2012 College MAKE per 100 Kicks Leaders

MAKE (Makes Above Kicks Expected) adds up every field goal made minus the chance it would go in, given its distance and the weather. Dividing by attempts and multiplying by 100 puts kickers with different workloads on the same scale.

Above zero means he made more than an average kicker would from the same kicks. It is the fair way to compare a part-time kicker with a full-time one. In 2012, Cairo Santos (+29.27) led college football kickers in MAKE per 100 kicks, ahead of Jeff Budzien (+20.95) and Austin Lopez (+20.83). 111 kickers qualify (minimum 10 field goal attempts). The median qualified kicker had −0.30.

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

Rk	Player	Team	MAKE/100	FG	FG%	LNG	50+	MAKE
1	Cairo Santos	Tulane	+29.27	21-21	100.0%	57	1-1	+4.98
2	Jeff Budzien	Northwestern	+20.95	17-18	94.4%	44	0-1	+3.77
3	Austin Lopez	San José State	+20.83	15-15	100.0%	45	0-0	+3.13
4	Ross Martin	Duke	+18.45	18-19	94.7%	50	1-1	+3.51
5	Dustin Hopkins	Florida State	+17.82	24-28	85.7%	56	5-5	+4.99
6	Chandler Catanzaro	Clemson	+17.73	16-17	94.1%	50	1-1	+3.01
7	Jeremy Shelley	Alabama	+17.60	11-11	100.0%	38	0-0	+1.94
8	Chris Boswell	Rice	+16.32	21-26	80.8%	57	6-7	+4.08
9	Ty Long	UAB	+16.13	14-16	87.5%	54	2-4	+2.74
10	Dylan Mulder	Eastern Michigan	+15.17	10-11	90.9%	43	0-0	+1.67
11	Nate Freese	Boston College	+15.12	18-20	90.0%	45	0-1	+3.02
12	Will Johnson	Texas State	+14.02	12-16	75.0%	54	2-4	+1.96
13	Edwin Arceo	Iowa State	+13.89	11-15	73.3%	51	2-4	+2.08
14	Carey Spear	Vanderbilt	+13.34	17-20	85.0%	52	2-3	+2.94
15	Trevor Romaine	Oregon State	+12.58	14-16	87.5%	45	0-0	+2.01
16	Caleb Sturgis	Florida	+12.15	23-26	88.5%	51	3-3	+3.28
17	Brandon McManus	Temple	+10.44	14-17	82.4%	50	1-1	+1.77
18	Cody Parkey	Auburn	+10.39	11-14	78.6%	46	0-0	+1.45
19	Maikon Bonani	South Florida	+10.35	18-23	78.3%	50	1-3	+2.38
20	Quinn Sharp	Oklahoma State	+10.10	25-31	80.6%	51	2-5	+3.13
21	Kaleb Patterson	Miami (OH)	+10.02	15-17	88.2%	45	0-0	+1.80
22	Brendan Gibbons	Michigan	+10.01	14-16	87.5%	52	1-1	+1.50
23	Steven Schott	Ball State	+9.37	24-29	82.8%	52	2-4	+2.81
24	John Wallace	Louisville	+9.04	14-17	82.4%	45	0-1	+1.54
25	Cody Journell	Virginia Tech	+8.60	18-22	81.8%	42	0-0	+1.89
26	Brett Maher	Nebraska	+8.17	19-25	76.0%	54	3-5	+2.04
27	Trey Farquhar	Idaho	+7.92	18-24	75.0%	55	5-9	+1.90
28	Nolan Kohorst	UNLV	+6.89	12-14	85.7%	43	0-0	+0.96
