Philadelphia Eagles to sign Cameron Dicker to practice squad

Early in the career of Cameron Dicker, he has already been a part of two NFL franchises. Both the Baltimore Ravens and Los Angeles Rams have had the Texas Longhorns special teams great on their practice squad. Neither has worked out but now, there is a third team looking to do the same per a report.

According to Tom Peliserro of the NFL Network, the Philadelphia Eagles are signing Dicker. He will first be on the practice squad and be ready to go in case Jake Elliot cannot play on Sunday. If Elliot is inactive, Dicker will get the kicking duties against Arizona.

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“The #Eagles are signing kicker Cameron Dicker to the practice squad, per source,” Peliserro said. “Jake Elliott got banged up late in Sunday’s game. If he can’t go this week, it’d be Dicker the Kicker.”

Dicker entered the 2022 NFL Draft but was not selected. In fact, only one team spent draft capital on a kicker with Cade York being picked by the Cleveland Browns. Stints with teams have been short for Dicker thus far.

Now, he seemingly has a chance to break through in the NFL with Philadelphia.

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Throughout the Tom Herman era in Austin and early in Steve Sarkisian’s days, Dicker was a fan favorite among the Texas supporters. He’s most famous for hitting the game-winning kick against Oklahoma during the 2018 Red River Showdown, where Fox broadcaster Gus Johnson gave him the nickname “Dicker the Kicker.”

Dicker was reliant for the Longhorns, hitting 75.9% of his field goal attempts and 98.1% of his extra points. Only four extra points were missed out of 210 attempts, with one coming each season.

Philadelphia will be hoping for similar success if promoted to the active squad. Dicker would have the opportunity to face Arizona and if needed for another week, have a huge task against Dallas is an NFC East Sunday Night Football showdown.