When it comes to placekickers and accuracy, the one name no one forgets to mention is Eddy Piñeiro . He belongs to the most elite list of placekickers with an exceptional field goal percentage of 88.7%. The precision placekicker has also connected on 91.6% of his career extra point attempts. Back in November 2024, he even briefly held the record for the highest career field goal percentage in NFL history. And behind all these remarkable stats lies the support and influence of his parents.

Who is Eddy Piñeiro ’s father, Eddy Piñeiro Sr.?

Piñeiro’s father is Eddy Piñeiro Sr. He was just 9 years old when he came to the United States during the Mariel boatlift of 1980 (a mass emigration of Cubans to the US when Castro opened the port of Mariel). It seems that Eddy Piñeiro’s

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