For many, it’s weeks of waiting until a ringing cellphone signals a chance for a cattle call tryout. What it’s like to live the unsettled life and chase the dream of an NFL kicker.
Seven cities. Eight stints. Twenty months. That was Chase McLaughlin’s first two seasons as an NFL kicker.
First came the Bills, who brought him on as an undrafted free agent in May 2019 and waived him that August. Then the Vikings signed him to their practice squad for all of nine days, cutting him an hour after McLaughlin and his now wife, Jessica, signed an apartment lease.