Lawrence Tynes

Lawrence Tynes

Tynes at the Giants Super Bowl Ticker Tape parade in NYC on February 5, 2008
No. --     Free agent
Placekicker
Personal information
Date of birth: (1978-05-03) May 3, 1978
Place of birth: Greenock, Scotland
Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Weight: 202 lb (92 kg)
Career information
College: Troy
Undrafted in 2001
Debuted in 2002 for the Scottish Claymores
Career history
Kansas City Chiefs (2001–2002)* Scottish Claymores (NFL Europe) (2002) Ottawa Renegades (CFL) (2002–2003) Kansas City Chiefs (2004–2006) New York Giants (2007–2012) *Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
2× Super Bowl champion (XLII, XLVI) 2 overtime game-winning field goals in the Conference Championship (2007, 2011)
Career NFL statistics as of 2012
Field Goals Made 190 Field Goals Attempted 233 Field Goals % 81.5% Long Field Goal 53 (twice) Stats at NFL.com

Lawrence James Henry Tynes (born May 3, 1978) is a Scottish American football placekicker who is currently a free agent. He was originally signed by the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in 2001. After 4 seasons in Kansas City, he was traded to the Giants in 2007. In his first season with the Giants, he kicked the game-winning field goal in overtime against the Green Bay Packers in the 2007-08 NFC Championship Game, which qualified the Giants for Super Bowl XLII. Four years later, he kicked another overtime field goal against the San Francisco 49ers in the 2011-12 NFC Championship Game, which qualified the Giants for Super Bowl XLVI. He has experienced his best success in New York, winning two Super Bowl championships in 2007 and 2011.

Tynes is the only player in NFL history to have two overtime game-winning field goals in the playoffs. Tynes kicked the longest post-season field goal in Lambeau Field post-season history (47 yards) in the 2007 NFC Championship and added a 31 yard field goal in OT to advance the NY Giants in the 2011 NFC Championship game.

Tynes at Giants Training Camp

Personal

Since joining the Giants, Tynes and his family have lived in Clifton, New Jersey. He and his wife, Amanda, make their offseason home in the Kansas City area in Overland Park, Kansas, where their sons were born.

Tynes is the seventh Scottish-born player in NFL history.

Lawrence Tynes is the son of a former Navy SEAL and a Scottish mother. He lived in Greenock and Machrihanish, Argyll until he was 10 before moving to the United States. His father, Larry, was a member of SEAL Team 2 stationed in Scotland in the early 1970s. He is currently a detective in the Santa Rosa County Sheriff's department in Milton, Florida. One of his brothers, Jason, served in the United States Army in Iraq and Kuwait. His other brother, Mark Tynes, is serving 27 years in federal prison on drug and witness intimidation charges stemming from his 2004 involvement in a plan to move 3,600 pounds (1,600 kg) of marijuana between Texas and Florida. Tynes has sought a presidential pardon to shorten or commute his brother's sentence. He has acknowledged his brother's guilt but feels the sentence was too harsh. However, during all proceedings in Mark Tynes' trial, Mark was belligerent and uncooperative. The judge who presided at the case had parameters in which to sentence Mark and, because of his foul and unruly behavior, gave Mark the maximum sentence. Tynes also enjoys soccer and supports Scottish Premier League Champions Celtic who are based in Glasgow.

External links

• New York Giants bio

Preceded by Morten Andersen	Kansas City Chiefs placekickers 2004-2006	Succeeded by Justin Medlock
Preceded by Jay Feely	New York Giants placekickers 2007-2008	Succeeded by John Carney