"With how talented kickers have become in 2025, it's easy to get replaced. Hitting field goals from 50 yards or closer at a consistent rate is the new standard in the NFL. At the end of the 2024 season, the San Francisco 49ers had trouble with their field goal kicker, Jake Moody. These issues carried into the 2025 season, and the team was quick to correct them. On Tuesday, the 49ers waived Jake Moody after three seasons."
"In the 2023 NFL draft, the 49ers used the 99th overall pick to select Jake Moody out of Michigan. Since 2000, he has been one of 49 kickers to be drafted. Let alone be chosen in the third round. However, Moody had a pedigree coming out of college. He was named an All-American with Michigan in 2021. During that season, Moody went 23-25 on field goals and 56-56 on extra point attempts."
Kickers' accuracy has risen, making 50-yard or closer field goals a consistent NFL expectation. The San Francisco 49ers waived Jake Moody after three seasons due to accuracy decline and injury carryover from 2024 into 2025. Moody was a 2023 third-round pick (99th overall) out of Michigan, an All-American in 2021 who went 23-25 on field goals and 56-56 on extra points. As a 2023 rookie he was 21-25 on field goals and 60-61 on extra points. He began 2024 at 13-14 before a right ankle sprain; after missing three games he returned and went 11-20. San Francisco signed veteran Eddy Pineiro.
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