(Sports Spectrum) Since 2009, Tampa Bay Buccaneers kicker Ryan Succop has been called “Mr. Irrelevant” after being the last overall pick in that year’s NFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs. Twelve years later and Succop can now be called a Super Bowl champion.
In Sunday’s Super Bowl LV, Succop’s Buccaneers stymied the team that drafted him in 2009, cruising to a 31-9 victory and the franchise’s second Super Bowl title. Succop, now 34, was perfect in his first appearance on the sport’s biggest stage. He made all four of his extra-point attempts and also drilled a 52-yard field goal late in the third quarter that proved to be the game’s final points.
“You guys won this game,” head coach Bruce Arians told his team during the trophy presentation. “You came together as a band of brothers and you made it happen. I’m so proud of all of you.”