The Carolina Panthers have seemingly put an end to their kicker competition.
As announced by the team on Sunday afternoon, rookie kicker Harrison Mevis has been waived. That leaves the job to veteran Eddy Piñeiro, who served as Carolina’s place kicker for the previous two seasons.
Over that time, Piñeiro connected on 58 of his 64 field goal attempts (90.6 percent) and 47 of his 52 extra-point tries (90.4 percent). His career field goal percentage of 89.0 percent currently stands as the third-highest in NFL history—behind only Baltimore’s Justin Tucker (90.1 percent) and Kansas City’s Harrison Butker (89.1 percent).
As for the more current Harrison in Carolina, Mevis departs after spending the spring and summer with the Panthers. Known as the “Thiccer Kicker,” the 243-pound University of Missouri product signed on with the organization as an undrafted free agent in May.
Mevis put up the only points for the Panthers in their preseason loss to the New England Patriots this past Thursday, nailing a 41-yard field goal in the 17-3 loss.
The Panthers have added offensive lineman and Laurinburg, N.C. native Tyler Smith in Mevis’ place.
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