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Who is Commanders' undrafted rookie Drew Stevens?
As Commanders' Wire continues to feature a rookie each of the early days of training camp, today we ask, "Who is Drew Stevens?"
Thursday was Day 2 of the 2026 Washington Commanders training camp. Head coach Dan Quinn had warned prior to the launch of this year's training camp that there would be more competition, more intensity. Thursday brought on the first kicking competition between incumbent Jake Moody and undrafted rookie free agent kicker Drew Stevens.
Basically, both of the kickers were given six attempts, no mulligans. The distances of the attempted field goals were 27, 31, 33, 37, 43 and 45 yards. The pressure was on, and both Moody and Stevens went 6 for 6 in their field goal attempts. It will be interesting to see how the Commanders coaches determine how they will rotate the kickers during the three preseason games. There is no need to rush to a decision, and coaches can use these training camp competitions to evaluate the two kickers.
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— Heavens! (@HeavensFX) November 8, 2025 One thing that is certain is that this is a big deal. NFL games are often close and often can be determined by a field goal and/or extra point. What's more, an extra point or field goal can often be massive in how the final minutes of a game are played as well.
Moody, being the incumbent, the Commanders already have a sense of what he can and can't provide them. Stevens, kicked for the Iowa Hawkeyes, yes, but that is not the NFL. They need to see Stevens in various situations, such as extra points (33 yards). They need to see Stevens attempting from beyond 50 yards. With Moody already having NFL experience, it could be that Stevens will need to have a successful enough preseason that he earns the job, taking it from Moody.
Moody has 40 games of NFL experience that Stevens does not. Yet, Moody has made 64 of 82 field goal attempts, which is a 78 percent success rate. On the other hand, Moody has been very effective in extra point attempts, converting 107 of 110 for 97.3 percent. For Moody, it has not only been 50+ yard field goal attempts (8 of 14 for 57.1 percent), but also 40-49 yards where he has disappointed, making only 15 of 23 for 65.2 percent.
No NFL team used a Day 3 selection to choose Stevens. Yet, on the other hand, Moody's success rate from 40-49 and 50+ yards is just not good enough in today's NFL. Consequently, we have right here the reason Moody has already kicked in NFL games for three teams (49ers, Bears, Commanders). Stevens did enjoy great success in his freshman (16 of 18 field goals, 88.9 percent) and junior years (20 of 23 field goals, 87.0 percent). However, could the reason Stevens was not drafted even in a later round be that his sophomore season (18 of 26, 69.2 percent) and senior season (22 of 28, 78.6 percent) were not as successful?
Stevens, in his junior year at Iowa, converted from 54 yards. In his senior season, he increased his personal-best field goal made to 55 yards vs. Albany and then from 58 yards vs. Oregon. In his four college seasons, Stevens converted on 12 field goal attempts from 50+ yards, an Iowa record.
We have no idea how this competition will turn out, but we do know it is going to be a much-anticipated preseason matchup between Jake Moody and Drew Stevens.
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