After a stellar senior season, former Illini Chase McLaughlin has signed an undrafted free agent deal with the Buffalo Bills a source close to McLaughin confirmed.
McLaughlin joined the Illini back in 2014 as a walk-on and left as the conference’s top kicker. He was the recipient of the 2019 Bakken-Anderson Big Ten Kicker of the Year award and was also named an All-Big Ten First Team selection.
The Cypress, Texas native finished his career a perfect 79 of 79 on extra point attempts, first in school history with five 50-plus yard field goal conversions, fourth in field goals made, and fourth in field goal accuracy.