2012 College Longest Field Goals Leaders

This lists each kicker's longest made field goal of the season. Distance is measured from where the ball was kicked to the goal posts, which stand 10 yards behind the goal line, so it is the yard line plus 17 when the ball was snapped.

Very long kicks are rare, so one make can separate kickers; it says more about leg strength and opportunity than about consistency. In 2012, Spencer Benton (61 yds) led college football kickers in longest field goals, ahead of Andrew Furney (60 yds) and Aaron Jones (58 yds). 163 kickers qualify. The median qualified kicker had 46 yds.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Longest	FG	FG%	LNG	50+	MAKE
1	Spencer Benton	Clemson	61 yds	1-3	33.3%	61	1-3	−0.38
2	Andrew Furney	Washington State	60 yds	14-20	70.0%	60	1-2	−0.06
3	Aaron Jones	Baylor	58 yds	16-27	59.3%	58	2-2	−3.30
4	Cairo Santos	Tulane	57 yds	21-21	100.0%	57	1-1	+4.98
5	Chris Boswell	Rice	57 yds	21-26	80.8%	57	6-7	+4.08
6	Dustin Hopkins	Florida State	56 yds	24-28	85.7%	56	5-5	+4.99
7	Trey Farquhar	Idaho	55 yds	18-24	75.0%	55	5-9	+1.90
8	Brett Maher	Nebraska	54 yds	19-25	76.0%	54	3-5	+2.04
9	Mathew Sims	Northern Illinois	54 yds	14-18	77.8%	54	0-0	−0.09
10	Ty Long	UAB	54 yds	14-16	87.5%	54	2-4	+2.74
11	Taylor Bertolet	Texas A&M	54 yds	13-22	59.1%	54	3-4	−2.93
12	Warren Harvey	East Carolina	54 yds	13-16	81.3%	54	0-1	−0.10
13	Will Johnson	Texas State	54 yds	12-16	75.0%	54	2-4	+1.96
14	Taylor Zalewski	Illinois	54 yds	4-7	57.1%	54	1-2	−0.71
15	Michel Chapuseaux	South Alabama	53 yds	20-25	80.0%	53	2-2	+0.09
16	Bryson Rose	Ole Miss	53 yds	17-25	68.0%	53	1-5	−0.61
17	Nick Diaz	Utah State	53 yds	8-11	72.7%	53	0-1	+0.19
18	Mitch Anderson	Florida Atlantic	53 yds	7-14	50.0%	53	1-1	−1.72
19	Matt Ramondo	New Mexico State	53 yds	1-1	100.0%	53	1-1	+0.55
20	Steven Schott	Ball State	52 yds	24-29	82.8%	52	2-4	+2.81
21	Kyle Brindza	Notre Dame	52 yds	23-31	74.2%	52	1-1	−0.44
22	Matt Hogan	Houston	52 yds	20-25	80.0%	52	3-3	+1.36
23	Brett Baer	Louisiana	52 yds	17-20	85.0%	52	0-0	+0.98
24	Carey Spear	Vanderbilt	52 yds	17-20	85.0%	52	2-3	+2.94
25	Will Scott	Troy	52 yds	17-21	81.0%	52	1-2	+0.76
26	Chase Hover	SMU	52 yds	16-25	64.0%	52	0-3	−2.69
27	Vincenzo D'Amato	California	52 yds	16-23	69.6%	52	1-1	−0.90
28	Brendan Gibbons	Michigan	52 yds	14-16	87.5%	52	1-1	+1.50
29	Tyler Bitancurt	West Virginia	52 yds	11-18	61.1%	52	1-4	+0.49
30	Andrew Haldeman	Western Michigan	52 yds	10-16	62.5%	52	1-1	−1.26
31	Brad Craddock	Maryland	52 yds	10-16	62.5%	52	1-1	−1.11
32	Drew Basil	Ohio State	52 yds	8-10	80.0%	52	1-2	+0.12
