Professional football player Graham Gano is a placekicker for the Washington Redskins in the National Football League. Gano joined the Redskins in 2009 by signing as an undrafted free agent. Before playing for Washington, he spent time in the United Football League with the Las Vegas Locomotives and also was a member of the Baltimore Ravens prior to the 2009 season, however did not play with the team.http://www.redskins.com/gen/players/Graham_Gano.jsp

Gano also played football in college at Florida State and in high school at J.M. Tate High School in Florida.http://www.seminoles.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/gano_graham00.html While born in Arbroath, Scotland, Gano was raised in the Pensacola, Florida, area.http://www.redskins.com/gen/players/Graham_Gano.jsp

In college, Gano made his NCAA Football debut with the Florida State Seminoles football team as a freshman in 2005 playing in six games including the ACC Championship Game and the Orange Bowl. He saw increased action as a sophomore, appearing in all 13 games and completing each of his punts without a single block. Gano earned recognition that years as a member of the Ray Guy Award watch list, given to the top college football punter.http://www.seminoles.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/gano_graham00.html

After another season with the Seminoles in 2007 in which he averaged 43.4 yards per punt, Gano was sidelined during the 2008 season with a meniscus tear. He missed just two weeks, coming back to lead the league in completed field goals, field-goal percentage and 50-yard field goals made. That helped Gano win the Lou Groza Award as the top kicker in college football.http://www.seminoles.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/gano_graham00.html

Gano went undrafted in 2009, but soon signed with the Baltimore Ravens. He never made the Ravens as he was cut before the season began and went to the United Football League. Gano played several months in the UFL, helping the Las Vegas Locomotives win the championship, then returned to the NFL by signing with the Washington Redskins.http://www.redskins.com/gen/players/Graham_Gano.jsp Gano continued with the Redskins in the time since, including in the 2010 season when he ranked among the top scorers in the league for the first half of the season.http://espn.go.com/nfl/statistics/player/_/stat/scoring/sort/totalPoints