There have been a lot of positives surrounding the Jacksonville Jaguars during the first four days of camp when it comes to the offense and defense. However, when it comes to special teams, specifically the kicking game, things have been rocky at best.
The team currently has a kicking competition going on between veteran Ryan Santoso and undrafted rookie Andrew Mevis, but both have had moments where they’ve looked shaky. That was especially the case on Day 4 for Mevis as he finished the day 1-of-4. Even in Santoso’s case, he missed some kicks in warmups, though he was 4-of-4 in practice.
As a result of what they’ve seen the last few days, the Jags are making a move at the kicker position on Friday. According to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, the Jags worked out some kickers and will be signing Elliott Fry from the group.
The #Jaguars are signing kicker Elliott Fry, per source. They worked out four kickers this morning and Fry was the guy.
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) July 29, 2022
Fry, 27, will be entering his third season in the league and has spent time with the Atlanta Falcons, Cincinnati Bengals, and Kansas City Chiefs as a regular-season player. After playing in three career games (one with each aforementioned team) he was 5-of-6 (83.3% )on field goal attempts and 5-of-7 (71.5%) on his extra point attempts.
In 2019 Fry also spent time with the Orlando Apollos in the Alliance of American Football. While with the Apollos he was 14-of-14 with his longest coming from 44 yards out.
Before entering the league, Fry played at the University of South Carolina where he is their second all-time leading scorer with 359 points.
The Jags haven’t officially announced the move yet, but if they release one of their two current kickers, it probably would be Mevis. Regardless, with the Jags’ first preseason game coming up on Thursday, Fry has a big opportunity ahead of him.
