Rian Lindell
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Career Summary
Rian Lindell was an NFL placekicker who played 14 seasons with Seattle, Buffalo, and Tampa Bay.
NFL.com records 212 regular-season games and 306 field goals on 377 attempts, an 81.2 percent career rate. His NFL career ran from 2000 through 2013.
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College Career
Lindell played college football at Washington State.
NFL.com lists Washington State as his college.
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NFL Career
Lindell began with Seattle, spent ten seasons with Buffalo, and finished with Tampa Bay.
NFL.com lists Seattle from 2000 through 2002, Buffalo from 2003 through 2012, and Tampa Bay in 2013. He made 23 of 29 field-goal attempts for the Buccaneers in his final season.
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Career Accomplishments
Lindell became one of the most productive kickers in Buffalo Bills history.
Buffalo's 2021 media guide lists him second in franchise history with 980 regular-season points and 225 field goals. The Bills also credited him with 152 games for the club and a better-than-83-percent field-goal rate during his Buffalo tenure.
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Playing Style
Lindell's value came from accuracy and consistency as a placekicker.
Buffalo called him its most accurate kicker during his tenure, citing an 83.1 percent success rate in 2009. His 2007 Bills season included a career-high 12 consecutive made field goals at that point in his career.
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Legacy
Lindell's decade in Buffalo left him near the top of the club's all-time kicking lists.
The Bills' media guide ranks him second in both franchise points and field goals. Seattle's 2025 media guide also lists his 58 field goals from 2000 through 2002 among the Seahawks' career leaders.
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