Joey Slye

Slye, 28, was signed by the New England Patriots as a free agent on May 2, 2024 ... Originally signed by N.Y. Giants as a rookie free agent (5/6/19) ... Released by N.Y. Giants (5/14/19) ... Signed by N.Y. Giants (7/24/19) ... Released by N.Y. Giants (7/27/19) ... Signed by Carolina (8/1/19) ... Re-Signed by Carolina (2/6/20) ... Re-signed by Carolina (1/5/21) ... Released by Carolina (8/28/21) ... Signed by Houston to the practice squad (9/7/21) ... Elevated by Houston to the active roster from the practice squad (9/11/21) ... Reverted back to the Houston practice squad (9/13/21) ... Elevated by Houston to the active roster from the practice squad (9/18/21) ... Reverted back to the Houston practice squad (9/20/21) ... Signed by Houston to the 53-man roster from the practice squad (9/23/21) ... Released by Houston (9/30/21) ... Signed by San Francisco (10/5/21) ... Released by San Francisco (11/2/21) ... Signed by Washington (11/9/21) ... Re-signed by Washington as an unrestricted free agent (4/11/22) ... Signed by Jacksonville as an unrestricted free agent from Washington (3/18/24) ... Released by Jacksonville (4/30/24).

CAREER TRANSACTIONS

Slye, 28, was signed by the New England Patriots as a free agent on May 2, 2024 ... Originally signed by N.Y. Giants as a rookie free agent (5/6/19) ... Released by N.Y. Giants (5/14/19) ... Signed by N.Y. Giants (7/24/19) ... Released by N.Y. Giants (7/27/19) ... Signed by Carolina (8/1/19) ... Re-Signed by Carolina (2/6/20) ... Re-signed by Carolina (1/5/21) ... Released by Carolina (8/28/21) ... Signed by Houston to the practice squad (9/7/21) ... Elevated by Houston to the active roster from the practice squad (9/11/21) ... Reverted back to the Houston practice squad (9/13/21) ... Elevated by Houston to the active roster from the practice squad (9/18/21) ... Reverted back to the Houston practice squad (9/20/21) ... Signed by Houston to the 53-man roster from the practice squad (9/23/21) ... Released by Houston (9/30/21) ... Signed by San Francisco (10/5/21) ... Released by San Francisco (11/2/21) ... Signed by Washington (11/9/21) ... Re-signed by Washington as an unrestricted free agent (4/11/22) ... Signed by Jacksonville as an unrestricted free agent from Washington (3/18/24) ... Released by Jacksonville (4/30/24).

SEASONAL REVIEWS

2024 (17/0)

• Made his Patriots debut, going 3-3 on field goals in the 16-10 win at Cincinnati (9/8) when he was good from 32 yards, 35 yards and 37 yards.
• Recorded 2 made field goals on 3 attempts vs. Seattle (9/15), when he was good from 29 yards and 28 yards.
• Was good on a 44-yard field goal attempt at the New York Jets (9/19), scoring the team's only points on the day.
• Set a franchise record with a 63-yard field goal at the end of the second quarter at San Francisco (9/29), a new career-long, which tied for the fourth-longest field goal in NFL history and broke the previous franchise record of 62 yards by K Stephen Gostkowski at Oakland on Nov. 19, 2017 in Mexico City. Slye's previous best was a 61-yard field goal vs. Philadelphia on Oct. 29, 2023, when he played for Washington. Joined Gostkowski as the only Patriots kickers to ever make a 60-yard field goal. Became one of nine NFL players to have two 60-yard field goals in a career. Registered his third-career game with two field goals of 50 or more yards, the other two being at Philadelphia on Nov. 14, 2022, as a member of the Washington Commanders with a 55 and 58-yarder and vs. Tampa Bay on Sept. 12, 2019, when he played for Carolina with a 54 and 51-yarder.
• Connected on all four field goal attempts (30, 37, 25 and 33), the fifth time in his career that he has connected on four field goals in a game.
• Connected on all three field goal attempts (32, 25, 42) vs. the L.A. Rams (11/17).
• Was good on all three field goal attempts from 40-plus yards vs. Buffalo (1/5) - 41, 42 and 50.

2023 (17/0 – Washington)

• Played in all 17 games and handled kickoffs, field goals and extra points. Connected on 25-of-30 field goals and 24-of-28 extra points and had 60 touchbacks on 74 kickoffs.
• Was named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week in a Week 10 game vs. Philadelphia (11/14) when he helped lead his team to a win after connecting on all four field goals, including a 55 and 58-yard field goal.
• Was named NFC Special Teams Player of the Month for November after finishing 10-of-10 and 7-of-8 on extra points.

2021 (6/0 – Washington )

• Was signed by Washington on Nov. 9 and played in six games, connecting on all 12 of his field goal attempts and 9 of his 10 extra point attempts.
• Suffered an injury vs. Seattle (11/29) and was placed on injured reserve before being activated back to the 53-man roster on Dec. 25.

2021 (3/0 – San Francisco)

• Was signed by San Francisco on Oct. 5 following an injury to Robbie Gould and played in three games for the 49ers before being released on Nov. 2.
• Connected on 7-of-8 field goals and 2-of-4 extra points.

2021 (3/0 – Houston)

• Joined the Houston practice squad after being released by Carolina at the end of training camp.
• Was elevated to the active roster from the practice squad for two games before being signed to the 53-man roster.
• In three games with Houston he connected on 4-of-5 field goals and 7-of-8 extra points.

2020 (16/0 – Carolina)

• Played in all 16 games and made 29-of-36 field goals, 33-of-36 extra points for 120 total points. Also had 71 touchbacks on 78 kickoffs.

• In Week 7 at New Orleans (10/25), Slye attempted an NFL record 65-yard field goal with 1:55 remaining in the 4th quarter, but was short by a few inches as the Panthers lost 27–24. Two weeks at Kansas City (11/8), Slye missed another record attempt, this time from 67 yards as time

2019 (16/0 – Carolina)

• Originally was signed by the New York Giants as a rookie free agent and signed with Carolina after being released by the Giants.
• Played in all 16 games and made 25-of-32 field goals and 31-of-35 extra points for 106 total points. Also handled kickoff duties with 66 of 69 kicks going for touchbacks.
• Tallied a season-high 14 points by connecting on all four field-goal attempts and two extra points at New England (10/21). Kicked a season-long 54-yard field goal.
• Made his NFL debut vs. L.A. Rams (9/8), missing his first career field goal attempt from 53 yards out but hitting his next two tries from 46 and 52 yards out while making all three of his extra point attempt.
• Named the National Football Conference (NFC) Special Teams Player of the Week for Week 4 at Houston (9/29) after making all three field goals, including a 55-yarder.

COLLEGE

• Slye played four seasons for the Virginia Tech Hokies, opting to join the team as a walk-on over a scholarship offer from James Madison.
• He made 78 of 108 field goal attempts (72.2 percent) and 169 of 172 of extra point attempts (98.3 percent).

PERSONAL

• Slye was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico but grew up in Stafford, Virginia.
• Attended North Stafford High School, where he played high school football.
• Slye was named all-state as both a kicker and as a linebacker for the Wolverines.
• Married to wife, Brittaney.