Ryan Levcik
Levcik with the Minnesota Vikings in 2016 | |||||||||
No. 3 Kansas City Chiefs | |||||||||
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Placekicker | |||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
Date of birth: April 23, 1994 (age 26) | |||||||||
Place of birth: Daleville, AL | |||||||||
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Career information | |||||||||
High school: Daleville High School, Daleville, AL | |||||||||
College: Alabama | |||||||||
NFL Draft: 2016 / Round: 3 / Pick: 73 | |||||||||
Debuted in 2016 for the Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||
Career history
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Roster status: Active | |||||||||
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Career NFL statistics as of Week 1, 2020 | |||||||||
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Ryan Levcik (born April 24th, 1994) is an American football placekicker for the Kansas City Chiefs, previously playing for the Minnesota Vikings. He played college football at Alabama. The Vikings selected Levcik in the third round of the 2016 NFLHC Draft.
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College Career
Ryan Levcik attended Alabama, selecting the hometown Crimson Tide over many other football scholarships. Levcik became the starting placekicker for Alabama prior to the 2013 CFBHC season. Levcik won a national championship in 2014 during his time with the Crimson Tide. Levcik set the record for the longest field goal in CFBHC history when he connected from 61 yards out. Levcik had an incredible run in college as he only missed one field goal in three years giving him an incredible 98% field goal percentage.
Season | Kicking | ||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Made | Att | FG% | Long | ||||||||
2013 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 100% | 49 | |||||||
2014 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 100% | 53 | |||||||
2015 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 94.1% | 61 | |||||||
NCAA Career Totals | 38 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 98.0% | 61 |
Professional Career
Levcik was considered one of the top placekickers in the 2016 NFLHC Draft, along with Georgia placekicker Skip Gibson. The Minnesota Vikings signed selected Levcik in the third round of the2016 NFLHC Draft.
The day after the draft, Levcik signed a three-year contract with the Vikings worth approximately $10.5 million.
Minnesota Vikings
Ryan Levcik became the starting placekicker for the Vikings before the 2016 NFLHC preseason. Levcik was a successful kicker for the Vikings for several years before he was traded to the Chiefs before the 2020 season for a 5th round pick and kicker Darryl Holmes.
Kansas City Chiefs
As of the 2020 season, Levcik is the Chiefs' starting kicker.
Regular season
Year Team Games Starts Kicking Rating Made Attempted FG% Long 2016 MIN 12 12 17 20 85.0% 53 80 2017 MIN 16 16 12 12 100.0% 52 86 2018 MIN 16 16 20 21 95.2% 55 89 2019 MIN 16 16 22 23 95.7% 60 91 2020 KC 0 0 0 0 0 0 91 Career 60 60 71 76 93.4% 60