2026
2026 season · K · #4 · 8th season
Chase McLaughlin
Age 30 · 6'0" · 187 lb · Illinois · Undrafted (2019). The Buccaneers' kicker on the depth chart, 8 games this season.
- How good+2.9 makes over what an average kicker would make from his distances, 1st of 31.
- RangePerfect: 19 of 19, the longest from 59.
- Under pressureIn the fourth quarter or overtime of a one-score game: 3 of 3.
- Fantasy11.1 points a game, K2 of 32. Scoring is the same in every format.
- This weekWeek 9: at the Bears, Sunday, outdoors at Soldier Field.
How good is hehis kicks against the league, distance for distance
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Field goal %made of tried | 100% | T-1st of 31 | 94th | |
| Over expectedmakes vs the league curve | +2.9 | 1st of 31 | 98th | |
| Over expected / tryper attempt | +0.15 | 3rd of 31 | 92nd | |
| From 50+made | 4 | T-7th of 31 | 74th |
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg tryyards | 40.8 | T-16th of 31 | 48th | |
| Extra point %made of tried | 100% | T-1st of 31 | 77th | |
| Kickoffstheir start, lower is better | 29.0 | 6th of 31 | 82nd | |
| Points a gameFG and extra points | 9.3 | 2nd of 31 | 95th |
| Yards | Made | His % | Expected | League | Over exp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 30 | 2/2 | 100% | 97% | 98% | +0.1 |
| 30–39 | 6/6 | 100% | 94% | 97% | +0.4 |
| 40–49 | 7/7 | 100% | 84% | 79% | +1.1 |
| 50–54 | 3/3 | 100% | 70% | 67% | +0.9 |
| 55+ | 1/1 | 100% | 55% | 66% | +0.4 |
Expected is the chance an average kicker makes each of his tries, from a curve fitted to every field goal try of the three seasons before this one. A block counts as a miss. Over expected is his makes minus those chances added up.
Every kickwhere each try came from, and the ones that swung a game
19 of 19, and his tries average 40.8 yards, T-16th-longest among qualifying kickers.
- 1Q4 0:13TBWeek 6 vs the Steelers: 53 yards, good, down 322% → 48%
- 2Q4 9:06TBWeek 3 vs the Vikings: 54 yards, good, down 435% → 43%
- 3Q1 11:16TBWeek 2 vs the Browns: 59 yards, good, tied60% → 66%
- 4Q2 4:12TBWeek 6 vs the Steelers: 47 yards, good, up 1083% → 87%
- 5Q2 0:15TBWeek 2 vs the Browns: 31 yards, good, tied65% → 68%
The change in his team's chance to win from the snap to the next play, from nflverse's model. A made kick can lower it: three points can be worth less than the touchdown chances the drive had.
Week by weekthe game log, with the conditions he kicked in
| Game | FG | Long | XP | Pts | Fant. | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 at CIN | 2/2 | 51 | 3/3 | 9 | 11 | 85°, wind 7 |
| Wk 2 vs CLE | 4/4 | 59 | 1/1 | 13 | 16 | 86°, wind 4 |
| Wk 3 vs MIN | 3/3 | 54 | 1/1 | 10 | 12 | 84°, wind 7 |
| Wk 4 vs GB | 0/0 | – | 2/2 | 2 | 2 | 86°, wind 3 |
| Wk 5 at DAL | 1/1 | 41 | 3/3 | 6 | 7 | indoors |
| Wk 6 vs PIT | 4/4 | 53 | 1/1 | 13 | 17 | outdoors |
| Wk 7 at CAR | 2/2 | 44 | 5/5 | 11 | 12 | outdoors |
| Wk 8 vs ATL | 3/3 | 46 | 1/1 | 10 | 12 | outdoors |
Fantasy is ESPN standard: 3 points for a field goal up to 39 yards, 4 from 40–49, 5 from 50–59, 6 from 60+, minus 1 for a miss; 1 for an extra point, minus 1 for a miss. The same in every format.
Career8 seasons, 4 teams
His best year was 2024, 30 of 32 (94%) with a long of 56. This season he is 19 of 19 on field goals and 17 of 17 on extra points.
| Season | G | FG | % | Long | 50+ | XP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 IND | 11 | 18/23 | 78% | 50 | 3/3 | 26/26 |
| 2020 NYJ | 4 | 4/5 | 80% | 52 | 1/2 | 5/6 |
| 2021 CLE | 16 | 15/21 | 71% | 57 | 4/4 | 36/37 |
| 2022 IND | 15 | 30/36 | 83% | 54 | 9/11 | 21/21 |
| 2023 TB | 17 | 29/31 | 94% | 57 | 7/7 | 33/33 |
| 2024 TB | 17 | 30/32 | 94% | 56 | 8/10 | 54/56 |
| 2025 TB | 17 | 32/38 | 84% | 65 | 11/11 | 32/33 |
| 2026 so far TB | 8 | 19/19 | 100% | 59 | 4/4 | 17/17 |