Week after week, Austin MacGinnis waited for a phone call that never came. He got another look from the Bears about nine months later as Chicago sorted through a parade of kicking candidates after MacGinnis also got a look from the Dallas Cowboys in December, but he’s done all of his game kicking since leaving Kentucky for the Memphis Express of the Alliance of American Football and the Dallas Renegades of the XFL. — Austin MacGinnis (@AMacGinnis8) October 2, 2018. MacGinnis spent time before the season kicking at Bears’ minicamp. The Bears kicking disaster just keeps getting worse and worse.Former Kentucky kicker Austin MacGinnis is the lastest to kick dirt on them, in an AAF game.You might remember MacGinnis from a brief stint with the team.
“This opportunity came up and I made the most of it. After spending time in two spring football leagues, minicamps and tryouts, signing with the Rams represents his latest chance at realizing them.
Before that, he played at Randolph County High School.Note to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links we may earn a commission.Registration on or use of this site constitutes acceptance of our The Bears kicking disaster just keeps getting worse and worse. MacGinnis spent time before the season kicking at Bears’ minicamp. The league ceased operations in April 2019. University of Kentucky Basketball, Football, and Recruiting news brought to you in the most ridiculous manner possible.Week after week throughout the NFL season we watched one kicker after another miss field goals.
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Memphis Express kicker Austin MacGinnis attempts a field goal during an Alliance of American Football game against the San Diego Fleet on March 2, 2019, in Memphis, Tenn.More than two years after he became Kentucky’s career scoring leader, MacGinnis is on the Los Angeles Rams’ offseason roster along with two other kickers, who also have no NFL experience.At Kentucky from 2014 through 2017, MacGinnis set school career records with 72 field goals and 359 points.MacGinnis went to the Chicago Bears’ rookie minicamp as a tryout player in 2018. Former Kentucky kicker Austin MacGinnis is the lastest to kick dirt on them, in an AAF game. 1 running back, the top receiver was out of practice for a week-plus, the offensive line hasn't been able to hit much at practice and the quarterback battle rages on only 11 days before the start of the regular season for the Chicago Bears, so uncertainty is the only certainty against Detroit.The Chicago Bears could be in the market for a running back after David Montgomery's groin strain, and Bovada.com thinks Leonard Fournette makes a good replacement.Kicker Cairo Santos came to Chicago after Eddy Pineiro's groin injury and Chicago Bears coach Matt Nagy is expressing extreme confident in a player he has a past with from their days in Kansas City.Something Bears Fans Need to Know for When This is Their Starting QBThanks to the work in the offseason provided by older brother Khalil Mack, Ledarius Mack feels he's more capable of making a run at a roster spot with the Chicago Bears.Alvin Kamara being made available by the New Orleans Saints for trade should interest some NFL teams but the path Ryan Pace has taken the Bears on doesn't include space for giving up another first-round draft pick in a trade.Register today for free or log in to access this premium article.https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2905541-i-want-kinship-not-animosityhttps://twitter.com/greggabe/status/1300899203833622528
MacGinnis received a camp invite with the Bears, ... — Austin MacGinnis (@AMacGinnis8) October 17, 2018. The NFL Network's Ian Rapoport also noted the Bears are bringing in veteran Blair Walsh and former rookie minicamp participant Austin MacGinnis. MacGinnis earned the Boyd Mcwhorter Postgraduate Scholarship in 2017 on top of earning a degree in finance. But after missing eight of his 49 field-goal attempts between 40 and 49 yards in his first seven seasons, Zuerlein missed 6-of-11 in 2019, including going wide right on a 44-yard attempt with 11 seconds left in a 30-29 loss to the Seattle Seahawks on Oct. 3. Los Angeles finished the season at 9-7 -- one game out of the playoffs -- and Zuerlein will be competing to earn the Dallas Cowboys’ kicker job in training camp.As candidates to replace Zuerlein, the Rams signed MacGinnis and Lirim Hajrullahu and drafted Sam Sloman this offseason.Hajrullahu spent the previous six seasons kicking and punting in the Canadian Football League. At Miami (Ohio), Sloman made 49-of-62 field-goal attempts, including 26-of-30 as a senior.“I look forward to this next journey, competing against those guys,” As he has chased his NFL dream, MacGinnis has put his Kentucky degrees to work as a financial advisor. He’s been a CFL East Division all-star twice, made 47-of-55 field-goal attempts for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 2019 and provided the winning points with a 32-yard field goal with 53 seconds to play in the Toronto Argonauts’ 27-24 victory over the Calgary Stampeders in the 105th Grey Cup in 2017.“As much as this is a window for myself to get into the NFL, it’s also a kicking window, I feel, just because some other kickers have been struggling,” The Rams acquired Sloman eight picks from the end of the 2020 NFL Draft.
"I wanted to be playing in the NFL, but didn’t really get my shot,” MacGinnis told reporters. Memphis Express kicker Austin MacGinnis attempts a field goal during an Alliance of American Football game against the San Diego Fleet on March 2, 2019, in Memphis, Tenn.More than two years after he became Kentucky’s career scoring leader, MacGinnis is on the Los Angeles Rams’ offseason roster along with two other kickers, who also have no NFL experience.At Kentucky from 2014 through 2017, MacGinnis set school career records with 72 field goals and 359 points.MacGinnis went to the Chicago Bears’ rookie minicamp as a tryout player in 2018.