2011 (Senior)
Turned in the best season for a kicker in NSU history … All-MEAC first-team selection … was also voted to the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) All-America second team by the Associated Press and by College Sports Madness … an HBCU All-America selection by both SBN Sports and
www.boxtorow.com … selected MEAC Player of the Year by the Pigskin Club of Washington, D.C. … made a school-record 20 field goals and missed just twice – one of which was blocked … made all 34 of his extra points and ended his career making his final 50 extra-point attempts … paced the MEAC and ranked fifth in the nation (FCS) with 1.67 field goals made per game … his field-goal accuracy of 90.9 percent was second-best in the country among kickers who made at least one field goal per game … also led the MEAC and ranked 25th in the nation in scoring, at 7.8 points per game (94 total points) … named MEAC Special Teams Player of the Week four times, following the games against West Virginia, Charleston Southern, Hampton and Morgan State … made his first 15 field goals of the season … made 11 field goals in NSU’s first four games, going 3-of-3 against Virginia State, West Virginia and Charleston Southern and 2-of-2 at Howard … made field goals of 39, 25 and 36 yards and hit all four of his extra points en route to 13 total points against Virginia State … connected from 39, 39 and a season-long 40 yards out at West Virginia … was 2-of-2 with a 38-yarder against Hampton … missed his first field goal of the year, a 32-yarder, at Savannah State … bounced back to make a 19-yarder later in the game to break Justin Castellat’s single-season school record of 15 made field goals from the 2007 season … also matched his career-high with six made extra points at SSU … made a career-high four field goals, including a long of 39 yards, against Morgan State … also went 5-of-5 on extra points to score a career-high 17 points in that contest, which clinched the MEAC title for NSU … played in two all-star games following the season, the FCS Senior Scout Bowl and the HBCU All-Star Bowl.
2010 (Junior)
Attempted every field goal and extra point for NSU in 2010…ranked second on the team and seventh in the MEAC in scoring, with 59 points…was third among MEAC kickers in both scoring and field goals made (11)…was 11-of-16 on field goal attempts and 26-of-29 on extra points…made three field goals of over 40 yards in length, with a collegiate-long of 45 yards twice (vs. both South Carolina State and Morgan State…made both of his field goal tries against Florida A&M, including a 41-yarder…hit a season-high three field goals against Morgan State, going 3-for-3…hit all of his career-high six extra point tries at Savannah State…made nine of his last 11 field goal attempts for the season…connected on his final 16 extra points of the season.
2009 (Sophomore)
Served as NSU’s holder for extra points and field goals and was second-string kicker…shared kickoff duties with Justin Castellat during the Florida A&M and Morgan State games…kicked off three times in both games.
2008 (Freshman)
Served as the holder for extra points and field goals for the final 10 games of the year…was successful on all three of his extra point attempts for the year, going 2-for-2 vs. Virginia State and 1-for-1 vs. Florida A&M.
2007 (Redshirt)
Redshirted.
High School
Named first-team All-Southeastern District, All-Eastern Region and All-Tidewater as a junior and a senior…made nine field goals as a senior and eight as a junior…scored 59 points and had eight touchbacks as a senior…career totals were 21 field goals and 145 points.
Personal
Ryan Cutler Estep…born July 18, 1988…son of Neale and Kathy Estep…majoring in exercise science.
Estep's Career Kicking Statistics
|
YEAR
|
GP
|
FGs
|
Lg
|
PAT
|
Points
|
|
2011 |
12 |
20-22 |
40 |
34-34 |
94 |
|
2010
|
11
|
11-16
|
45
|
26-29
|
59
|
|
2009
|
11
|
0-0
|
0
|
0-0
|
0
|
|
2008
|
11
|
0-0
|
0
|
3-3
|
3
|
|
Totals
|
45
|
31-38
|
45
|
63-66
|
156
|
0-0
|
Estep’s Career Highs
Field Goals: 4 (vs. Morgan State, 11-12-11)
XP: 6 (2x, last vs. Savannah State, 11-5-11)
Long FG: 45 (2x, last vs. Morgan State, 11-6-10)
