"Hawaiians have a long ancestry. [29][30] The Texans won the AFC South with a 11–5 record.
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Who is Ka'imi Fairbairn? [10] However, the Utes were penalized for running into the kicker, providing him a chance at a 50-yard field goal, which missed just wide right. John Christian Kaʻiminoeauloamekaʻikeokekumupaʻa "Kaʻimi" Fairbairn (born January 29, 1994)[1] is an American football placekicker with the Houston Texans in the National Football League (NFL). [20] In the Foster Farms Bowl, he missed a 46-yard field goal in a 37–29 loss to Nebraska. [5], Fairbairn won the kicking job at UCLA as a true freshman in 2012,[5] and he became the first Bruin to score at least 100 points in each of his four seasons. He was teammates with DeForest Buckner. The kick cut the Sun Devils lead to 15–10 at the half, but the Bruins lost the game 38–23. In his junior year in 2014, UCLA was trailing Utah 30–28 when Fairbairn missed a 55-yard attempt as time expired. John Christian Ka'iminoeauloameka'ikeokekumupa'a "Ka'imi" Fairbairn(born January 29, 1994) is an American football kicker with the Houston Texans in the National Football League (NFL). [26], In Week 15 of the 2018 season, Fairbairn kicked five field goals and two extra points in a 29-22 win over the New York Jets, earning him AFC Special Teams Player of the Week. [32], On March 11, 2019, the Texans placed a second-round restricted free agent tender on Fairbairn.
He was a near unanimous first-team All-American, earning first-team honors from all the official selectors except Sporting News, who named him to their second team. [2] Since he was a kid, he has gone by the name Ka'imi, forgoing John Christian. [6] His career got off to an inauspicious start when his first two extra points were blocked against Rice. "The meaning of your name is your life," Fairbairn said. Fairbairn was awarded the Lou Groza Award, given annually to the nation's top college kicker. "Hawaiians have a long ancestry. [7][15], He finished the regular season having made 20 of 23 field goal attempts, including a perfect 16 of 16 from inside 40 yards and four from beyond 40. Playing central defender in soccer, he was a two-time first-team all-state player, and the team won two state championships.Fairbairn did not initially play football at Punahou. Playing college football with the UCLA Bruins, he was a consensus first-team All-American as a senior, when he was also awarded the Lou Groza Award as the nation's top college kicker in 2015.