Ryan Succop Ryan Barrow Succop ( ; born September 19 , 1986 ) is an American football placekicker for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League . He became the 2009 Mr . Irrelevant by virtue of being selected by the Chiefs with the final pick of the 2009 NFL Draft . He played college football at South Carolina . Early years . Succop attended Hickory High School in Hickory , North Carolina . He was a four - time all - conference and two - time all - state performer , and was named a three - time conference special teams Player of the Year . He also played soccer and scored 104 career goals . He was rated the fourth - best kicker in the nation and the sixteenth - best prospect in North Carolina by Rivals . com . College career . Succop attended the University of South Carolina . He performed kicking , punting , and kickoff duties for the Gamecocks . His 251 career points ranks 10th on South Carolina ' s all - time list . In 2005 , as a freshman , he was the kickoff specialist and backup placekicker . He kicked off fifty - nine times for a 62 . 3 yard average with twenty - nine touchback s . He had two field goal attempts , missing both . In 2006 , as a sophomore , he was named SEC Special Teams Player of the Week after a game where he was 3 - for - 3 . He scored 85 points that year , which led the team and was the third - highest single - season total in school history . He was 16 - 20 . He also earned second - team All - SEC honors , and was named a semi - finalist for the Lou Groza Award . In 2007 , as a junior , Succop was named an " Associated Press " honorable mention All - SEC selection . He also earned SEC first - team preseason honors as a placekicker by the media . He was a second - team selection by the coaches and earned preseason second - team All - SEC honors as a punter by both the media and coaches . He was once again a Lou Groza Award candidate , and he was also named to the Ray Guy Award watch list . He went 13 - for - 17 in field goal attempts , earning SEC Special Teams Player of the Week honors after making all three field goals in a game . Professional career . Kansas City Chiefs . Succop was selected 256th overall , the final selection in the 2009 NFL Draft , by the Kansas City Chiefs , earning him the title of Mr . Irrelevant . He said of being drafted last , " I didn ' t choose to be Mr . Irrelevant . It just worked out that way . I ' m just trying not to get caught up in it and focus more on the task at hand , which is trying to come in here and help the team . It ' s not one of those things I really think about too much , to be honest . " Succop and the Chiefs reportedly agreed on a three - year deal worth up to $ 1 . 2 million on June 17 , 2009 . Succop was going to compete with Connor Barth for the starting kicker job ; however , Barth was released in July 2009 . On November 22 , 2009 , Succop kicked a 22 - yard field goal in overtime to give Kansas City a 27 – 24 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers , the defending Super Bowl champions . Succop finished his rookie season tying an NFL record for highest field goal percentage by a rookie in a season with 86 . 2 % . He also passed NFL Hall of Famer Jan Stenerud for most field goals made by a rookie in Chiefs history . He was awarded the Mack Lee Hill Award by the Chiefs in 2009 , and led the team in scoring . He scored more points ( 104 ) than any other rookie in the NFL that year , and this placed him second in Chiefs history in scoring by a rookie . Succop was also named to NFL ' s All - Rookie team his rookie year . On October 31 , 2010 , Succop made a 35 - yard field goal as time expired in overtime to help the Chiefs beat the Buffalo Bills 13 - 10 . Exactly one year later , Succop made a field goal in overtime to beat the San Diego Chargers . Succop ' s 2011 campaign started by making one of his first four field goal attempts . Succop went on to make his next 21 field goals until having two attempts blocked in a week 16 loss to the Oakland Raiders . At the end of the 2011 season , Succop signed a five - year contract extension worth $ 14 million , which includes $ 2 million in guaranteed salary and $ 675 , 000 in incentives if Succop makes a Pro Bowl and the Chiefs make the playoffs every season of his contract . On September 23 , 2012 , Succop became the Chiefs all - time leader in FGs attempted and FGs made in a single game ( going 6 - for - 6 ) en route to a 27 - 24 OT win at the New Orleans Saints .