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  • Harrison Mevis: Practice-squad bound

    Mevis signed with the Jets' practice squad Wednesday.

    Mevis impressed in the UFL during the 2025 season, connecting on 20 of 21 field-goal attempts. He hit three of four field goals during the preseason but missed his lone attempt from beyond 50 yards. Meanwhile, veteran Nick Folk won the kicking job after a perfect preseason in addition to a lengthy track record. Mevis will be the next man up in case Folk gets injured or his accuracy drops off.

  • Charlie Smyth: Makes practice squad

    Smyth signed with the Saints' practice squad Wednesday, Luke Johnson of The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports.

    As expected, Blake Grupe won the kicking job in New Orleans, so Smyth will be the de facto backup for the 2025 season like he was last season. Smyth is from Northern Ireland and stood out at the 2024 NFL Combine by hitting 12 of 16 field-goal attempts. He hit all four field-goal tries during the preseason, two of which were from beyond 50 yards.

  • Jude McAtamney: Signed to G-Men's practice squad

    The Giants signed McAtamney to the practice squad Wednesday, Dan Salomone of the team's official site reports.

    Graham Gano will be the Giants' starting kicker for the start of the regular season while McAtamney sticks around on the practice squad. McAtamney made both of his field-goal attempts and all 11 of his extra-point tries across three preseason games.

  • Harrison Mevis: Loses kicking competition

    Mevis was waived Tuesday, Randy Lange and Eric Allen of the Jets' official site report.

    Mevis was considered the underdog in the team's kicking competition after the Jets signed Nick Folk in July, and the team will indeed go with the veteran Folk to begin the season. Mevis has yet to kick in a regular-season NFL game, but injuries or struggles from kickers across the league could open up an opportunity at some point for the former UFL standout.

  • Jude McAtamney: Let go by New York

    McAtamney was waived by the Giants on Tuesday, Dan Salomone of the team's official website reports.

    McAtamney inked a reserve/future contract with New York in January, and went 2-for-2 on field-goal attempts, including a 42-yarder, while making all 11 of his PATs over the Giants three preseason contests. The kicker will now be placed on waivers, and if he goes unclaimed, he'll likely stick around the Giants' practice squad for the second straight year.

  • Maddux Trujillo: Waived/injured by Indy

    The Colts waived/injured Trujillo (undisclosed) on Tuesday, Amanda Foster of the team's official site reports.

    Trujillo was able to play in the Colts' preseason finale against the Bengals on Saturday, when he made all three of his extra-point tries. The severity and nature of his injury isn't clear, but if he clears waivers, he'll revert to injured reserve and be forced to miss the entire 2025 season unless he reaches an injury settlement with the Colts.

  • Dolphins' Jason Sanders: Out at least four games

    The Dolphins placed Sanders (hip) on injured reserve Tuesday, ruling him out for at least the first four games of the regular season.

    Sanders will be eligible to return in Week 5 against Carolina, but it's not clear yet if he'll be fully recovered from a hip injury by then. The Dolphins will need to add another kicker to the active roster in advance of a Week 1 clash with the Colts.

  • Charlie Smyth: Cut by New Orleans

    The Saints waived Smyth on Tuesday.

    Smyth was unable to beat out Blake Grupe for the kicking gig in New Orleans. Smyth did have a good preseason, however, making all four of his field-goal tries and both extra-point attempts.

  • Andre Szmyt K | CLE

    Browns' Andre Szmyt: Wins kicker competition

    Szmyt is positioned as the Browns' starting placekicker after the team waived Dustin Hopkins on Tuesday, per Kelsey Russo of the team's official site.

    Hopkins converted just 67 percent of his field-goal attempts across 16 regular-season appearances last season, prompting Cleveland to move on. Szmyt impressed for the St. Louis Battlehawks in the UFL this spring, converting 19 of 21 field-goal attempts (90.5 percent), and he'll now get an opportunity to prove he can maintain similar accuracy in the NFL.

  • Dustin Hopkins: Cut by Cleveland

    The Browns released Hopkins on Tuesday, Kelsey Russo of the team's official site reports.

    Hopkins logged the worst season of his NFL career with Cleveland in 2024, converting just 18 of 27 field-goal attempts (67 percent) and 17 of 20 extra-point tries across 16 regular-season appearances. The team will instead opt to keep Andre Szmyt while potentially adding further competition at the kicker spot. Hopkins will search for an opportunity elsewhere as he enters his age-35 season.

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