kicker
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The Rams gave up a long punt return that set up a touchdown, and usually reliable kicker Harrison Mevis missed a 48-yard field-goal attempt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
The strengths of the squad are suited to this approach, with goalkeeper Senne Lammens a good long kicker of the ball.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Cardinals kicker Chad Ryland had four field goals and might have had five had his 54-yard attempt in the first half not doinked off the right upright.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Arizona kicker Michael Salgado-Medina, 20, recently paid $370,000 for a three-bedroom house about 4 miles from campus, property records show.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Rowdy was our star quarterback and kicker and middle linebacker, and I was the loser water boy, and we lost to Reardan by the score of 45-0.
From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie
Among kickers, Charles Szares of Sherman Oaks Notre Dame is five for five on field goals and 23 for 23 on PATs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
College football kickers have long accepted their place as afterthoughts on their own rosters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
One of England's kickers, Helena Rowland, has found a much bigger margin for error with the smaller ball, saying: "If you get it slightly wrong, the difference is massive."
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Carson was missing too many PATs last season, so coach William Lowe hired former Carson and Arkansas kicker Ish Ordonez to work with the kickers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
I walked around the karate kickers and the gangstas and pushed open a heavy wooden door.
From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor
