Cameron Dicker

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Cameron Dicker
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Dicker with Texas in 2018
No. 11 – Los Angeles Chargers
Position: Placekicker
Personal information
Born: (2000-05-06) May 6, 2000 (age 24)
Hong Kong
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:216 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school: Lake Travis
(Austin, Texas)
College: Texas
(2018–2021)
Undrafted: 2022
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Roster status:Active
Career highlights and awards
NFL record
Career NFL statistics as of Week 15, 2024
Field goals made:81
Field goals attempted:86
Field goal%:94.0
Longest field goal:59
Touchbacks:162
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Cameron Lawrence Dicker (born May 6, 2000), nicknamed "Dicker the Kicker," is an American professional football placekicker for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League. Prior to playing in the NFL he was an All-Big 12 kicker and punter for the Texas Longhorns in college football. He is the first NFL player born in Hong Kong.

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Early life

Dicker was born in Hong Kong and spent the first eleven years of his life in Shanghai where his father and mother worked. [1] He grew up watching soccer and is a fan of Liverpool F.C. [2]

Dicker attended Lake Travis High School in Austin, Texas. During his high school career, Dicker was a two-time all-state selection and was the starting kicker for three seasons, winning the Texas 6A Division I State Championship in 2016. Dicker had 331 points going 34-43 on field goal attempts and 229-232 on extra point attempts. [3] Additionally, Dicker set a Lake Travis High School record with a 53 yard field goal. [4] Dicker was ranked the number four kicker in the nation by 247Sports and the number 16 kicker nationally by ESPN in the 2018 class. [5] [6] On May 4, 2017, Dicker committed to Texas. [7]

College career

Dicker earned immediate playing time at Texas, winning the starting role. He went 18-25 on field goals and 51-52 on extra points earning 2018 second-team all-Big 12 honors. [8] Dicker's 18 field goals were the most by a freshman in Texas history. He also gained notoriety as "Dicker the Kicker" (by play-by-play announcer Gus Johnson of Fox Sports) when he kicked the game winning 40 yard field goal against Oklahoma in the 2018 Red River Showdown. [9] Dicker earned second-team all-Big 12 honors in 2020 and first-team all-Big 12 honors in 2021. [10] [11] He holds the record for the longest field goal in Alamo Bowl history, kicking a 53-yard field goal in the 2020 Alamo Bowl. [12] He added punting duties to his role in the 2021 season. [13] On January 19, 2022, Dicker declared for the NFL draft. [14]

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand span Broad jump
6 ft 0+7⁄8 in
(1.85 m)		220 lb
(100 kg)		30 in
(0.76 m)		9 in
(0.23 m)		420 ft 6.9 in
(128.19 m)
All values from NFL Combine [15] [16]

Los Angeles Rams

After going undrafted, Dicker signed with the Los Angeles Rams as an undrafted free agent in April of 2022. [17] He was released on August 16, 2022. [18]

Baltimore Ravens

On August 26, 2022, Dicker was signed by the Baltimore Ravens as a punter and kicker, but was waived two days later. [19]

Philadelphia Eagles

On October 4, 2022, Dicker was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles to their practice squad. [20] While filling in for the injured Jake Elliott, he made two field goals in his debut against the Arizona Cardinals on October 9, including a game-winning 23-yard kick in the final two minutes. [21] For his performance, he was named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week. [22] He was released by the Eagles on October 29. [23] [24]

Los Angeles Chargers

2022

On November 3, 2022, Dicker was signed to the Los Angeles Chargers practice squad. [25] On November 6, 2022, Dicker made two field goals, including a game-winning 37-yard kick as time expired against the Atlanta Falcons. [26] For his performance, he won his second special teams player of the week award. [27] He is the first rookie kicker to win the Special Teams Player of the Week Award for two different teams, let alone in two conferences. [28]

On November 22, 2022, Dicker was signed to the Chargers active roster to replace the injured Dustin Hopkins. [29]

On December 18, Dicker kicked a game-winning field goal against the Tennessee Titans to move the Chargers into a Wild Card position. [30]

He appeared in 11 games as a rookie and converted all 24 extra point attempts and 21 of 22 field goal attempts. [31] He was named to the PFWA All-Rookie Team. [32]

In the Wild Card Round against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Dicker converted all three extra point attempts and three of four field goal attempts in the 31–30 loss. [33]

2023

Dicker was named the Chargers kicker after Dustin Hopkins was traded to the Browns before the season. In Week 16, against the Buffalo Bills, Dicker made five field goals in a 24–22 loss. [34]

2024

On August 30, 2024, Dicker signed a four-year, $22.04 million contract extension with the Chargers. [35]

On December 19, 2024, in a Thursday Night Football game against the Denver Broncos, Dicker kicked a 57-yard fair catch kick, the first successful attempt since 1976, and the longest successful fair catch kick in NFL history. [36] The most recent player to achieve this was Ray Wersching, coincidentally also playing for the Chargers, then based in San Diego. Wersching was invited by team owner Dean Spanos to make a surprise appearance at a subsequent team practice; he remarked that he was "impressed" by Dicker's achievement, which set a new record. [37] In Week 17, Dicker was four-for-four on field goals and four-for-four on extra points in a 40-7 win over the New England Patriots, earning AFC Special Teams Player of the Week. [38] The following week he was four-for-five on field goals and made two extra points in a 34-20 win over the Raiders, earning player of the week honors again. [39]

NFL career statistics

Regular season

GeneralField goalsPATsKickoffsPoints
SeasonTeamGPFGMFGAFG%BlckLongXPMXPAXP%KOAvgTBsPts
2022 PHI 122100.0%04822100.0%565.448
LAC 10192095.0%0482222100.0%5063.84279
2023 LAC 17313393.9%1553535100.0%8163.868128
2024 LAC 14293193.5%059252889.3%7163.048112
Career 42818694.2%159848796.5%20764162327

Playoffs

GeneralField goalsPATsKickoffsPoints
SeasonTeamGPFGMFGAFG%BlckLongXPMXPAXP%KOAvgTBsPts
2022 LAC 13475.0%05033100.0%762.3212
Career 13475.0%05033100.0%762.3212

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