33	Marshall Morgan	Georgia	52 yds	8-13	61.5%	52	2-4	−0.42
34	Cade Foster	Alabama	52 yds	4-9	44.4%	52	3-5	−0.62
35	Quinn Sharp	Oklahoma State	51 yds	25-31	80.6%	51	2-5	+3.13
36	Caleb Sturgis	Florida	51 yds	23-26	88.5%	51	3-3	+3.28
37	David Harman	Central Michigan	51 yds	14-18	77.8%	51	1-1	+0.41
38	Adam Yates	South Carolina	51 yds	11-15	73.3%	51	1-2	+0.29
39	Corey Acosta	Southern Miss	51 yds	11-16	68.8%	51	2-2	−0.05
40	Edwin Arceo	Iowa State	51 yds	11-15	73.3%	51	2-4	+2.08
41	Sean Ianno	UTSA	51 yds	10-13	76.9%	51	0-0	−1.09
42	Kyle Federico	Rutgers	51 yds	6-11	54.5%	51	1-2	−1.75
43	Paulo Henriques	Memphis	51 yds	4-8	50.0%	51	1-1	−2.31
44	Dan Conroy	Michigan State	50 yds	22-31	71.0%	50	3-3	+1.07
45	Jaden Oberkrom	TCU	50 yds	19-27	70.4%	50	1-3	+0.94
46	Maikon Bonani	South Florida	50 yds	18-23	78.3%	50	1-3	+2.38
47	Ross Martin	Duke	50 yds	18-19	94.7%	50	1-1	+3.51
48	Mike Meyer	Iowa	50 yds	17-21	81.0%	50	1-1	+1.15
49	Chandler Catanzaro	Clemson	50 yds	16-17	94.1%	50	1-1	+3.01
50	Ryan Bustin	Texas Tech	50 yds	15-19	78.9%	50	1-2	+0.33
51	Brandon McManus	Temple	50 yds	14-17	82.4%	50	1-1	+1.77
52	Chad Christen	UConn	50 yds	14-21	66.7%	50	1-3	−0.79
53	Niklas Sade	NC State	50 yds	12-18	66.7%	50	1-3	−1.84
54	Matt Weller	Ohio	49 yds	22-30	73.3%	49	0-0	−0.44
55	Drew Alleman	LSU	49 yds	20-28	71.4%	49	0-3	−1.37
56	Tyler Hadden	Hawai'i	49 yds	13-19	68.4%	49	0-2	−0.75
57	Patrick Clarke	Buffalo	49 yds	11-14	78.6%	49	0-0	+0.15
58	Jared Roberts	Colorado State	49 yds	9-9	100.0%	49	0-0	+3.02
59	Shawn Moffitt	UCF	49 yds	9-11	81.8%	49	0-1	−0.34
60	Freddy Cortez	Kent State	48 yds	17-23	73.9%	48	0-1	+0.29
61	Casey Barth	North Carolina	48 yds	15-19	78.9%	48	0-0	+1.10
62	Jordan Williamson	Stanford	48 yds	15-25	60.0%	48	0-2	−2.64
63	Ka'imi Fairbairn	UCLA	48 yds	14-20	70.0%	48	0-1	−1.00
64	Jordan Wettstein	Minnesota	48 yds	11-19	57.9%	48	0-3	−1.66
65	Zach Olen	North Texas	48 yds	11-15	73.3%	48	0-1	−0.37
66	Coleman Petersen	Utah	48 yds	8-13	61.5%	48	0-1	−1.15
67	Matt Wile	Michigan	48 yds	1-2	50.0%	48	0-1	+0.05
68	Jeremiah Detmer	Toledo	47 yds	21-26	80.8%	47	0-1	+1.12
69	Brian Davis	Arkansas State	47 yds	16-19	84.2%	47	0-0	+0.64
70	Tony Miliano	Cincinnati	47 yds	15-20	75.0%	47	0-0	+1.21
71	Ross Krautman	Syracuse	47 yds	13-21	61.9%	47	0-1	−3.35
72	Devon Bell	Mississippi State	47 yds	12-19	63.2%	47	0-0	−1.66
73	Craig McIntosh	Kentucky	47 yds	8-12	66.7%	47	0-2	−1.28
74	Justin Manton	UL Monroe	47 yds	5-8	62.5%	47	0-0	−0.73
75	David Scully	Georgia Tech	47 yds	4-8	50.0%	47	0-0	−1.97
76	Mitch Ewald	Indiana	46 yds	15-20	75.0%	46	0-1	+0.16
