Rams kicker Lucas Havrisik isn’t technically a rookie, but he has very little NFL experience. Sunday against the Seahawks was only his third career regular-season game and he had only attempted four field goals before the game-winner in the fourth quarter.
It was just a chip shot from 22 yards out, so there wasn’t much pressure on him to make it. But he still delivered and gave the Rams a 17-16 lead with about a minute to play, which went on to be the final score.
Havrisik was so focused on the sideline late in that drive that he didn’t even realize he was coming onto the field to attempt a game-winning field goal. He thought the Rams scored a touchdown and he was coming in to make the PAT.
It wasn’t until he saw the score was 17-16 that he knew he just made a field goal to give the Rams the lead.
“We got the first touchdown and we were only down, I think, 7-13, at that time, so I realize it’s going to be a closer game,” he said after the game. “You just have to be prepared for all those times. Games pan out in a weird way. Like, I was so blanked out that I thought we actually scored and I hit a PAT. I looked at the score and I was like, ‘Oh, dang, we’re only up one, so they only need a field goal.’ That’s how, like, blurred out I’d be. And I was like, ‘Oh, crap.’”
So far this season, Havrisik has made 4 of 5 field goal attempts and both PATs, though he hasn’t exactly been tested from distance. He went 1-for-2 from 40-49 yards and made his only attempts beyond 50 yards, a 52-yarder against the Packers.
So far, so good for the 24-year-old Riverside native.
