Cairo Santos holds the PK · Starter spot in Chicago Bears’s kicker room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Cairo Santos played 17 games in 2025 with a 0% snap share.

Cairo Santos is a 12-year NFL kicker who played college football at Tulane, where he won the Lou Groza Award as a senior. Signed as an undrafted free agent by Kansas City in 2014, he has since played for the Chiefs, Bears, Rams, Jets, Buccaneers, and Titans. Santos holds a career 85.3% field goal conversion rate and is 11-for-11 in the postseason. With the Bears since 2020, he ranks first in franchise field goal percentage at 88.3% and holds the team record for field goals of 50+ yards with 25. In 2025, Santos converted 25-of-30 field goals and 39-of-39 extra points across 15 games, including a 51-yard game-winner in playoff play.

Chiefs2014 – 2016

Bears2017

Buccaneers2018

Titans2019

Bears2020 — present

CollegeTulaneAcquiredAcquired from Kansas City Chiefs · drafted thereHometownSaint Augustine, FLAlso playsPK1