Dicker the Kicker is suiting up in powder blue.
The Chargers announced Thursday that Cameron Dicker had been signed to the practice squad. Kicker Taylor Bertolet was placed on the practice squad; injured list in a corresponding move.
Dicker will have an opportunity to kick for LA on Sunday if Dustin Hopkins (hamstring) can’t go. Hopkins did not practice on Wednesday due to the injury after missing the Week 7 contest against the Seahawks.
The Chargers will be Dicker’s fourth team this season after he joined the league as a UDFA this offseason. He started with the Rams, where he went 3-3 on extra points against the Chargers in the preseason before being released in favor of incumbent Matt Gay. Dicker then made a 38-yard field goal and extra points in a preseason game for the Ravens before being released during final cuts. After a month or so of waiting for his next opportunity, the Eagles signed him to fill in for the injured Jake Elliott in Week 5. He went 2-2 on field goals, including a game-winner, and 2-2 on extra points and was named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week. The Eagles released him from their practice squad on October 29th.
In his four-year career at Texas, Dicker went 60-79 on field goals with a long of 57 and 206-210 on extra points. However, he’s undoubtedly most famous for his game-winning kick against Oklahoma as a freshman in 2018:
Thank you, football gods, for the privilege that is Gus Johnson. pic.twitter.com/V5SxU2Irxg
— FOX Sports (@FOXSports) October 6, 2018
If he’s pressed into action, Los Angeles may have to hope Dicker has some of that game-winning magic left in him.
