Otis Jason Santiago (born April 4, 1974) is a Canadian former professional football player who was a tight end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Atlanta Falcons, Dallas Cowboys, Oakland Raiders and Cleveland Browns.
Santiago who is of Puerto Rican and Dominican descent,[1] attended St. Michael's College School in Toronto, where he was an All-Canadian first-team tight end.
[3] As a rookie, the team was moving from a run and shoot to a traditional offense and he earned the starter job over Brian Kozlowski.
He was placed on the injured reserve list, after fracturing his fibula in the twelfth game of the season against the St. Louis Rams.
He is famously known for popularizing a dance to celebrate a touchdown in which he flapped his arms as if they were wings and rhythmically bouncing side-to-side in the crowd's direction,[4][5] that would later become known as the "Dirty Bird".
In 2001, he started 12 games after Rickey Dudley was placed on the injured reserve list with a Lis Franc foot injury.
On April 15, 2004, Santiago was signed by the Denver Broncos who released him at the end of training camp on August 31.
On May 23, 2006, Santiago signed with the Oakland Raiders after not suiting up for the 2005 season,[9] but was waived with an injury settlement on September 9.