K Austin MacGinnis
The Ravens are a team that likes to encourage competition, even among its star players. So that’s why it always makes sense for the team to bring in kickers during the off-season on the off chance that they unearth someone better than Justin Tucker. To date, they have not done so but that also hasn’t stopped them from bringing in an extra leg nearly every year.
That practice has paid off for Baltimore in the past. Just look at what the Ravens were able to do with kicker Kaare Vedvik, turning solid training camp and preseason performances into a fifth-round pick in the 2020 NFL Draft via a trade with the Minnesota Vikings. There are no guarantees Baltimore would be able to do the same thing with another kicker but you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
MacGinnis has all the makings of a player the Ravens would be interested in bringing on board for training camp. He knocked through nearly 80% of his field-goal attempts for Kentucky between 2015 and 2017 (51-of-64) as well as 102 out of his 104 extra-point attempts. As a member of the Renegades in the XFL, MacGinnis was a perfect 10-of-10 on his field-goal attempts, including four from between 40 and 46 yards out.
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