Thunder Sign Portland State's Ramirez

Published on June 11, 2014 under Arena Football League (AFL)
Portland Thunder News Release


PORTLAND, OR - The Portland Thunder shored up their kicking position on Tuesday as they were assigned former Portland State Viking Zach Ramirez.

"It's great to be able to find talent like Zach's locally," said Head Coach Matthew Sauk. "He's a guy who has been getting serious looks in the NFL and obviously he had an incredible collegiate career. He should help us improve our ability to convert extra points and hit the nets more consistently on kickoffs."

Ramirez (6-1, 205), who went by the name Zach Brown while at Portland State, was a first-team All-American kicker as a junior and was on pace to set the Big Sky record for field goals before getting injured in his senior season on a late hit after the first extra point of the season. His 64 career field goals were still enough to set the record at Portland State, where he holds 10 kicking records. Ramirez is not just accurate, but his leg packs power as well, as he accounted for six of Portland State's 11 field goals of 50-plus yards in school history.

In order to make room for Ramirez, the Thunder have released kicker Alex Fambrough.

Ramirez and the Thunder will take the field this Saturday at 7 p.m. against the Los Angeles KISS, who are the Thunder's main competition for the final playoff position in the National Conference. For all the latest news and discussion on the Portland Thunder, follow the team on Facebook (facebook.com/PDXThunder), Twitter and Instagram (@PDXThunder).

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