Ross Krautman

Ross Jordan Krautman (born 1991) is a former All-American football placekicker who played for the Syracuse Orange. He was considered one of the best placekickers of his class. While attending Ramapo High School in Franklin Lakes, NJ, he received full football scholarship offers from Miami of Ohio and Syracuse University. He chose to accept Syracuse's offer because he thought of it as a "great academic school" and because he wanted to follow in the footsteps of his older brother who had previously been a placekicker at Syracuse. He was a three-time NJ All State high school football player/high school football All-American. At Syracuse, he made All-American his freshman year. In 2013, during his senior year, he suffered a hip injury and didn't play for the remainder of the season. Following this, he retired from football.

Early life and high school career
Krautman was born in February 1991 in Englewood, New Jersey to Jeff and Sharon Krautman. He played football while attending Ramapo High School. In 2009, he made 123-of-124 PATs, setting a New Jersey state record, and highest extra point percentage in state history, in addition to holding the state record for most consecutive PATs in a career with 81. He also made 34 field goals during his high school career. He had the highest kickoff touchback percentage rate in school history. He was rated a two-star football prospect by Scout.com and top 5 rated high school football placekicker in the country for the 2010 class by Max Emfinger Recruiting. He also played in the 2010 All-American Bowl.

College career
As a freshman in 2010, Krautman hit 18 total field goals, tying single-season school record, and was named Rookie Male Athlete of the Year. He also hit 16 consecutive field goals, which again tied the single season school record. At the end of the season, he was ranked 21st nationally and tied for second among Big East kickers with 1.38 field goals per game. His 95% field goal led the conference. He tied three Syracuse records held by Gary Anderson. He was named a Freshman All-American by the Football Writers Association of America, Sporting News and Rivals. He was the leading point scorer for Syracuse during the 2010, 2011 and 2012 seasons.