2012 College Kicker Rankings

Every college football kicker with at least 10 field goal attempts in the 2012 regular season, ranked by MAKE (Makes Above Kicks Expected): each field goal made minus the chance it would go in, added up over the season. A positive number means he made more than an average kicker would from the same kicks. How MAKE is calculated.

Final 2012 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

2012 College Leaders

MAKE

Dustin Hopkins (Florida State): +5.0 24-28 FG
Cairo Santos (Tulane): +5.0 17-17 FG
Chris Boswell (Rice): +4.1 20-25 FG
Jeff Budzien (Northwestern): +3.8 17-18 FG
Ross Martin (Duke): +3.5 18-19 FG

How MAKE works

Field Goals Made

Quinn Sharp (Oklahoma State): 25 of 31
Dustin Hopkins (Florida State): 24 of 28
Steven Schott (Ball State): 24 of 29
Caleb Sturgis (Florida): 23 of 26
Kyle Brindza (Notre Dame): 23 of 31

Full Field Goals Made leaderboard

Field Goal Percentage

Cairo Santos (Tulane): 100.0% 21 of 21
Austin Lopez (San José State): 100.0% 15 of 15
Jeremy Shelley (Alabama): 100.0% 11 of 11
Ross Martin (Duke): 94.7% 18 of 19
Jeff Budzien (Northwestern): 94.4% 17 of 18

Full Field Goal Percentage leaderboard

Longest Field Goals

Spencer Benton (Clemson): 61 yds
Andrew Furney (Washington State): 60 yds
Aaron Jones (Baylor): 58 yds
Cairo Santos (Tulane): 57 yds
Chris Boswell (Rice): 57 yds

Full Longest Field Goals leaderboard

50+ Yard Field Goals

Full 50+ Yard Field Goals leaderboard

Kicking Points

Quinn Sharp (Oklahoma State): 140 25 FG, 65 XP
Dustin Hopkins (Florida State): 133 24 FG, 61 XP
Steven Schott (Ball State): 120 24 FG, 48 XP
Anthony Cantele (Kansas State): 116 18 FG, 62 XP
Brett Maher (Nebraska): 112 19 FG, 55 XP

Full Kicking Points leaderboard

Extra Point Percentage

Quinn Sharp (Oklahoma State): 100.0% 65 of 65
Aaron Jones (Baylor): 100.0% 64 of 64
Jeremy Shelley (Alabama): 100.0% 63 of 63
Anthony Cantele (Kansas State): 100.0% 62 of 62
Justin Haig (Marshall): 100.0% 60 of 60

Full Extra Point Percentage leaderboard

All 2012 College Kicker Leaderboards

What Is MAKE?

"Makes Above Kicks Expected" = field goals made − expected make chance, summed over every field goal.

MAKE is FootballKickingStats.com's rating for kickers. Every field goal has a chance of going in, based on how long it is and the weather. Make a hard kick and you earn a lot. Miss an easy one and you lose a lot. Add it up for the season.

Made 55-yarder, 47% chance: +0.53
Missed 25-yarder, 90% chance: −0.90

How MAKE is calculated

MAKE Rankings, All Qualified Kickers

111 kickers qualify.

