Tavecchio's original plan was to attend the University of California, Davis, after they offered him a soccer scholarship.

[3] Tavecchio began attending UC Berkeley in 2008 and competed with David Seawright and Jordan Kay to be the California Golden Bears placekicker.

During the California Golden Bears pro day, it began to rain before he was able to perform any drills.

Tavecchio kept running his planned drills but was unable to showcase his talents since every NFL scout had gone into an indoor practice facility.

At the time, 49ers special teams coach, Brad Seely was looking for an additional kicker to eventually succeed long-time veteran David Akers.

[18] After being waived by the San Francisco 49ers during the offseason, the Green Bay Packers signed him to a three-year, $1.48 million contract on March 26, 2013.

[29][30] He was promoted to the active roster on September 9, 2017, after longtime Raiders kicker Sebastian Janikowski was placed on the injured reserve list with a back injury.

[33][34] In the next game, a 45–20 victory over the New York Jets, he had a season-high six extra points converted to go along with a 29-yard field goal.

[36] On August 3, 2018, Tavecchio was waived by the Raiders after the team signed veteran kicker Mike Nugent.

[39] He was re-signed by the team on October 10, 2018, after incumbent kicker Matt Bryant injured his hamstring after kicking a 57-yard field goal the previous week.

[46] On July 17, 2021, Tavecchio played his first match with the Barcelona Dragons (ELF) in the European League of Football.