Korean kicker Younghoe Koo wins Chargers’ kicking job
The Los Angeles Chargers will have a new kicker in the upcoming season.
The Chargers released Josh Lambo and will go with Younghoe Koo, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Chargers released K Josh Lambo, per source. Plan is to go w/ Younghoe Koo, who is from South Korea and didn't speak English until he was 12.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 2, 2017
Koo, 23, went undrafted out of Georgia Southern. He will be replacing Lambo, who converted exactly 26 of 32 kicks (81.3 percent) and missed four extra points each of the past two seasons.
Koo only moved to the United States before sixth grade. He was 26 of 29 on field goals during his college career.
He gained some attention for this cool trick shot video:
#TBT pic.twitter.com/lpsIsZ3XEK
— Younghoe Koo (@YounghoeKoo) December 1, 2016
Koo has said in an interview that when he arrived to the US, he didn’t even know what football was.