Buccaneers Waive K Elliott Fry, Officially Sign K Ryan Succop

The Buccaneers made their signing of K Ryan Succop official on Tuesday and waived K Elliott Fry to make room on the roster. 

We've signed K Ryan Succop.#GoBucs https://t.co/kG1Ls9Md5O

— Tampa Bay Buccaneers (@Buccaneers) September 1, 2020

Succop takes Fry’s place in the kicking competition against incumbent Buccaneers K Matt Gay.

Fry, 24, wound up going undrafted out of South Carolina back in 2017. Fry joined the Orlando Apollos of the now-defunct AAF this past spring and converted all 14 field goals he attempted with a long of 44 yards.

The Bears signed him to a contract this offseason before cutting him loose during the preseason. He had a brief stint with the Ravens before signing a futures contract with the Panthers this past January. He was later waived and claimed by the Buccaneers. 

During his four-year college career, Fry converted 66 of 88 field goal attempts (75 percent) to go along with 161 of 162 extra point tries (99.4 percent) over the course of 51 games.

Succop, 33, is a former seventh-round pick of the Chiefs back in 2009. He played five seasons in Kansas City before joining the Titans for the 2014 season.

Succop finished out his contract before agreeing to a five-year, $20 million contract with the Titans that includes $7.25 million guaranteed last year. He was placed on injured reserve coming out of the preseason and designated as a player to return halfway through the year. 

Tennessee opted to release Succop this past March. 

In 2019, Succop appeared in six games for the Titans and was 1-6 on field goal attempts (16.7 percent) and made 24-25 extra points.