Rk	Player	Team	FG	FG%	LNG	50+	MAKE
1	Dustin Hopkins	Florida State	24-28	85.7%	56	5-5	+4.99
2	Cairo Santos	Tulane	21-21	100.0%	57	1-1	+4.98
3	Chris Boswell	Rice	21-26	80.8%	57	6-7	+4.08
4	Jeff Budzien	Northwestern	17-18	94.4%	44	0-1	+3.77
5	Ross Martin	Duke	18-19	94.7%	50	1-1	+3.51
6	Caleb Sturgis	Florida	23-26	88.5%	51	3-3	+3.28
7	Quinn Sharp	Oklahoma State	25-31	80.6%	51	2-5	+3.13
8	Austin Lopez	San José State	15-15	100.0%	45	0-0	+3.13
9	Nate Freese	Boston College	18-20	90.0%	45	0-1	+3.02
10	Chandler Catanzaro	Clemson	16-17	94.1%	50	1-1	+3.01
11	Carey Spear	Vanderbilt	17-20	85.0%	52	2-3	+2.94
12	Steven Schott	Ball State	24-29	82.8%	52	2-4	+2.81
13	Ty Long	UAB	14-16	87.5%	54	2-4	+2.74
14	Maikon Bonani	South Florida	18-23	78.3%	50	1-3	+2.38
15	Edwin Arceo	Iowa State	11-15	73.3%	51	2-4	+2.08
16	Brett Maher	Nebraska	19-25	76.0%	54	3-5	+2.04
17	Trevor Romaine	Oregon State	14-16	87.5%	45	0-0	+2.01
18	Will Johnson	Texas State	12-16	75.0%	54	2-4	+1.96
19	Jeremy Shelley	Alabama	11-11	100.0%	38	0-0	+1.94
20	Trey Farquhar	Idaho	18-24	75.0%	55	5-9	+1.90
21	Cody Journell	Virginia Tech	18-22	81.8%	42	0-0	+1.89
22	Kaleb Patterson	Miami (OH)	15-17	88.2%	45	0-0	+1.80
23	Brandon McManus	Temple	14-17	82.4%	50	1-1	+1.77
24	Dylan Mulder	Eastern Michigan	10-11	90.9%	43	0-0	+1.67
25	John Wallace	Louisville	14-17	82.4%	45	0-1	+1.54
26	Brendan Gibbons	Michigan	14-16	87.5%	52	1-1	+1.50
27	Cody Parkey	Auburn	11-14	78.6%	46	0-0	+1.45
28	Matt Hogan	Houston	20-25	80.0%	52	3-3	+1.36
29	Tony Miliano	Cincinnati	15-20	75.0%	47	0-0	+1.21
30	Mike Meyer	Iowa	17-21	81.0%	50	1-1	+1.15
31	Anthony Cantele	Kansas State	18-21	85.7%	42	0-0	+1.15
32	Jeremiah Detmer	Toledo	21-26	80.8%	47	0-1	+1.12
33	Casey Barth	North Carolina	15-19	78.9%	48	0-0	+1.10
34	Dan Conroy	Michigan State	22-31	71.0%	50	3-3	+1.07
35	Brett Baer	Louisiana	17-20	85.0%	52	0-0	+0.98
36	Nolan Kohorst	UNLV	12-14	85.7%	43	0-0	+0.96
37	Jaden Oberkrom	TCU	19-27	70.4%	50	1-3	+0.94
38	Michael Hunnicutt	Oklahoma	15-19	78.9%	45	0-0	+0.81
39	Will Scott	Troy	17-21	81.0%	52	1-2	+0.76
40	Robert Stein	Akron	9-12	75.0%	46	0-0	+0.68
41	Justin Haig	Marshall	13-16	81.3%	45	0-0	+0.66
42	Brian Davis	Arkansas State	16-19	84.2%	47	0-0	+0.64
43	Quentin Breshears	Fresno State	11-14	78.6%	43	0-0	+0.58
44	Tyler Bitancurt	West Virginia	11-18	61.1%	52	1-4	+0.49
45	David Harman	Central Michigan	14-18	77.8%	51	1-1	+0.41
46	Ryan Bustin	Texas Tech	15-19	78.9%	50	1-2	+0.33
47	Freddy Cortez	Kent State	17-23	73.9%	48	0-1	+0.29
48	Adam Yates	South Carolina	11-15	73.3%	51	1-2	+0.29
49	Nick Diaz	Utah State	8-11	72.7%	53	0-1	+0.19
50	Kevin Harper	Pittsburgh	19-26	73.1%	45	0-1	+0.17
51	Mitch Ewald	Indiana	15-20	75.0%	46	0-1	+0.16
52	Patrick Clarke	Buffalo	11-14	78.6%	49	0-0	+0.15
53	Drew Basil	Ohio State	8-10	80.0%	52	1-2	+0.12
54	Michel Chapuseaux	South Alabama	20-25	80.0%	53	2-2	+0.09
55	Corey Acosta	Southern Miss	11-16	68.8%	51	2-2	−0.05
56	Andrew Furney	Washington State	14-20	70.0%	60	1-2	−0.06
57	Mathew Sims	Northern Illinois	14-18	77.8%	54	0-0	−0.09
