# Tyler Loop
**Tyler Loop** (born 2001) is an [American football](https://www.edgepedia.org/american-football) placekicker for the [Baltimore Ravens](https://www.edgepedia.org/baltimore-ravens) of the [National Football League](https://www.edgepedia.org/national-football-league), who in 2025 became the first kicker ever drafted by the franchise and succeeded Justin Tucker as its placekicker[1](https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/tyler-loop-ravens-rookie-kicker-arizona-big-stage-feature-story). He played college football at the University of Arizona, where he set the program record with a 62-yard field goal and left as the most accurate kicker in Wildcats history[1](https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/tyler-loop-ravens-rookie-kicker-arizona-big-stage-feature-story).
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Position, team | Kicker, No. 33, Baltimore Ravens; 5 ft 11 in, 191 lbs[2](https://www.baltimoreravens.com/team/players-roster/tyler-loop/) |
| Born | 2001, Lucas, Texas[3](https://www.ourlads.com/nfldepthcharts/player/54333/) |
| Draft | 2025 NFL Draft, round 6, pick 186 (overall), by Baltimore; first kicker drafted in Ravens history[3](https://www.ourlads.com/nfldepthcharts/player/54333/) • [1](https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/tyler-loop-ravens-rookie-kicker-arizona-big-stage-feature-story) |
| College | Arizona, 2020–2024; 83.75% career field-goal percentage, a program best; 62-yard field goal is a Wildcat record[1](https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/tyler-loop-ravens-rookie-kicker-arizona-big-stage-feature-story) |
| NFL career kicking | 22 games, 39 of 45 field goals (86.7%), 59 of 61 extra points[4](https://www.nfl.com/players/tyler-loop/stats/career) |
| Longest kick | 64-yard field goal against the Titans in 2026, the longest ever made at M&T Bank Stadium[2](https://www.baltimoreravens.com/team/players-roster/tyler-loop/) |
| Honor | AFC Special Teams Player of the Week, 2026, after a game-winning 56-yard field goal against the Dallas Cowboys[2](https://www.baltimoreravens.com/team/players-roster/tyler-loop/) |
## Early life and soccer beginnings
Loop grew up outside Dallas in Lucas, Texas, and his first sporting ambition was professional soccer; he also swam, ran track, and played lacrosse as a child[1](https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/tyler-loop-ravens-rookie-kicker-arizona-big-stage-feature-story). His leg stood out early: a coach persuaded his father Steve to build a wall for kicking practice, and at a local football field the seventh grader was kicking 55-yard field goals[1](https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/tyler-loop-ravens-rookie-kicker-arizona-big-stage-feature-story). He balanced kicking for Lovejoy High School with starring on the soccer team, then quit soccer as a senior to train full time with Kohl's Kicking, a specialist kicking program, and became one of the top-ranked kickers in the nation[1](https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/tyler-loop-ravens-rookie-kicker-arizona-big-stage-feature-story) • [5](https://www.kohlskicking.com/player-profiles/tyler-loop).
## College career at Arizona
Loop committed to Arizona and spent five seasons with the Wildcats, 2020 through 2024[6](https://www.pff.com/nfl/players/tyler-loop/131582). Because the roster already included future NFL kicker Lucas Havrisik, Loop served as the team's punter in the COVID-19-shortened 2020 season[7](https://www.ravenspr.com/game_info/feature_clips.pdf). He moved into the kicking job and went a perfect 12-for-12 on field goals as a freshman in 2021[8](https://bnbfootball.com/2025-nfl-draft-rankings/kicker/).
