Chase McLaughlin

Chase McLaughlin

29-Year-Old KickerK
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2025 Fantasy Outlook
After bouncing around the league for years, McLaughlin finally seems to have found his long-term home in Tampa Bay, where he's missed just four field-goal attempts and two PATs in two seasons. He played every game for Tampa Bay the past two years, including playoffs, and finished 2024 as the sixth-highest-scoring kicker for fantasy (up from No. 13 in 2023). With two seasons remaining on his contract, McLaughlin is set up for another year of fantasy value, attached to an offense that will have a new playcaller for the third year in a row but otherwise enjoys continuity, returning all 11 regular starters from last year. Read Past Outlooks
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Signed a three-year, $12.3 million contract with the Buccaneers in March of 2024.
Makes every kick Sunday
KTampa Bay Buccaneers
October 5, 2025
McLaughlin hit all three field-goal tries and all three extra-point attempts in Sunday's 38-35 win over the Seahawks.
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The kicker made all three of his field-goal attempts from between 30 and 39 yards. McLaughlin missed a field goal in each of the first three games of the season and an extra point in Week 1, though he has not missed now in two weeks. With the high-scoring Bucs, he should see plenty of opportunities moving forward.
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McLaughlin has kicked in games for seven different teams since entering the league in 2019, including full seasons as the starting placekicker for Cleveland (2021), Indianapolis (2022) and Tampa Bay (2023). Last season marked his most accurate performance yet, with McLaughlin making 29 of 31 field goals (including seven of eight from 50-plus yards) and each of his 33 PATs. He's now 24 of 29 (82.8 percent) from 50-plus yards for his career, which would be more impressive if not for his 60 percent rate in the 40-49 range. In any case, he's missed just two PATs and one field goal inside of 40 yards, making for a solid track record overall. McLaughlin should at least be useful as a streamer in favorable matchups, attached to a Bucs offense that was solid-but-unspectacular last season and returns most of the same key pieces.
McLaughlin had a strong 2022 for the Colts in real-life terms, missing only one kick inside 40 yards (including PATs) while making 9 of 11 from 40-49 yards and 9 of 12 from 50-plus. The problem for fantasy purposes was a glaring lack of PAT volume, with McLaughlin getting only 21 in 16 games as the Colts struggled mightily on offense. He'll be attached to a better offensive line and WR group in Tampa Bay, but the QB issues that dragged him down last season could once again be an issue with Baker Mayfield and Kyle Trask competing for the starting job. There's also the matter of McLaughlin converting only 78.8 percent of FGAs for his career, but for now he's the only kicker on the roster of the Bucs, who parted ways with Ryan Succop this offseason.
McLaughlin was slated to battle Cody Parkey for the Browns' kicking job, but with Parkey on IR, McLaughlin is now in line to kick for the team. It's a job that merits fantasy attention for the 25-year-old while working behind the team's Baker Mayfield-led offense, which will welcome back top wideout Odell Beckham from a knee injury that derailed his 2020 campaign.
This summer, McLaughlin competed with undrafted rookie Rodrigo Blankenship, a four-year starter at Georgia who has both a cult following and a trophy for the Lou Groza Award, for the Colts' kicking job. The job was subsequently won by Blankenship.
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On injury report, no designation
KTampa Bay Buccaneers
October 4, 2025
McLaughlin has been added to the Buccaneers' Week 5 injury report Saturday with an illness, but doesn't carry an injury designation.
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Breaks franchise record in loss
KTampa Bay Buccaneers
September 28, 2025
McLaughlin connected on all three of his field-goal attempts and went 2-for-2 on extra-point tries during the Buccaneers' 31-25 loss to the Eagles on Sunday.
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Plays hero in Week 3 win
KTampa Bay Buccaneers
September 21, 2025
McLaughlin went 5-for-6 on field-goal attempts and made both of his extra-point tries during the Buccaneers' 29-27 win over the Jets on Sunday.
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Misses another kick in Week 2
KTampa Bay Buccaneers
September 15, 2025
McLaughlin missed his only field-goal attempt and made two PATs in Monday's 20-19 win over the Texans.
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Misses pair of kicks in win
KTampa Bay Buccaneers
September 7, 2025
McLaughlin went 1-for-2 on field-goal attempts and 2-for-3 on his extra-point tries in Sunday's 23-20 win over the Falcons.
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Wins starting job
KTampa Bay Buccaneers
August 21, 2023
McLaughlin appears set to be the Buccaneers' kicker in 2023 after Tom Pelissero of NFL Network reports the team waived Rodrigo Blankenship.
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Both kickers saw action for Indianapolis last season, but McLaughlin won that battle and went on to kick 30 field goals in 16 games for the Colts, and now he's won this one, too. The Bucs could always bring in further competition before Week 1, but assuming McLaughlin's job is secure, he'll be supporting an offense with unsettled situations at quarterback and running back but that still features the talented duo of Mike Evans and Chris Godwin at wide receiver.
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