Tiger-Cats Sign National Punter Ryan, American Kicker Small
July 10, 2022 - Canadian Football League (CFL)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats News Release
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats announced a series of transactions Sunday, including signing national punter Jon Ryan and American kicker Seth Small.
Ryan, 40, played 28 games over two seasons with the Saskatchewan Roughriders (2019, 21), registering 169 punts for 8,192 yards (48.1 average). The 6'0, 217-pound native of Regina Saskatchewan played 191 games over 12 seasons in the National Football League, including 10 seasons with the Seattle Seahawks (2008-17) and two seasons with the Green Bay Packers (2006-07) after beginning his professional football career in the CFL with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2004-05). He is a Super Bowl champion (2014), a CFL All-Star (2005) and a two-time CFL West All-Star (2005, 2019).
Small, 22, most recently attended training camp with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2022) and appeared in both preseason games, converting all three of his field goal attempts, including making a 51-yard field goal. The 5-11, 205-pound native of Katy, Texas also attended mini-camp with the National Football League's Indianapolis Colts (2022). Small played 46 games over four seasons at Texas A&M University (2018-21), converting 71 of 91 field goal attempts (78%) including a career long 52-yard field goal and a 28-yard game-winning field goal against #1 Alabama (2021). He holds the Aggies' all-time record with 71 career field goals made and 377 points scored.
The football club also announced the following players have been released:
AME - OL - Aron Johnson
AME - P - Simon Laryea
NAT - LB - Jared Beeksma
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