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Tampa Bay kicker Ryan Succop made Super Bowl history this year.
With the Buccaneers’ 31-9 victory over the Chiefs at Super Bowl 55, Succop became the first “Mr. Irrelevant” since the term was born in 1976 to play in the Super Bowl and win the Lombardi Trophy. And the 256th pick in the 2009 NFL Draft was excellent on the Super Bowl stage, going 4-for-4 on extra points and 1-for-1 on field goals.
He completed 12 of 13 extra point attempts and nine field goal attempts in Tampa Bay’s four playoff games.
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Per Grant Gordon of NFL.com, Succop is just the second “Mr. Irrelevant” to even make the Super Bowl; the first was Marty Moore, a Kentucky linebacker who was the Patriots’ 222nd pick in the 1994 NFL Draft. He played in New England’s 35-21 loss to the Packers in Super Bowl 31, although Pro Football Focus has no stats on record for him in the game.
Moore won a Super Bowl with the Patriots at Super Bowl 36, but did not play for the team after injuring his Achilles earlier in the year. He was in the injured reserve when the Patriots beat the Rams 20-17.
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