The Rams are making another change at kicker, with Harrison Mevis set to be released after Week 5’s loss to the Bills, according to NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo.
Los Angeles is turning to Blake Grupe, who is being signed to the active roster off the Jets’ practice squad.
Mevis, 24, arrived with plenty of attention because of the nickname “The Thiccer Kicker” and his listed size of 5’11 243 pounds. He entered the league as an undrafted rookie out of Missouri in 2024 and first landed with Carolina.
His path has been a winding one. After the Panthers moved on from him, Mevis spent the 2025 spring with the Birmingham Stallions of the UFL, then had a stint with the Jets during the offseason. He later joined the Rams’ practice squad near the end of the 2025 season, then was elevated to the active roster before the year ended.
This season, Mevis has played in six games for Los Angeles and hit five of nine field goal tries while converting all 14 extra points.
Grupe, 27, comes with a different sort of résumé. He played at Arkansas State and Notre Dame in college before signing with the Saints as an undrafted free agent after the 2023 NFL Draft. He did enough in camp to win New Orleans’ starting job.
The Saints had scheduled Grupe to become a restricted free agent in 2026, but they let him go at the end of November, and he then joined the Colts in December.
Indianapolis brought him back on a one-year, $1.4 million deal for 2026, but he was waived after camp, claimed by the Jets, and later waived again before returning to the practice squad.
Grupe’s 2025 season included 11 games with the Saints, where he made 18 of 26 field goal attempts and all 15 extra points. He also appeared in five games for the Colts and went perfect on all 11 field goals and all 10 extra point attempts.
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