against the Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens .