Harrison Mevis gave the Los Angeles Rams the first points of Preseason Week 1, drilling a 25-yard field goal against the Kansas City Chiefs in the preseason opener. It was a clean opening kick and the first scoring play tied to Mevis in the 2026 NFL season.
That is why his name is moving now: the Rams are using preseason snaps to sort through specialist work as well as the rest of the roster, and Mevis put himself on the board immediately. For a kicker, the first chance matters because it is the easiest way to turn a brief exhibition appearance into something the staff can measure.
Mevis appears in the roundup only once, and only for that opening score. There is no fuller scoring line attached to him, no sequence of kicks to weigh against it, and no broader Rams summary to explain how long that edge lasted or whether it translated into anything more. What stands out is the simplicity of the moment: one kick, from 25 yards, and the Rams were first to score.
That leaves the larger game story open, but Mevis’ part in it is not. He put the Rams ahead on the first points of the preseason opener, and that is the kind of early special-teams result that can matter in a Week 1 evaluation even when the rest of the matchup is left off the page.