**Records and honors.** As the long-range workload increased in his final two college seasons, his field-goal percentage rose from 79.2 to 83.8 between 2023 and 2024, and he made 6 of 9 attempts from beyond 50 yards in 2023[9](https://bengalsupnorth.com/2025-nfl-draft-special-teams-rankings-scouting-reports/). He was named second-team All-Pac-12 specialist in 2023 and honorable mention All-Big 12 in 2024, after Arizona's conference change[10](https://f002.backblazeb2.com/file/cpbmedia/big12/arizona/24mediaguide/24arizona_guide.pdf) • [3](https://www.ourlads.com/nfldepthcharts/player/54333/). His 2024 season included 18 of 23 field goals with a long of 62 yards, a Wildcat program record, and he finished his five-year career with an 83.75% field-goal percentage, the best among Arizona kickers[3](https://www.ourlads.com/nfldepthcharts/player/54333/) • [1](https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/tyler-loop-ravens-rookie-kicker-arizona-big-stage-feature-story).
Scouting reports ahead of the 2025 draft rated his leg strength as exceptional, with one evaluator writing that 70-yard attempts were not impossible for him, while flagging inconsistent ball rotation and trajectory as the main technical concerns[8](https://bnbfootball.com/2025-nfl-draft-rankings/kicker/) • [9](https://bengalsupnorth.com/2025-nfl-draft-special-teams-rankings-scouting-reports/).
## Draft and the Ravens' kicking search
When the Ravens released [Justin Tucker](https://www.edgepedia.org/justin-tucker), the most accurate kicker in NFL history, in May 2025, senior special teams coach Randy Brown led a coast-to-coast search that began with roughly 30 candidates and narrowed to 10[11](https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/randy-brown-tyler-loop-search-tucson-dinner-training-camp-2025). Brown settled on Loop after a two-and-a-half-hour dinner in Tucson at which Loop demonstrated his kicking process in detail, moving tables and chairs to show his mechanics; Brown texted head coach [John Harbaugh](https://www.edgepedia.org/john-harbaugh), "I think we have our guy"[11](https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/randy-brown-tyler-loop-search-tucson-dinner-training-camp-2025).
Baltimore selected Loop in the sixth round with the 186th overall pick, making him the first kicker the franchise had ever drafted[1](https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/tyler-loop-ravens-rookie-kicker-arizona-big-stage-feature-story). He won the training-camp competition over undrafted rookie John Hoyland and was officially named the Week 1 kicker after making five of six field-goal attempts in a preseason game against the [Dallas Cowboys](https://www.edgepedia.org/dallas-cowboys)[11](https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/randy-brown-tyler-loop-search-tucson-dinner-training-camp-2025).
## NFL career
**2025 rookie season.** Loop played all 17 games and made 30 of 34 field goals (88.2%) and 44 of 46 extra points (95.6%)[4](https://www.nfl.com/players/tyler-loop/stats/career). His season, and the Ravens', ended on a missed 44-yard field goal on the final play of a 26-24 loss in [Pittsburgh](https://www.edgepedia.org/pittsburgh); making the kick would have won the [AFC North](https://www.edgepedia.org/afc-north) and sent Baltimore to the playoffs[12](https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/tyler-loop-moving-on-mandatory-minicamp-practice-ending-kick-reflects-on-miss-in-pittsburgh).
**2026 season.** After the Ravens added kicker competition by signing Jake Moody to the practice squad in the 2026 preseason, Loop retained the job[13](https://www.statpick.ai/start-sit/compare/matt-gay-vs-tyler-loop). Through five games he had made 9 of 11 field goals (81.8%) and all 15 extra-point attempts[4](https://www.nfl.com/players/tyler-loop/stats/career). In Week 4 against the Titans he made a 64-yard field goal at the end of the first half, the longest kick ever made at [M&T Bank Stadium](https://www.edgepedia.org/m-and-t-bank-stadium) and the longest of his career[2](https://www.baltimoreravens.com/team/players-roster/tyler-loop/) • [14](https://www.nfl.com/players/tyler-loop/). The previous week he had beaten the Cowboys with a buzzer-beating 56-yard field goal in a 34-31 win, earning AFC Special Teams Player of the Week honors[2](https://www.baltimoreravens.com/team/players-roster/tyler-loop/). [Pro Football Focus](https://www.edgepedia.org/pro-football-focus) graded his 2026 field-goal work at 89.4, first among 32 qualified kickers, and he converted all five attempts from 50-plus yards that season[6](https://www.pff.com/nfl/players/tyler-loop/131582).