77	Andrew Baggett	Missouri	46 yds	14-20	70.0%	46	0-0	−0.24
78	John Bonano	Arizona	46 yds	14-20	70.0%	46	0-0	−1.89
79	Cody Parkey	Auburn	46 yds	11-14	78.6%	46	0-0	+1.45
80	Zach Hocker	Arkansas	46 yds	11-18	61.1%	46	0-1	−2.53
81	Daniel Grochowski	Army	46 yds	10-16	62.5%	46	0-1	−1.36
82	Kyle French	Wisconsin	46 yds	10-16	62.5%	46	0-0	−1.08
83	Robert Stein	Akron	46 yds	9-12	75.0%	46	0-0	+0.68
84	Chance Marden	San Diego State	46 yds	8-12	66.7%	46	0-0	−0.82
85	Drew Jarrett	Virginia	46 yds	8-12	66.7%	46	0-0	−0.41
86	Paul Griggs	Purdue	46 yds	4-5	80.0%	46	0-1	−0.32
87	Kevin Harper	Pittsburgh	45 yds	19-26	73.1%	45	0-1	+0.17
88	Nate Freese	Boston College	45 yds	18-20	90.0%	45	0-1	+3.02
89	Austin Lopez	San José State	45 yds	15-15	100.0%	45	0-0	+3.13
90	Kaleb Patterson	Miami (OH)	45 yds	15-17	88.2%	45	0-0	+1.80
91	Michael Hunnicutt	Oklahoma	45 yds	15-19	78.9%	45	0-0	+0.81
92	John Wallace	Louisville	45 yds	14-17	82.4%	45	0-1	+1.54
93	Trevor Romaine	Oregon State	45 yds	14-16	87.5%	45	0-0	+2.01
94	Justin Haig	Marshall	45 yds	13-16	81.3%	45	0-0	+0.66
95	Matt Nelson	Louisiana Tech	45 yds	12-17	70.6%	45	0-0	−1.01
96	Daniel Schwarz	Tulsa	45 yds	11-17	64.7%	45	0-0	−2.22
97	Steven Valadez	UTEP	45 yds	10-14	71.4%	45	0-0	−1.70
98	Jack Griffin	Florida International	45 yds	9-14	64.3%	45	0-1	−1.04
99	Travis Coons	Washington	45 yds	7-11	63.6%	45	0-0	−0.49
100	Parker Herrington	Air Force	45 yds	4-9	44.4%	45	0-1	−3.20
101	Jimmy Newman	Wake Forest	45 yds	2-6	33.3%	45	0-0	−1.19
102	Matthew Nakatani	Louisville	45 yds	2-2	100.0%	45	0-0	+0.50
103	Carlos Lopez	Middle Tennessee	44 yds	17-21	81.0%	44	0-0	−0.45
104	Jeff Budzien	Northwestern	44 yds	17-18	94.4%	44	0-1	+3.77
105	Chad Hedlund	Wake Forest	44 yds	3-3	100.0%	44	0-0	+0.59
106	Nolan Kohorst	UNLV	43 yds	12-14	85.7%	43	0-0	+0.96
107	Quentin Breshears	Fresno State	43 yds	11-14	78.6%	43	0-0	+0.58
108	Dylan Mulder	Eastern Michigan	43 yds	10-11	90.9%	43	0-0	+1.67
109	Alex Garoutte	Arizona State	43 yds	6-11	54.5%	43	0-1	−2.02
110	Nick Immekus	Illinois	43 yds	4-5	80.0%	43	0-0	+0.47
111	N/A	Rice	43 yds	1-1	100.0%	43	0-0	+0.40
112	Anthony Cantele	Kansas State	42 yds	18-21	85.7%	42	0-0	+1.15
113	Cody Journell	Virginia Tech	42 yds	18-22	81.8%	42	0-0	+1.89
114	Garrett Schwettman	Western Kentucky	42 yds	10-13	76.9%	42	0-0	−0.29
115	Justus Adams	New Mexico	42 yds	9-13	69.2%	42	0-1	−0.99
116	Stuart Williams	Wyoming	42 yds	7-10	70.0%	42	0-0	−1.41
117	Tyler Tate	Bowling Green	42 yds	5-7	71.4%	42	0-0	−0.93
118	Nick Borgese	Rutgers	42 yds	4-5	80.0%	42	0-0	+0.31
119	Anthony Fera	Texas	42 yds	2-4	50.0%	42	0-0	−0.68
120	Tyler Stampler	New Mexico State	42 yds	2-4	50.0%	42	0-0	−0.56
