
Ryan Santoso
K - FA
2025 Outlook
Availability
Ryan Santoso was one of seven players waived by the Giants Monday.
Fantasy Impact
Santoso was signed early last week after he was cut by Jacksonville. Despite making both field goal attempts and all three extra points in the Giants final preseason game, Santoso will not make the roster. The 27-year-old likely will not carry any fantasy value this season.
Ryan Santoso made both of his field goal attempts on Sunday, with a long of 49. Santoso also knocked in all three of his extra-point attempts.
Fantasy Impact
Santoso will not make the Giants' 53-man roster, but he put a solid performance on tape and will likely be one of the first kickers that a team will call if they run into injury issues or struggles at the position.
Ryan Santoso was waived by the Jacksonville Jaguars Tuesday.
Fantasy Impact
Santoso only hit three of his six field goal attempts this preseason. Despite this move leaving Jacksonville without a kicker on their roster, they felt it was time to move on and look for another option. Santoso may get another opportunity elsewhere but will not hold any fantasy value.
Ryan Santoso was 2-for-4 on field goal attempts and 1-for-1 on extra point attempts in Jacksonville’s 16-15 loss to Pittsburgh on Saturday.
Fantasy Impact
Santosa sandwiched two made two field goals, including a 53-yarder, between misses from 51 and 57-yards. The 57-yard miss came as time expired in the game with a chance for a win but it sailed wide right like his first miss. Santosa, even if he remains the starter into the regular season, is not worth using for fantasy purposes, at least to start the season, with so many question marks on offense for Jacksonville. Fantasy managers should look elsewhere for a kicker, and should definitely not use a draft pick on him as he will likely go undrafted in most leagues.
According to John Shipley of Jaguar Report, Jacksonville's special teams coordinator Heath Farwell says the race for starting kicker is a dead heat between Ryan Santoso and Elliott Fry.
Fantasy Impact
Santoso was an undrafted rookie in the 2018 NFL Draft and has bounced around both the NFL and CFL over his career. He has attempted five field goals in the NFL, making four, and has served as a kickoff specialist as well. In college at Minnesota, Santoso was a two-star kicker before converting to a punter as an upperclassman. He will have a chance to be the Jaguars' starting kicker in 2022.