**Career totals.** Through the 2026 season Loop has appeared in 22 games with 39 field goals on 45 attempts (86.7%), 59 extra points on 61 attempts, and a career-long field goal of 64 yards[4](https://www.nfl.com/players/tyler-loop/stats/career).
## Kicking style
Scouting descriptions center on leg strength and a compact, fast swing. Ourlads' scouting service wrote that he could hit 55-to-60-yarders without changing his swing and called him widely regarded as the top kicker in the 2025 draft class[3](https://www.ourlads.com/nfldepthcharts/player/54333/). Brown, his position coach, calls his leg strength "elite" and emphasizes a repeatable process over aiming at the uprights, covering practice volume, warmup routines, and step-by-step approach mechanics[11](https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/randy-brown-tyler-loop-search-tucson-dinner-training-camp-2025). Draft analysts noted that his long kicks carry elite elevation but that his ball rotation was occasionally inconsistent, producing sideways spin or curve[8](https://bnbfootball.com/2025-nfl-draft-rankings/kicker/) • [9](https://bengalsupnorth.com/2025-nfl-draft-special-teams-rankings-scouting-reports/).
## Personal life
Loop is engaged to Julia Otto, whom he met at Arizona, and has spoken about a religious conversion during college, prompted by a conversation with teammate and housemate Blake Pfaff, that reshaped his approach to performance and failure[1](https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/tyler-loop-ravens-rookie-kicker-arizona-big-stage-feature-story). His Kohl's Kicking coach Morgan Lineberry, who has also worked with NFL kickers such as Cade York and Austin Seibert, began coaching him as a high school freshman and credits him with an unusual comfort in high-pressure moments[1](https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/tyler-loop-ravens-rookie-kicker-arizona-big-stage-feature-story).
## References
1. [Meet Ravens Rookie Kicker Tyler Loop, Who Loves the Big Stage, BaltimoreRavens.com](https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/tyler-loop-ravens-rookie-kicker-arizona-big-stage-feature-story)
2. [Tyler Loop player page, BaltimoreRavens.com](https://www.baltimoreravens.com/team/players-roster/tyler-loop/)
3. [Tyler Loop, Ourlads NFL Scouting Services](https://www.ourlads.com/nfldepthcharts/player/54333/)
4. [Tyler Loop Career Stats, NFL.com](https://www.nfl.com/players/tyler-loop/stats/career)
5. [Tyler Loop player profile, Kohl's Professional Camps](https://www.kohlskicking.com/player-profiles/tyler-loop)
6. [Tyler Loop, Pro Football Focus](https://www.pff.com/nfl/players/tyler-loop/131582)
7. [Ravens feature clips, Baltimore Ravens Press Room](https://www.ravenspr.com/game_info/feature_clips.pdf)
8. [2025 NFL Draft Kicker Rankings, BNB Football](https://bnbfootball.com/2025-nfl-draft-rankings/kicker/)
9. [2025 NFL Draft: Special Teams Rankings & Scouting Reports, Bengals Up North](https://bengalsupnorth.com/2025-nfl-draft-special-teams-rankings-scouting-reports/)
10. [2024 Arizona Football Media Guide](https://f002.backblazeb2.com/file/cpbmedia/big12/arizona/24mediaguide/24arizona_guide.pdf)
11. [How Randy Brown's Coast-to-Coast Search Landed Tyler Loop, BaltimoreRavens.com](https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/randy-brown-tyler-loop-search-tucson-dinner-training-camp-2025)
12. [Tyler Loop Is 'Moving On' And Still Confident in His Abilities, BaltimoreRavens.com](https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/tyler-loop-moving-on-mandatory-minicamp-practice-ending-kick-reflects-on-miss-in-pittsburgh)
13. [Matt Gay or Tyler Loop: Who Should You Start?, Stat Pick](https://www.statpick.ai/start-sit/compare/matt-gay-vs-tyler-loop)
14. [Tyler Loop Stats, News and Video, NFL.com](https://www.nfl.com/players/tyler-loop/)
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