Chase McLaughlin
Photo: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Kicker, Illinois, 2015–⁠18

Chase McLaughlin

Lettered 2016–⁠18 (school media guide)

Number
No. 43
Height
6′1″
Weight
190 lb
Class (2018)
Senior
Hometown
Cypress, TX
Born
Apr 9, 1996, in Cypress, Texas

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Chase McLaughlin played kicker at Illinois (2015–⁠18).

Career highs

4field goals, career hightwice; last at Maryland, 2018

Honors

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Kicking

Field goals made, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamFGMFGAPctLongXPPts
2016Illinois121770.6532662
2017Illinois121770.6431753
2018Illinois202580.0543696
Career445974.65479211

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2015Illinois43PKFr.
2016Illinois43PKSo.
2017Illinois43PKJr.
2018Illinois43PKSr.6′1″190

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsagePAAR
2016Illinois––––––0.1 (17 att.)
2017Illinois––––––-2.2 (17 att.)
2018Illinois––––––9.7 (25 att.)

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). PAAR: points a kicker added above a replacement-level kicker, with his field-goal attempts. From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2018 Illinois 11 games, 20 of 25 field goals
DateOpponentResultFGMFGALongXPPts
Sep 1vs.Kent StateW 31–⁠24125047
Sep 8vs.Western IllinoisW 34–⁠142254410
Sep 15vs.South FloridaL 19–⁠254453113
Sep 21vs.Penn StateL 24–⁠63134236
Oct 6atRutgersW 38–⁠17123958
Oct 13vs.PurdueL 7–⁠4601011
Oct 20atWisconsinL 20–⁠49225228
Oct 27atMarylandL 33–⁠634439315
Nov 3vs.MinnesotaW 55–⁠312248713
Nov 10atNebraskaL 35–⁠5400055
Nov 24atNorthwesternL 16–⁠243329110
2017 Illinois 12 games, 12 of 17 field goals
DateOpponentResultFGMFGALongXPPts
Sep 2vs.Ball StateW 24–⁠21124014
Sep 9vs.Western KentuckyW 20–⁠7223728
Sep 15atSouth FloridaL 23–⁠4700011
Sep 29vs.NebraskaL 6–⁠28222506
Oct 7atIowaL 16–⁠453340110
Oct 14vs.RutgersL 24–⁠35124336
Oct 21atMinnesotaL 17–⁠24122825
Oct 28vs.WisconsinL 10–⁠24122814
Nov 4atPurdueL 10–⁠29113114
Nov 11vs.IndianaL 14–⁠2400022
Nov 18atOhio StateL 14–⁠5200022
Nov 25vs.NorthwesternL 7–⁠4201011
2016 Illinois 10 games, 12 of 17 field goals
DateOpponentResultFGMFGALongXPPts
Sep 3vs.Murray StateW 52–⁠31148710
Sep 10vs.North CarolinaL 23–⁠4800033
Sep 17vs.Western MichiganL 10–⁠34112214
Oct 1atNebraskaL 16–⁠313343110
Oct 8vs.PurdueL 31–⁠343447211
Oct 15atRutgersW 24–⁠7133736
Oct 29vs.MinnesotaL 17–⁠40115325
Nov 5vs.Michigan StateW 31–⁠27114247
Nov 12atWisconsinL 3–⁠48123103
Nov 26atNorthwesternL 21–⁠4201033

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillPro day 2019
Height5′11⅞″
Weight187 lb
Arm length29⅝″
Hand size9¼″
Wingspan73″W

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

8 seasons, 103 games with a stat; latest team: Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

SeasonTeamGFGMFGA
2019Indianapolis Colts111823
2020New York Jets445
2021Cleveland Browns161521
2022Indianapolis Colts163036
2023Tampa Bay Buccaneers172931
2024Tampa Bay Buccaneers173032
2025Tampa Bay Buccaneers173238
2026 (so far)Tampa Bay Buccaneers51010
NFL career103168196

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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