Lawrence Tynes
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Career Summary
Lawrence Tynes was a Scottish-born NFL kicker who played 129 regular-season games for Kansas City and the New York Giants.
He became the first Scottish-born player in NFL history.
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Early Life
Tynes was born in Greenock, Scotland, and spent part of his childhood in London and Nigeria.
The Giants identified him as the NFL's first Scottish-born player.
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College Career
Tynes played college football at Troy.
Troy inducted him into its athletics Hall of Fame in 2013.
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Path to the NFL
Tynes originally signed with the Kansas City Chiefs as a free agent in 2001.
He became Kansas City's kicker in 2004 and then joined the Giants in a 2007 trade.
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NFL Career
Tynes made 190 of 233 field-goal attempts and 357 of 363 extra-point attempts across 129 NFL regular-season games.
He played three full seasons with Kansas City and six seasons with the Giants.
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Career Accomplishments
Tynes made overtime field goals to win the 2007 and 2011 NFC Championship Games, and the Giants won the Super Bowl after each victory.
He is the only kicker in NFL history with two postseason overtime game-winning field goals.
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Playing Style
Tynes was a placekicker whose career included a 53-yard field goal and an 81.5 percent regular-season field-goal rate.
His Giants postseason record included 59 points and two overtime conference-championship winners.
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Legacy
Tynes scored 586 points with the Giants, second in franchise history when the team reported it, and set the Giants' postseason scoring record with 59 points.
His two overtime field goals in NFC Championship Games are central to the Giants' Super Bowl XLII and XLVI runs.
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