Kansas City Chiefs add kicker to practice squad following Harrison Butker’s injury
The Kansas City Chiefs added a kicker to the practice squad Tuesday.
KC signed former Jets kicker Matt Ammendola, the team announced. NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero said Ammendola won a kicker competition in Kansas City on Monday for the job against five other competitors.
Ammendola could be necessary based on the Chiefs’ injury situation with a quick-turnaround game against the Los Angeles Chargers coming Thursday. Starter Harrison Butker injured his plant-leg ankle slipping on the turf following the team’s first touchdown in a 44-21 win over Arizona and was given a projected “did not practice” designation on the team’s first injury report Monday for this week’s game.
Safety Justin Reid stepped in for Butker for most of the Arizona game, going 1-for-2 on extra points while also kicking off. Butker also came back on the field to hit a 54-yard field goal at the end of the first half with a one-step approach.
Ammendola, in his second year out of Oklahoma State, played in 11 games for the Jets a season ago, making 14 of 15 point-afters and 13 of 19 field goals. He kicked for the Houston Texans this preseason but was cut by the team in August.
This story was originally published September 13, 2022 at 10:19 AM.
