In a move that may or may not make the final episode of the latest Hard Knocks season, the Rams have decided on a kicker.
The team made the decision Friday to waive kickers Austin MacGinnis and Lirim Hajrullahu. This will leave Sam Sloman, a seventh-round pick out of Miami (Ohio) as Greg Zuerlein‘s successor.
Sloman separated from the other two competitors over the past week, per The Athletic’s Jourdan Rodrigue (on Twitter). Sloman made 87% of his field goals as a senior for the Redhawks last season.
The Rams signed MacGinnis and Hajrullahua as UDFAs this year. This will mark the first time since 2011 the Rams will head into a season without Zuerlein as their kicker. They opted to let the Pro Bowl specialist walk in free agency, when he signed with the Cowboys.
Hajrullahu is from Kosovo. interesting. he’s also not a UDFA, they signed him over from the CFL.
I just graduated from Ohio University and saw Sloman kick in person since they’re Miami’s rival (big deal, I know). He’s a really good kicker; he drilled a 50+ yarder in the breeze with plenty of room to spare.
Cool. Always interesting to hear the fan on the street.