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Latest revision as of 05:30, 7 October 2025
American football player (born 1998)
Andre Eric Szmyt ( SHMIT;[1] born September 26, 1998) is an American professional football placekicker for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Syracuse Orange.
Szmyt redshirted his true freshman year in 2017. In 2018, Szmyt became the first Syracuse kicker and third freshman to win the Lou Groza Award,[2] and was named a unanimous All-American.[3] Szmyt also won the 2018 Vlade Award.[4]
After a stellar freshman year, Szmyt’s performance was marred by coaching changes and his holders switching. He returned to a better form when Bob Ligashesky took over as the special teams coordinator in 2022.[5]
Professional career
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| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 ft 0+5⁄8 in (1.84 m) |
200 lb (91 kg) |
30+1⁄4 in (0.77 m) |
9+1⁄4 in (0.23 m) |
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| All values from Syracuse’s Pro Day[6] | ||||||||||||
Szmyt was signed by the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent on May 4, 2023.[7] He was waived on August 8.[8]
St. Louis Battlehawks
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On January 22, 2024, Szmyt signed with the St. Louis Battlehawks of the United Football League (UFL).[9] He re-signed with the team on August 21.[10]
On December 24, 2024, Szmyt was signed to the Cleveland Browns practice squad.[11] He signed a reserve/future contract with Cleveland on January 6, 2025.[12] On June 4, Szmyt was waived by the Browns.[13] He was re-signed on June 26.[14] On August 26, Szmyt made the Browns’ initial 53 man roster, beating out incumbent Dustin Hopkins for the kicking job.[15] On September 7, Szmyt missed an extra point to tie the game, and late in the same game missed a field goal that would have given the Browns a win against the Cincinnati Bengals in the 17–16 loss, causing some media and fans to criticize him.[16] However, 2 weeks later on September 21, Szmyt hit a game-winning 55-yard field goal to beat the Green Bay Packers in a 13–10 comeback win.[17]
- ^ “Browns sign K Andre Szmyt,” ClevelandBrowns.com, Thursday 26 June 2025. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
- ^ “SYRACUSE’S SZMYT WINS GROZA AWARD”. Atlantic Coast Conference. December 6, 2018. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
- ^ “SZMYT A UNANIMOUS ALL-AMERICAN”. Syracuse University Athletic Department. December 12, 2018.
- ^ “Syracuse place-kicker Andre Szmyt wins Vlade Award”. USA Today. December 4, 2018.
- ^ Alandt, Anthony (October 13, 2022). “A kicking camp, Bob Ligashesky helped Andre Szmyt return to ‘old Andre’“. The Daily Orange. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
- ^ “2023 NFL Draft Scout Andre Szmyt College Football Profile”. DraftScout.com. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
- ^ Mayer, Larry (May 4, 2023). “Bears sign 14 undrafted free agents”. ChicagoBears.com. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
- ^ “Andre Szmyt: Gets cut loose”. CBSSports.com. August 8, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
- ^ “The UFL Agrees to Terms with 61 Players”. UFLBoard.com. January 22, 2024. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
- ^ @UFL_PR (August 21, 2024). “The #UFL has announced the following transactions” (Tweet). Retrieved August 22, 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ “Browns sign K Andre Szmyt to practice squad”. ClevelandBrowns.com. December 24, 2024.
- ^ “Browns sign nine to reserve/futures contracts”. ClevelandBrowns.com. January 6, 2025.
- ^ “Browns sign WR Jaelen Gill”. clevelandbrowns.com. Retrieved June 5, 2025.
- ^ “Browns sign K Andre Szmyt”. clevelandbrowns.com. June 26, 2025. Retrieved June 27, 2025.
- ^ “Browns announce initial 53-man roster heading into 2025 season”. clevelandbrowns.com. Retrieved August 26, 2025.
- ^ https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/nfl/bengals/2025/09/07/browns-kicker-andre-szmyt-misses-vs-bengals-point-after-fourth-quarter-field-goal/86025419007/
- ^ https://apnews.com/article/packers-browns-score-szmyt-5b988323d168b26616051ffc81104604
