LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Rams are changing kickers, with Warsaw graduate Harrison Mevis set to make his NFL debut on Sunday in place of Joshua Karty.

The Rams (6-2) are not releasing Karty despite his NFL-high eight field goals or extra points that have been missed or blocked this season, coach Sean McVay said Friday.

But Los Angeles will have a new kicker and a new long snapper when it travels to face the San Francisco 49ers (6-3). Jake McQuaide, the Rams' long snapper from 2011 to 2020, is returning to take over for Alex Ward.

Karty and the Rams' placekicking unit have struggled all season, and the mistakes played a major role in both of their losses.

Mevis was an All-American in 2021 during his successful college career at Missouri, where he became famous as the “The Thiccer Ki

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