Kansas City Chiefs injury will have Anders Carlson kick for the New York Jets on Sunday.

Kansas City placed Kicker Harrison Butker was injured Thursday with a torn meniscus in his left knee. To replace Butker, the Chiefs signed Spencer Shrader from New York’s practice squad.

That left Carlson as the only kicker on the Jets roster. The old Auburn The Most Outstanding Player is on New York’s practice squad and will be elevated to active status to start Sunday when the Jets face the Indianapolis Colts at noon CST at MetLife Field in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

‘We are convinced Anders can do it,’ New York coach Jeff Ulbrich said Friday. “He looked really good today. It was a windy day, one that was challenging in many ways and one that did some good work.

Carlson will be the fourth kicker in four games for the Jets.

New York placed Greg Zuerlein on injured reserve with a left knee injury on October 30 after he missed a 44-yard field goal attempt and an extra point try in a 25–22 loss to the Patriots of New England during the Jets game. previous game.

The same day Zuerlein went on IR, New York signed Shrader and Riley Patterson to the practice squad and used Patterson the next day in a 21–13 victory against the Houston Texans on October 31. Patterson made all three of his kicks – all extra points. . Houston returned four kickoffs for 106 yards after New York’s opponents returned five kickoffs for 111 yards in the first eight games.

On November 8, the Jets released Patterson and signed Carlson for their practice squad. Shrader was called up for New York’s game against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday and provided all the scoring with two field goals in a 31-6 loss.

Carlson came to the Jets after playing two games with the San Francisco 49ers. San Francisco signed Carlson after losing kickers Jake Moody and Matthew Wright in consecutive games while making tackles on kickoffs.

As an elevation from the practice squad, Carlson made all five of his field goal attempts and three of four extra point attempts while kicking for San Francisco in a 28–18 loss to the Chiefs in Kansas City on October 20 and 30. 24 against the Dallas Cowboys on October 27. Carlson made a career-long 55-yard field goal against Kansas City.

With Moody ready to return from his injury, the 49ers released Carlson on November 6.