121	Andre Heidari	USC	41 yds	10-15	66.7%	41	0-0	−0.59
122	Nick Sloan	Navy	41 yds	10-13	76.9%	41	0-1	−0.53
123	Allen Hardison	Nevada	41 yds	7-7	100.0%	41	0-0	+0.95
124	Kristian Stern	UTSA	41 yds	5-6	83.3%	41	0-0	+0.17
125	Rob Beard	Oregon	41 yds	4-8	50.0%	41	0-0	−1.93
126	Eric Osteen	Army	41 yds	3-4	75.0%	41	0-0	+0.06
127	Bobby Puyol	UConn	40 yds	1-1	100.0%	40	0-0	+0.39
128	Jake Wieclaw	Miami	39 yds	19-24	79.2%	39	0-0	−1.02
129	Jon Mora	Arizona State	39 yds	9-11	81.8%	39	0-0	−0.35
130	Blake Lucas	Massachusetts	39 yds	7-8	87.5%	39	0-0	−0.70
131	Tyler Spurlock	Memphis	39 yds	3-4	75.0%	39	0-0	+0.22
132	Chance Marden	Nevada	39 yds	1-1	100.0%	39	0-0	+0.36
133	Steve Flaherty	Northwestern	39 yds	1-1	100.0%	39	0-0	+0.36
134	Vinny Zaccario	Florida Atlantic	39 yds	1-2	50.0%	39	0-0	−0.16
135	Sam Ficken	Penn State	38 yds	14-21	66.7%	38	0-0	−2.32
136	Jeremy Shelley	Alabama	38 yds	11-11	100.0%	38	0-0	+1.94
137	Michael Palardy	Tennessee	38 yds	9-12	75.0%	38	0-0	−0.37
138	Nick Jordan	Texas	38 yds	8-13	61.5%	38	0-0	−1.35
139	Chris Tanner	Georgia Tech	38 yds	5-6	83.3%	38	0-0	+0.56
140	Harrison Waid	San José State	38 yds	1-1	100.0%	38	0-0	−0.24
141	Derrick Brodus	Tennessee	37 yds	6-7	85.7%	37	0-0	+0.12
142	Will Oliver	Colorado	37 yds	6-8	75.0%	37	0-0	−0.12
143	Ron Doherty	Kansas	37 yds	5-9	55.6%	37	0-1	−2.52
144	David Harman	Western Michigan	37 yds	1-1	100.0%	37	0-0	+0.32
145	Sam McCartney	Purdue	36 yds	5-6	83.3%	36	0-0	+0.05
146	Justin Sorensen	BYU	35 yds	5-9	55.6%	35	0-0	−3.39
147	Nick Tausch	Notre Dame	34 yds	1-1	100.0%	34	0-0	+0.24
148	Riley Stephenson	BYU	33 yds	4-6	66.7%	33	0-0	−0.87
149	Nick Prolago	Kansas	32 yds	5-6	83.3%	32	0-0	−0.05
150	Josh Thompson	Utah State	32 yds	4-6	66.7%	32	0-0	−0.70
151	Brendon Levengood	Massachusetts	32 yds	3-5	60.0%	32	0-0	−0.78
152	Justin Moore	Georgia Tech	32 yds	2-3	66.7%	32	0-0	−1.06
153	Michael Frisina	Boise State	30 yds	12-17	70.6%	30	0-0	−1.88
154	Ian Frye	Virginia	30 yds	3-5	60.0%	30	0-0	−1.19
155	Thomas Moore	North Carolina	30 yds	2-3	66.7%	30	0-0	−0.40
156	Brendan Magistro	Maryland	28 yds	1-1	100.0%	28	0-0	+0.14
157	Vince Penza	Toledo	28 yds	1-1	100.0%	28	0-0	+0.16
158	Stephen Stein	Bowling Green	26 yds	2-7	28.6%	26	0-0	−3.53
159	Alejandro Maldonado	Oregon	26 yds	1-4	25.0%	26	0-0	−1.87
160	John Henson	Arkansas	25 yds	2-2	100.0%	25	0-0	+0.15
161	Colin Ditsworth	Nevada	23 yds	1-3	33.3%	23	0-0	−1.35
162	Andrew Bowman	Texas Tech	21 yds	1-1	100.0%	21	0-0	+0.07
163	Jordan Wetstein	Minnesota	20 yds	1-1	100.0%	20	0-0	+0.06

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