Jets signal ‘Thiccer Kicker’ Harrison Mevis
The “Thiccer Kicker” is a New York Jet.
The Jets signed former undrafted free agent Harrison Mevis, a 5-foot-11, 243-pound kicker, to their roster on Tuesday, in line with a number of reviews.
Mevis went 20-for-21 for the UFL’s Birmingham Stallions final season, his solely miss an try from 63 yards out.
The 23-year-old has but to see any regular-season NFL reps — he signed with the Panthers in Could 2024, however received waived in August and joined the Stallions from there.
He loved an impressive profession at Missouri, the place he was a four-year starter and earned All-American honors after his sophomore 12 months. He made 89 of the 109 discipline objectives he tried with the Tigers.
His “Thiccer Kicker” nickname was given to him by former Mizzou punter Grant McKinniss.
Whereas there, Mevis additionally kicked the SEC’s longest-ever discipline purpose, a 61-yarder that gave Mizzou a buzzer-beating 30-27 win over Kansas State in 2023.
The Warsaw, Ind., native put that vary on show in Birmingham final season, going 5-for-6 from 50-plus yards with a mean of 64.9 yards on kickoff makes an attempt.
The transfer comes shortly after the Jets launched veteran kicker Greg Zuerlein, who was with the workforce from 2022-24.
Mevis will battle for enjoying time with rookie Caden Davis and Anders Carlson, who kicked in 5 video games with the Jets final 12 months.
Mevis will look to proceed the current pipeline of UFL kickers who’ve constructed themselves a profession within the NFL.
The Cowboys’ Brandon Aubrey, who additionally kicked for the Stallions earlier than he was picked up by Dallas, has made the Professional Bowl in his first two NFL seasons.
Jake Bates, who was with the UFL’s Michigan Panthers earlier than changing into the Lions’ beginning kicker in 2024, is one other instance.
Mevis can have his first probability to make an impression on the Jets’ teaching workers at coaching camp in July.
