BEREA, Ohio — The Cleveland Browns will be making a change at kicker less than two weeks before the season opener.
On Monday, the Browns acquired Dustin Hopkins in a trade with the Los Angeles Chargers in exchange for a 2025 seventh-round pick.
Cleveland intends to waive Cade York, ending his tenure as Cleveland's kicker.
York, 22, was a fourth-round draft pick of the Browns in 2022. He nailed a 58-yard, game-winning field goal to defeat the Carolina Panthers in his rookie debut. But since that moment, York struggled for most of his time in Cleveland, including this preseason.
On Aug. 18 in Philadelphia, York missed two game-winning attempts, getting a second try after a penalty.
Then, in Saturday's preseason loss in Kansas City, York had a potential game-winning field goal blocked. He also missed an extra point try.
Last year, York made only 24 of 32 field goal attempts (75%) for one of the worst conversion rates of any starting kicker in the league.
Hopkins, 32, has made 84.8% of his 224 field goal attempts in his career. That included making 9 of 10 over five games for the Chargers last season. He also has converted 94.4% of his 234 point-after attempts in his career.
Hopkins had been competing with Cameron Dicker for the Chargers' kicking job during training camp.
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