29	Brett Baer	Louisiana	+6.54	17-20	85.0%	52	0-0	+0.98
30	Tony Miliano	Cincinnati	+6.07	15-20	75.0%	47	0-0	+1.21
31	Casey Barth	North Carolina	+5.77	15-19	78.9%	48	0-0	+1.10
32	Robert Stein	Akron	+5.67	9-12	75.0%	46	0-0	+0.68
33	Mike Meyer	Iowa	+5.49	17-21	81.0%	50	1-1	+1.15
34	Anthony Cantele	Kansas State	+5.46	18-21	85.7%	42	0-0	+1.15
35	Matt Hogan	Houston	+5.43	20-25	80.0%	52	3-3	+1.36
36	Jeremiah Detmer	Toledo	+4.49	21-26	80.8%	47	0-1	+1.12
37	Michael Hunnicutt	Oklahoma	+4.48	15-19	78.9%	45	0-0	+0.81
38	Justin Haig	Marshall	+4.41	13-16	81.3%	45	0-0	+0.66
39	Quentin Breshears	Fresno State	+4.13	11-14	78.6%	43	0-0	+0.58
40	Will Scott	Troy	+3.82	17-21	81.0%	52	1-2	+0.76
41	Jaden Oberkrom	TCU	+3.47	19-27	70.4%	50	1-3	+0.94
42	Dan Conroy	Michigan State	+3.46	22-31	71.0%	50	3-3	+1.07
43	Brian Davis	Arkansas State	+3.21	16-19	84.2%	47	0-0	+0.64
44	Tyler Bitancurt	West Virginia	+2.91	11-18	61.1%	52	1-4	+0.49
45	David Harman	Central Michigan	+2.74	14-18	77.8%	51	1-1	+0.41
46	Adam Yates	South Carolina	+1.93	11-15	73.3%	51	1-2	+0.29
47	Nick Diaz	Utah State	+1.93	8-11	72.7%	53	0-1	+0.19
48	Ryan Bustin	Texas Tech	+1.59	15-19	78.9%	50	1-2	+0.33
49	Freddy Cortez	Kent State	+1.27	17-23	73.9%	48	0-1	+0.29
50	Drew Basil	Ohio State	+1.10	8-10	80.0%	52	1-2	+0.12
51	Patrick Clarke	Buffalo	+0.99	11-14	78.6%	49	0-0	+0.15
52	Mitch Ewald	Indiana	+0.80	15-20	75.0%	46	0-1	+0.16
53	Kevin Harper	Pittsburgh	+0.64	19-26	73.1%	45	0-1	+0.17
54	Michel Chapuseaux	South Alabama	+0.36	20-25	80.0%	53	2-2	+0.09
55	Corey Acosta	Southern Miss	−0.29	11-16	68.8%	51	2-2	−0.05
56	Andrew Furney	Washington State	−0.30	14-20	70.0%	60	1-2	−0.06
57	Warren Harvey	East Carolina	−0.62	13-16	81.3%	54	0-1	−0.10
58	Mathew Sims	Northern Illinois	−0.67	14-18	77.8%	54	0-0	−0.09
59	Andrew Baggett	Missouri	−1.18	14-20	70.0%	46	0-0	−0.24
60	Kyle Brindza	Notre Dame	−1.42	23-31	74.2%	52	1-1	−0.44
61	Matt Weller	Ohio	−1.82	22-30	73.3%	49	0-0	−0.44
62	Carlos Lopez	Middle Tennessee	−2.05	17-21	81.0%	44	0-0	−0.45
63	Garrett Schwettman	Western Kentucky	−2.27	10-13	76.9%	42	0-0	−0.29
64	Zach Olen	North Texas	−2.33	11-15	73.3%	48	0-1	−0.37
65	Shawn Moffitt	UCF	−2.63	9-11	81.8%	49	0-1	−0.34
66	Bryson Rose	Ole Miss	−2.67	17-25	68.0%	53	1-5	−0.61
67	Jon Mora	Arizona State	−2.90	9-11	81.8%	39	0-0	−0.35
68	Michael Palardy	Tennessee	−3.05	9-12	75.0%	38	0-0	−0.37
69	Marshall Morgan	Georgia	−3.23	8-13	61.5%	52	2-4	−0.42
70	Drew Jarrett	Virginia	−3.44	8-12	66.7%	46	0-0	−0.41
