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Cairo Santos

  • ROLE a special-teams player
  • EXP 12 seasons
  • AGE 32 and over
  • DEPTH PK1

As of week 3, Cairo Santos was a K for CHI, age 34.8, 12 seasons of experience. In 2026 through week 2 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 2 games on 0% of snaps. Before 2026 he played 137 games (postseason included) over 10 seasons. His injury history held 6 episodes (arm 1, chest 1, foot 1), 1 of them reaching OUT; the last was a thigh injury in 2025 week 8.

The full read

In short

Cairo Santos is a special-teams player at placekicker for CHI — 40% of the kicking snaps over 7 weeks. This week he did not practise, then practised in full. His team has not listed him on the final report.

He is not on this week's injury report

Which is the ordinary state of a healthy player, and it is a successful read rather than a missing one. We publish a call for every player a team lists; if the week has not been called yet, it will say so on the week's page.

Practice this week

FriSatThu
DNPdated Sun Sep 27FPdated Sun Sep 27DNPdated Sun Sep 27

Shape of the week: improving. Only days the publisher dated are shown; a day we could not date is left out until the nightly sweep stamps it. The shape is a fact, not a forecast.

Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range

  • Snap share0.0% range 0–0

    wk 1–7 · 7 games

Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share

  1. 0%wk 1
  2. 0%wk 2
  3. 0%wk 3
  4. 0%wk 4
  5. 0%wk 5
  6. 0%wk 6
  7. 0%wk 7

Missed while on the injury report

SeasonWeeks on the reportMissed while listed
202610

Only the weeks he was on the injury report with a recorded result — not every game of his career.

Medical history

WhenInjuryWeeks on a reportWorst status
2026 · wk 3hip1—
2025 · wk 6thigh3Out
2022 · wk 4Not injury related1Questionable
2021 · wk 17chest1—
2021 · wk 14illness1—
2021 · wk 11arm1—
2017 · wk 1right groin1—
2015 · wk 7right foot1Probable

Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.

Injury history by season · 8 episodes · 10 weeks on a report

  • ruled out
  • questionable
  • listed, and played

Each bar is one episode: the week it began and how many weeks he was on a report, coloured by the worst status.

The data behind this page — the timeline in words, every call and week on record, about him, and what this page does not show

Profile — as of week 3

RoleK1 · 0% snaps
Season2026 · 2 games through wk 2
Career10 seasons · 137 games before 2026
Injuries6 episodes · last: thigh, 2025 wk 8
Bioage 34.8 · 12 seasons' experience

Where the profile comes from

Built from: honors.db; nflverse injuries_2026.csv; medical.db; nflverse players.csv; profile.db; nflverse roster_2026.csv; nflverse roster_weekly_2026.csv; nflverse snap_counts_2026.csv; nflverse stats_player_week_2026.csv. Every number in it is one those sources hold.

nflverse injuries_2026.csv

About him

About himAs the record holds it
His rolea special-teams player at placekicker — 40% of the kicking snaps over 7 weeks
Listed on the depth chartfirst at placekicker
Snaps played0% a week on average over 7 weeks, 0% at his highest, 40% on special teams
Build5 ft 8 in · 173 lb
CollegeTulane
Draftedundrafted
Age32 and over at the season's start
Experience12 seasons

What this page does not show

the reader's opinion — it has not read him this week; the rest of his team's report.