58	Warren Harvey	East Carolina	13-16	81.3%	54	0-1	−0.10
59	Andrew Baggett	Missouri	14-20	70.0%	46	0-0	−0.24
60	Garrett Schwettman	Western Kentucky	10-13	76.9%	42	0-0	−0.29
61	Shawn Moffitt	UCF	9-11	81.8%	49	0-1	−0.34
62	Jon Mora	Arizona State	9-11	81.8%	39	0-0	−0.35
63	Michael Palardy	Tennessee	9-12	75.0%	38	0-0	−0.37
64	Zach Olen	North Texas	11-15	73.3%	48	0-1	−0.37
65	Drew Jarrett	Virginia	8-12	66.7%	46	0-0	−0.41
66	Marshall Morgan	Georgia	8-13	61.5%	52	2-4	−0.42
67	Matt Weller	Ohio	22-30	73.3%	49	0-0	−0.44
68	Kyle Brindza	Notre Dame	23-31	74.2%	52	1-1	−0.44
69	Carlos Lopez	Middle Tennessee	17-21	81.0%	44	0-0	−0.45
70	Travis Coons	Washington	7-11	63.6%	45	0-0	−0.49
71	Nick Sloan	Navy	10-13	76.9%	41	0-1	−0.53
72	Andre Heidari	USC	10-15	66.7%	41	0-0	−0.59
73	Bryson Rose	Ole Miss	17-25	68.0%	53	1-5	−0.61
74	Tyler Hadden	Hawai'i	13-19	68.4%	49	0-2	−0.75
75	Chad Christen	UConn	14-21	66.7%	50	1-3	−0.79
76	Chance Marden	San Diego State	8-12	66.7%	46	0-0	−0.82
77	Vincenzo D'Amato	California	16-23	69.6%	52	1-1	−0.90
78	Justus Adams	New Mexico	9-13	69.2%	42	0-1	−0.99
79	Ka'imi Fairbairn	UCLA	14-20	70.0%	48	0-1	−1.00
80	Matt Nelson	Louisiana Tech	12-17	70.6%	45	0-0	−1.01
81	Jake Wieclaw	Miami	19-24	79.2%	39	0-0	−1.02
82	Jack Griffin	Florida International	9-14	64.3%	45	0-1	−1.04
83	Kyle French	Wisconsin	10-16	62.5%	46	0-0	−1.08
84	Brad Craddock	Maryland	10-16	62.5%	52	1-1	−1.11
85	Coleman Petersen	Utah	8-13	61.5%	48	0-1	−1.15
86	Andrew Haldeman	Western Michigan	10-16	62.5%	52	1-1	−1.26
87	Craig McIntosh	Kentucky	8-12	66.7%	47	0-2	−1.28
88	Nick Jordan	Texas	8-13	61.5%	38	0-0	−1.35
89	Daniel Grochowski	Army	10-16	62.5%	46	0-1	−1.36
90	Drew Alleman	LSU	20-28	71.4%	49	0-3	−1.37
91	Stuart Williams	Wyoming	7-10	70.0%	42	0-0	−1.41
92	Devon Bell	Mississippi State	12-19	63.2%	47	0-0	−1.66
93	Jordan Wettstein	Minnesota	11-19	57.9%	48	0-3	−1.66
94	Steven Valadez	UTEP	10-14	71.4%	45	0-0	−1.70
95	Mitch Anderson	Florida Atlantic	7-14	50.0%	53	1-1	−1.72
96	Kyle Federico	Rutgers	6-11	54.5%	51	1-2	−1.75
97	Niklas Sade	NC State	12-18	66.7%	50	1-3	−1.84
98	Michael Frisina	Boise State	12-17	70.6%	30	0-0	−1.88
99	John Bonano	Arizona	14-20	70.0%	46	0-0	−1.89
100	Alex Garoutte	Arizona State	6-11	54.5%	43	0-1	−2.02
101	Daniel Schwarz	Tulsa	11-17	64.7%	45	0-0	−2.22
102	Sam Ficken	Penn State	14-21	66.7%	38	0-0	−2.32
103	Ron Doherty	Kansas	5-9	55.6%	37	0-1	−2.52
104	Zach Hocker	Arkansas	11-18	61.1%	46	0-1	−2.53
105	Jordan Williamson	Stanford	15-25	60.0%	48	0-2	−2.64
106	Chase Hover	SMU	16-25	64.0%	52	0-3	−2.69
107	Taylor Bertolet	Texas A&M	13-22	59.1%	54	3-4	−2.93
108	Parker Herrington	Air Force	4-9	44.4%	45	0-1	−3.20
109	Aaron Jones	Baylor	16-27	59.3%	58	2-2	−3.30
110	Ross Krautman	Syracuse	13-21	61.9%	47	0-1	−3.35
111	Justin Sorensen	BYU	5-9	55.6%	35	0-0	−3.39

Ranked by MAKE: made field goals minus expected makes. Clutch = 4th quarter or overtime, one-score game. Minimum 10 attempts.

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