2014 Football Roster
Roster
Ross Krautman
- Position:
- Kicker
- Height:
- 5-7
- Weight:
- 160
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Franklin Lakes, NJ
- High School:
- Ramapo HS
At SU: Three letters … On Syracuse career record lists, ranks second on SU’s career field goal percentage record list (.778 pct., 49-63), tied for third on field goals made list (49), fifth in career points (257) and fourth in career PATs (110) … One of 15 true freshmen to play in 2010 … Member of the 2011 Fall, 2012 Fall and 2013 Spring Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
Senior Year (2013): Played in two games … Against Penn State, made a 32-yard field goal and was 2-2 on PATs … At Northwestern, connected on 2-3 PATs … Suffered a hip-related injury prior to the Wagner game and was forced to sit out for the rest of the season .
Junior Year (2012): Played in all 13 games … Against Northwestern, made field goals of 22 and 33 yards and was 3-of-3 on PATs … Against USC, made a 37-yard field goal and 2-of-2 PATs … Against Stony Brook, was 4-of-4 on PATs … At Minnesota, hit a 33-yard field goal and 1-of-1 PATs … Against Pittsburgh, was 2-of-2 on PATs … At Rutgers, was 1-of-1 on PATs … Against Connecticut, made field goal attempts of 22, 33, 42 and 47 yards, and 4-of-4 PATs and earned BIG EAST Special Teams Player of the Week honors … At USF, made a 20-yard field goal and 4-of-4 PATs … At Cincinnati, hit a 24-yard field goal and 3-of-3 PATs … Against Louisville, hit a 20-yard field goal and 3-of-3 PATs … At Missouri, made 44-yard field goal and was 3-of-3 on PATs … At Temple, hit a 26-yard field goal and 5-of-5 PATs … Against West Virginia in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl, made field goals of 36 and 25 yards and 4-of-4 PATs.
Sophomore Year (2011): Played in all 12 games … Led the BIG EAST in field goal percentage (78.9%) ... Against Wake Forest, made 4-of-4 PATs … Against Rhode Island, made 3-of-3 PATs … At USC, made a 23-yard field goal and was 2-of-2 on PATs ... Against Toledo, made 4-of-4 field goals, including the game-winner in overtime, and 3-of-3 PATs ... ... Against Rutgers, made a 19-yard in overtime and was 1-for-2 on PATs ... At Tulane, named BIG EAST Special Teams Player of the Week after converting 3-of-3 field goals and 4-of-4 PATs... Against West Virginia, converted 7-of-7 PATs ... Against Louisville, made a 34-yard field goal and was 1-for-1 on PATs ... At Connecticut, was 3-for-3 on PATs ... Against South Florida, converted one field goal and two PATs ... At Cincinnati, made two field goals and 1-of-1 PATs ... At Pittsburgh, had two field goals.
Freshman Year (2010): Sporting News and Rivals.com Freshman All-American … All-BIG EAST Second Team selection … Phil Steele’s All-BIG EAST First Team selection … His 18 field goals ties the SU’s single-season record … His 16 consecutive field goals made streak ties the Syracuse record (Gary Anderson, 1981) … Tied for 19th nationally and third in BIG EAST with 1.42 field goals per game … His .947 field goal percentage set a BIG EAST single-season record and tied the Syracuse mark (Gary Anderson, .947 (18-of-19), 1981) … Ranked third among conference kickers with a 6.5 points per game average … 2011 'Cuse Awards Male Rookie of the Year ... At Akron, converted his first career field goal attempt, a 47-yarder, in the second quarter while adding a pair of PAT’s … At Washington, kicked a pair of field goals (29 yds., 37 yds.) and two PAT’s … Against Maine, kicked a 32-yard field goal in the second quarter and converted five PAT’s … Against Colgate, averaged 60.3 yards on seven kickoffs and converted six PAT’s … At South Florida, kicked a pair of field goals (35 yds., 41 yds.) and converted a PAT … Against Pittsburgh, kicked a pair of PAT’s … At West Virginia, earned BIG EAST Conference Weekly Honor Roll recognition for his four-field goals (28 yds., 19, 33, 22) and one PAT … At Cincinnati, kicked a 26-yard field goal and made four PAT’s … Against Louisville, earned BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll recognition for the third week in a row after kicking a pair of field goals (23 yds., 42 yds.) and converting two PAT’s … At Rutgers, earned the BIG EAST Special Teams Player of the Week award after making a pair of field goals (48 yds., 24 yds.), including a career-long 48 yard kick and a game-winning 24-yard field goal with 1:06 remaining in the fourth quarter, and one PAT … Against Connecticut, two field goals (42 yds., 35 yds.) … Against Boston College, kicked an extra point … Against Kansas State in the Pinstripe Bowl, connected on a 40-yard field goal and 3-of-4 PATs
High School: Played for the 2009 NJSIAA/Gatorade North Jersey, Section 1, Group 3 champions who had a 10-2 record … Selected for 2010 All-America Bowl … Named to the NJFCA Super 100 Team … Set the Ramapo record with a 44-yard field goal in 2009 … Hit 100 percent of his PATs and was 5-of-8 on field goals … Career statistics: 123-of-124 PATs and hit 18 field goals … High School Coach: Drew Gibbs.
Personal: Ross Jordan Krautman … Born in February 1991 in Englewood, N.J. … Son of Jeff and Sharon Krautman … Two brothers and three sisters … Brother, Ricky, was a kicker at Syracuse from 2003-05 … Majoring in selected studies in education.
