| No. 16 – Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||||||||
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| Position: | Kicker | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born: | March 7, 2002 Burlington, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 207 lb (94 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Western Alamance (Elon, North Carolina) | ||||||||||||||||
| College: | Stanford (2020–2023) | ||||||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2024: 6th round, 209th pick | ||||||||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||||||
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Joshua Karty (born March 7, 2002) is an American professional football kicker for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Stanford Cardinal.
Karty is the son of Valerie and Joel Karty, and is from Elon, North Carolina. [1] Karty's father was a rower at Stanford while earning his Ph.D. in physical and organic chemistry. [1] [2] Valerie and Joel Karty were at Stanford Stadium when she informed him that she was pregnant with Joshua, [1] [2] who was born on March 7, 2002.
Karty played high school football at Western Alamance High School, as a placekicker and punter. [3] He was ranked a consensus three-star prospect and the No. 1 kicking prospect in his class across 247Sports, [4] Kohl's Kicking, [5] and ESPN [6] rankings. Karty earned a spot, and played in the 2020 Under Armour All-America Game. [7]
Karty committed to Stanford on a full-scholarship, on January 20, 2019. He held scholarship offers from multiple other schools, including Georgia, UNC, and Appalachian State. [4]
In Karty's first season in 2021, he went 27 for 27 on extra points and ten for fifteen on his field goals. [8] During the 2022 season, he had his best performance versus Arizona State as he made five field goals as he helped Stanford beat Arizona State 15–14. [3] Karty also had another outstanding performance in week eight of the 2022 season, where he went three for three in a win over Notre Dame, where for his performance he was named the Pac-12 special teams player of the week. [9] Karty finished the 2022 season going 24 for 25 on his extra point attempts and 18 for 18 on field goal attempts, with a long of 61 yards. [10] For his performance on the season, he was a finalist for the Lou Groza Award which is awarded to the nation's best kicker. [11]
Heading into the 2023 season, Karty was named preseason first-team All-American. [12] In week seven of the 2023 season, Karty made a 47-yard game-tying field goal to send the game into overtime, and then made the game-winning field goal in overtime, as he helped Stanford come back down 29–0 to beat Colorado 46–43 in double overtime. [13] During the 2023 season, Karty went 21 for 21 on extra points and 23 for 27 on his field goal attempts. [14] After the conclusion of the 2023 season, Karty declared for the 2024 NFL draft. [15] [16]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | |||||||||
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| 6 ft 1+7⁄8 in (1.88 m) | 207 lb (94 kg) | 31+1⁄2 in (0.80 m) | 9+1⁄8 in (0.23 m) | |||||||||
| All values from NFL Combine [17] [18] | ||||||||||||
Karty was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the sixth round of the 2024 NFL draft with the 209th overall pick. [19] He secured the starting kicker job during the preseason, converting four of five field goal attempts in three games. Karty made his regular season debut in the Rams' season opener, converting a 41-yard field goal on his first attempt in the first quarter and later adding a 26-yard field goal in the fourth quarter of the Rams' 26–20 overtime loss to the Lions. In Week 3, Karty converted two field goals in the fourth quarter of 33 and 37 yards, the last one coming with two seconds remaining in the Rams 27–24 victory over the San Francisco 49ers for Karty's first game-winning field goal of his professional career. A week later, Karty converted four of five field goal attempts (including a 52-yarder) in the Rams' 24–18 loss to the Chicago Bears. Against the Miami Dolphins in Week 10, Karty converted five of six field goal attempts to account for all of his team's scoring as the Rams lost 23–15. At San Francisco in Week 15, Karty would again be the Rams' lone scorer, converting four field goals in the 12–6 victory. In a regular season-ending 30–25 loss to the Seattle Seahawks, Karty had four field goals in four attempts, including a season-long 58-yarder. Karty converted his last 13 field goal attempts over the season's final five weeks and was named NFL Special Teams Player of the Month for December. [20] In the NFC Playoffs, Karty was perfect, converting field goals of 34 and 44 yards as well as three PATs in the Rams' 27–9 victory over the Minnesota Vikings in the Wild Card Round, then adding field goals of 30 and 34 yards along with two PATs in Rams 28–22 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in the Divisional Round.
| General | Field goals | PATs | Kickoffs | Points | ||||||||||
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| Season | Team | GP | FGM | FGA | FG% | Blk | Lng | XPA | XPM | XP% | KO | Avg | TBs | Pts |
| 2024 | LAR | 17 | 29 | 34 | 85.3 | 0 | 58 | 32 | 36 | 88.9 | 7 | 57 | 5 | 119 |
| NFL career | 17 | 29 | 34 | 85.3 | 0 | 58 | 32 | 36 | 88.9 | 7 | 57 | 5 | 119 | |
| General | Field goals | PATs | Kickoffs | Points | ||||||||||
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| Season | Team | GP | FGM | FGA | FG% | Blck | Long | XPM | XPA | XP% | KO | Avg | TBs | Pts |
| 2024 | LAR | 2 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 0 | 44 | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 17 |
| NFL career | 2 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 0 | 44 | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 17 | |