71	Tyler Hadden	Hawai'i	−3.58	13-19	68.4%	49	0-2	−0.75
72	Chad Christen	UConn	−3.75	14-21	66.7%	50	1-3	−0.79
73	Nick Sloan	Navy	−3.75	10-13	76.9%	41	0-1	−0.53
74	Vincenzo D'Amato	California	−3.92	16-23	69.6%	52	1-1	−0.90
75	Andre Heidari	USC	−3.95	10-15	66.7%	41	0-0	−0.59
76	Jake Wieclaw	Miami	−4.07	19-24	79.2%	39	0-0	−1.02
77	Travis Coons	Washington	−4.42	7-11	63.6%	45	0-0	−0.49
78	Drew Alleman	LSU	−4.89	20-28	71.4%	49	0-3	−1.37
79	Ka'imi Fairbairn	UCLA	−5.00	14-20	70.0%	48	0-1	−1.00
80	Matt Nelson	Louisiana Tech	−5.63	12-17	70.6%	45	0-0	−1.01
81	Kyle French	Wisconsin	−6.76	10-16	62.5%	46	0-0	−1.08
82	Brad Craddock	Maryland	−6.93	10-16	62.5%	52	1-1	−1.11
83	Jack Griffin	Florida International	−6.94	9-14	64.3%	45	0-1	−1.04
84	Chance Marden	San Diego State	−7.45	8-12	66.7%	46	0-0	−0.82
85	Andrew Haldeman	Western Michigan	−7.87	10-16	62.5%	52	1-1	−1.26
86	Justus Adams	New Mexico	−8.27	9-13	69.2%	42	0-1	−0.99
87	Jordan Wettstein	Minnesota	−8.31	11-19	57.9%	48	0-3	−1.66
88	Daniel Grochowski	Army	−8.52	10-16	62.5%	46	0-1	−1.36
89	Craig McIntosh	Kentucky	−8.54	8-12	66.7%	47	0-2	−1.28
90	Devon Bell	Mississippi State	−8.75	12-19	63.2%	47	0-0	−1.66
91	Niklas Sade	NC State	−8.77	12-18	66.7%	50	1-3	−1.84
92	Coleman Petersen	Utah	−8.83	8-13	61.5%	48	0-1	−1.15
93	John Bonano	Arizona	−9.46	14-20	70.0%	46	0-0	−1.89
94	Nick Jordan	Texas	−10.37	8-13	61.5%	38	0-0	−1.35
95	Jordan Williamson	Stanford	−10.57	15-25	60.0%	48	0-2	−2.64
96	Sam Ficken	Penn State	−11.02	14-21	66.7%	38	0-0	−2.32
97	Michael Frisina	Boise State	−11.07	12-17	70.6%	30	0-0	−1.88
98	Stuart Williams	Wyoming	−11.71	7-10	70.0%	42	0-0	−1.41
99	Steven Valadez	UTEP	−12.15	10-14	71.4%	45	0-0	−1.70
100	Aaron Jones	Baylor	−12.22	16-27	59.3%	58	2-2	−3.30
101	Mitch Anderson	Florida Atlantic	−12.26	7-14	50.0%	53	1-1	−1.72
102	Chase Hover	SMU	−12.82	16-25	64.0%	52	0-3	−2.69
103	Daniel Schwarz	Tulsa	−13.08	11-17	64.7%	45	0-0	−2.22
104	Taylor Bertolet	Texas A&M	−13.30	13-22	59.1%	54	3-4	−2.93
105	Zach Hocker	Arkansas	−14.06	11-18	61.1%	46	0-1	−2.53
106	Ross Krautman	Syracuse	−15.94	13-21	61.9%	47	0-1	−3.35
107	Kyle Federico	Rutgers	−15.95	6-11	54.5%	51	1-2	−1.75
108	Alex Garoutte	Arizona State	−18.35	6-11	54.5%	43	0-1	−2.02
109	Ron Doherty	Kansas	−25.21	5-9	55.6%	37	0-1	−2.52
110	Justin Sorensen	BYU	−30.82	5-9	55.6%	35	0-0	−3.39
111	Parker Herrington	Air Force	−31.96	4-9	44.4%	45	0-1	−3.20

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