Jaguars Signing K Stephen Hauschka, Adding K Aldrick Rosas To PS

September 28, 2020

Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that the Jaguars are signing veteran kicker Stephen Hauschka to a contract on Monday.

Pelissero adds that the Jaguars are also signing former Giants K Aldrick Rosas to their practice squad:

RB Nathan Cottrell
LB Nate Evans
LB Joe Giles-Harris
WR Terry Godwin
WR Josh Hammond
T Kc McDermott
T Austen Pleasants
DT Caraun Reid
G Tre’Vour Wallace-Simms
WR Trey Quinn
DT Daniel Ekuale
DB Doug Middleton
TE Eric Saubert
DB Josh Nurse
K Aldrick Rosas

Rosas was released after legal issues relating to a hit-and-run he was involved in.

This comes after the Jaguars placed Josh Lambo on injured reserve last week.

Hauschka, 35, originally signed on with the Vikings as an undrafted free agent back in 2008. He bounced around a bit with the Ravens, Falcons, Lions and Broncos before he was eventually claimed off of waivers by the Seahawks in 2011.

Hauschka spent the next six seasons in Seattle, but was replaced in 2015 after they elected to sign Blair Walsh to a contract. Hauschka later signed a three-year, $8.85 million deal with the Bills.

Buffalo signed him to a two-year, $8 million extension last year but cut him loose this offseason in a move that freed up $2,175,000 in cap space.

In 2019, Hauschka appeared in all 16 games for the Bills and converted 22 of 28 field goal attempts (78.6 percent) to go along with 30 of 32 extra point tries (93.8 percent).

Rosas, 25, wound up signing a three-year, $1.62 million contract with the Titans as an undrafted free agent out of Southern Oregon back 2017. He was unfortunately waived by Tennessee coming out of the preseason and never signed to a team’s practice squad during the regular season.

The Giants signed Rosas to a futures contract for the 2018 season and he went on to have a Pro Bowl season. He re-signed as an exclusive rights free agent in 2019 but was released this past summer.

In 2019, Rosas converted 12 of 17 field-goal attempts (70.6 percent) to go along with 35 of 39 extra-point tries (89.7 percent).