The New York Jets made the signing of placekicker Harrison Mevis official.
Gang Green announced the news on Wednesday, June 18, on social media. In a corresponding move, the Jets “waived” kicker Anders Carlson.
We have signed K Harrison Mevis to the active roster.
Additionally, we have waived K Anders Carlson.
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— New York Jets (@nyjets) June 18, 2025
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Carlson, 27, joined the Jets’ practice squad on November 8, 2024. He ended up appearing in five games for the Jets, going 8-of-10 on his field goal attempts and 9-of-11 on his extra point attempts.
The Jets Now Make It a 2-Horse Race at Placekicker Ahead of Training Camp
Following the Jets’ three-day mandatory minicamp, the Jets had two kickers on the roster: Carlson and an undrafted free agent in Caden Davis.
The Jets’ signing of Mevis broke on social media on Tuesday, June 17, but a corresponding roster move wasn’t immediately announced. So it initially appeared that the Jets planned to carry three kickers into camp.
ESPN’s Rich Cimini reacted to the initial Mevis news, saying, “[the Jets] likely will go to training camp with only two [kickers].”
Cimini ended up being right.
The Jets will let Mevis and Davis battle it out for the starting kicker job in training camp.
Mevis Has Some Impressive Credentials
“Mevis (5-11, 243) most recently played for the UFL’s Birmingham Stallions and made 95.2% of his field-goal attempts in the 2025 season (20 of 21). He connected on a 56-yarder and converted on all his attempts inside 50 yards. Mevis, 23, is from Warsaw, IN, and kicked for Missouri in college, where he was a freshman All-American in 2020 and a first-team All-American in 2021,” Jets team reporter Ethan Greenberg wrote in the press release.
He has earned the nickname “The Thiccer Kicker” because of his unique size at the kicker position.
“Mevis holds the SEC record for the longest FG ever (61 yards),” uSTADIUM posted on X previously Twitter.
The #Jets have signed the “Thiccer Kicker” Harrison Mevis, who was originally a #Panthers UDFA.
Mevis holds the SEC record for the longest FG ever (61 yards) and was nearly perfect for the Birmingham Stallions in the UFL last year (20/21). pic.twitter.com/k7rByistMb
— uSTADIUM (@uSTADIUM) June 17, 2025
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“So it’ll be Mevis vs Caden Davis for the kicking job,” Zack Rosenblatt of The Athletic said in reaction to the news.
The Jets officially signed Harrison Mevis and released Anders Carlson.
So it’ll be Mevis vs Caden Davis for the kicking job. https://t.co/OIFssn8Ex6
— Zack Rosenblatt (@ZackBlatt) June 18, 2025
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Last season, the Jets had one of the most experienced kicker-punter combinations in the NFL with Thomas Morstead (39 years old) and Greg Zuerlein (37 years old). This year, they’re going with the polar opposite.
“Barring changes, the Jets will go to training camp without a kicker or punter that has kicked in a regular season game. PK: Harrison Mevis (1st yr) vs Caden Davis (R). P: Austin McNamara (1st yr) vs Kai Kroeger (R),” Cimini explained on social media.
Barring changes, the #Jets will go to training camp without a kicker or punter that has kicked in a regular season game.
PK: Harrison Mevis (1st yr) vs Caden Davis (R)
P: Austin McNamara (1st yr) vs Kai Kroeger (R)They began last season with two of the oldest (Thomas Morstead…
— Rich Cimini (@RichCimini) June 18, 2025
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