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Position | Kicker |
Class | Senior |
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Born: | Warsaw, Indiana, U.S. | March 27, 2002
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Weight | 243 lb (110 kg) |
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Bowl games | |
High school | Warsaw Community (IN) |
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Harrison Mevis (born March 27, 2002),[1] nicknamed the Thiccer Kicker,[2][3] is a college football kicker for the Missouri Tigers.
Mevis attended Warsaw Community High School in Warsaw, Indiana. Ranked the number 8 overall kicker in the class of 2020, he committed to Missouri.[4]
As a freshman, Mevis went 17/20 (85%) on field goals including a game winning field goal against Arkansas. He also went 28/28 on PATs as a freshman. As a sophomore, Mevis emerged as one of the premier place kickers in the nation, going 23/25 (93%) on field goal attempts. He also was a perfect 3/3 on field goals longer than 50 yards with a long of 56 yards. Mevis was also a perfect 41/41 of PATs. Following his sophomore season, Mevis was named a first team All-American.[5][6] On September 16, 2023, during the closing seconds of a game against 15th–ranked Kansas State, Mevis kicked a 61-yard field goal to win the game for Missouri, which broke the record for the longest field goal in SEC history.[7] In his Senior Night game, he hit a 30 yard game winning field goal vs the Florida Gators to win 33-31.
He is the younger brother of former Fordham, Iowa State, and Jacksonville Jaguars kicker Andrew Mevis.[8]