2018: Named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week for his efforts in a Week 14 win over Cincinnati: Totaled 14 points by making both extra points and all four field goal attempts, including a team record-setting 59-yard field goal to end the first half…Appeared in 10 games, making 27 extra point attempts and 15 field goals for a total of 72 points, including a season-long field goal of 59 yards to set a Chargers record…Made 93.8 percent of his field goal attempts (15-of-16), setting a franchise mark for single-season field goal percentage with at least 15 makes…Set a team record for most points by a kicker through seven career games (62), five career games (43) and four career games (34)…Became the first Chargers kicker in history to make eight field goals through the first four games of his career…Set team record for the most points by a kicker without a missed kick over his first three career games (24) and through his first two career games (16)…In the first game of his career, made five PATs to tie Steve DeLine (1988) for the most in a player’s first career game in Chargers history…Registered nine touchbacks on 54 kickoffs…Recorded two special teams tackles…Appeared in both of the team’s postseason contests, totaling 17 points while making 83.3 percent (five-of-six) field goals and both extra points…In the AFC Wild Card, made five-of-six field goals (83.3 pct.) in the postseason for a total of 15 points, setting all-time team postseason marks in for most made field goals (five) and points (15)…Awards: AFC Special Teams Player of the Week (Week 14)…ProFootballTalk Special Teams Rookie of the Year…at Cleveland (Oct. 14): Made his NFL debut in place of injured K Caleb Sturgis…Successfully kicked a 44-yard field goal and five extra points…His five made PATs tied for the most in a player’s first career game in Chargers history (Steve DeLine, 1988)…vs. Tennessee (Wembley Stadium, Oct. 21): Appeared in the second game of his career for Caleb Sturgis…Totaled eight points on two made field goals and two extra points…Set a team record for the most points by a kicker (16) without a missed kick over his first two career games…Added a tackle on special teams…at Oakland (Nov. 11): Made both field goal attempts and both extra point tries for a total of eight points…Set a team record for the most points by a kicker (24) without a missed kick over the first three games of his career…vs. Denver (Nov. 18): Converted all three field goals and an extra point…Brought his career total to eight made field goals and 34 points, both being the most by a Chargers kicker of the first four games of his career…vs. Arizona (Nov. 25): Converted his lone field goal and all six extra point attempts for a total of nine points…Raised his career total to 43 points, setting a team mark for the most by a kicker through five career games…Notched a tackle on special teams…at Pittsburgh (Dec. 2): Made both extra point attempts and a game-winning field goal as time expired for the first such kick of his career…vs. Cincinnati (Dec. 9): Set a team mark for the longest field goal in franchise history, hitting a 59-yard attempt from the right hash to close out the first half…Finished with 14 points after making all four field goal attempts and both extra points…Increased his career total to 62 points, passing Dennis Partee (58) for the most by a Chargers kicker through seven career games…at Kansas City (Dec. 13): Did not attempt a field goal, but made all three extra point attempts for three points…vs. Baltimore (Dec. 22): Made both kicks on the night (one extra point and one field goal)…at Denver (Dec. 30): Made all three extra points on the day…at Baltimore (AFC Wild Card, Jan. 6): Made his NFL postseason debut…Set records for the most made field goals (five) and most points scored (15) by a Charger in a postseason game…Made a 53-yard field goal from the right hash in the first quarter, good for the second-longest in team postseason annals…at New England (AFC Divisional, Jan. 13): Made both extra points and attempted a pair of onside kicks.
COLLEGE: Played four seasons (2014-17) at Miami, appearing in 49 career games…Posted 403 points on his career…Made 77-of-97 field goals (79.4 pct.), including a career-long 57-yard attempt as a sophomore…Finished his career as Miami’s all-time leader in made field goals…Successfully converted 172 extra points for the Hurricanes…Recorded 92 touchbacks on 190 kickoffs…Earned All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors as a sophomore, junior and senior, including first-team recognition in his final season…Ended his senior year as a Lou Groza Award semifinalist…Posted back-to-back seasons with 115 points or more as a sophomore (115) and junior (116).
PERSONAL: Given name Michael Badgley…Born in Summit, N.J. …Brother, Peter, played college lacrosse at Providence College…Attended Fort Union Military Academy following high school…Active in team community initiatives, including the presentation of bikes and helmets to 150 children in Long Beach, Calif., during the 2018 season…Earned a degree in public relations from Miami…High School: Ranked as the No. 1 kicker by 247Sports…Lettered three years in football at Summit (N.J.) Senior High…Also lettered in hockey (four years) and lacrosse (three years).
2018 Signed by Indianapolis Colts as undrafted free agent, May 1…Waived by Colts, Sept. 1…Signed by Los Angeles Chargers, Oct. 11…Waived by Chargers, Oct. 30…Signed by Chargers to practice squad, Nov. 1…Signed to active roster, Nov. 5.
