2016 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 2016, Zane Gonzalez (59 yds) led college football kickers in longest field goals, ahead of Elliott Fry (55 yds) and Rigoberto Sanchez (55 yds). 166 kickers qualify. The median qualified kicker had 45 yds.

Final 2016 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	Longest	FG	FG%	LNG	50+	MAKE
1	Zane Gonzalez	Arizona State	59 yds	23-25	92.0%	59	7-9	+6.90
2	Elliott Fry	South Carolina	55 yds	12-16	75.0%	55	1-2	+1.35
3	Rigoberto Sanchez	Hawai'i	55 yds	12-12	100.0%	55	1-1	+2.71
4	Jonathan Barnes	Louisiana Tech	54 yds	20-24	83.3%	54	1-2	+2.72
5	Eddy Pineiro	Florida	54 yds	18-22	81.8%	54	3-3	+3.22
6	Nick Weiler	North Carolina	54 yds	14-19	73.7%	54	3-4	+1.09
7	Adam McFain	Arkansas	54 yds	8-10	80.0%	54	1-1	+0.97
8	Davis Price	Colorado	54 yds	4-6	66.7%	54	1-1	−0.59
9	Daniel Carlson	Auburn	53 yds	26-30	86.7%	53	4-7	+5.46
10	Emmit Carpenter	Minnesota	53 yds	21-23	91.3%	53	2-2	+4.80
11	Younghoe Koo	Georgia Southern	53 yds	19-20	95.0%	53	1-2	+4.04
12	Chase McLaughlin	Illinois	53 yds	12-17	70.6%	53	1-3	+0.62
13	Wyatt Bryan	Colorado State	53 yds	11-14	78.6%	53	1-1	+1.29
14	Logan Tyler	Florida State	53 yds	1-2	50.0%	53	1-1	+0.58
15	Matt Ammendola	Oklahoma State	53 yds	1-1	100.0%	53	1-1	+0.59
16	Conrad Ukropina	Stanford	52 yds	18-22	81.8%	52	2-2	+2.96
17	Michael Geiger	Michigan State	52 yds	15-19	78.9%	52	1-1	+1.74
18	Skyler Simcox	Western Kentucky	52 yds	15-20	75.0%	52	2-2	+1.50
19	Tommy Openshaw	Vanderbilt	52 yds	14-17	82.4%	52	1-1	+2.03
20	Louie Zervos	Ohio	51 yds	26-31	83.9%	51	1-1	+3.03
21	Michael Badgley	Miami	51 yds	20-25	80.0%	51	1-2	+1.40
22	Kenny Allen	Michigan	51 yds	16-20	80.0%	51	1-1	+0.80
23	Austin MacGinnis	Kentucky	51 yds	15-18	83.3%	51	1-1	+1.96
24	Drew Brown	Nebraska	51 yds	11-13	84.6%	51	1-2	+1.85
25	Jason Sanders	New Mexico	51 yds	11-12	91.7%	51	1-1	+2.40
26	Cole Murphy	Syracuse	51 yds	10-18	55.6%	51	1-4	−2.84
27	Trevor Moore	North Texas	51 yds	8-12	66.7%	51	1-1	−0.78
28	Austin Rehkow	Idaho	50 yds	26-28	92.9%	50	1-1	+3.63
29	Jake Elliott	Memphis	50 yds	20-24	83.3%	50	2-3	+3.58
30	John Baron II	San Diego State	50 yds	19-21	90.5%	50	1-2	+3.59
31	Matthew Wright	UCF	50 yds	15-20	75.0%	50	1-2	+1.66
32	Mike Molina	West Virginia	50 yds	15-22	68.2%	50	1-1	−0.71
33	Matthew Wyman	Kansas	50 yds	13-19	68.4%	50	1-3	−0.34
34	Austin Taylor	Florida International	50 yds	12-16	75.0%	50	1-1	−0.04
35	Greg Joseph	Florida Atlantic	50 yds	10-14	71.4%	50	1-2	−0.35
36	Chris Blewitt	Pittsburgh	50 yds	9-15	60.0%	50	1-3	−0.45
37	Gary Wunderlich	Ole Miss	49 yds	22-23	95.7%	49	0-1	+3.75
38	Daniel LaCamera	Texas A&M	49 yds	17-23	73.9%	49	0-1	+0.69
39	Davis Plowman	East Carolina	49 yds	17-23	73.9%	49	0-0	+0.44
40	Cole Netten	Iowa State	49 yds	16-17	94.1%	49	0-1	+2.80
41	Griffin Oakes	Indiana	49 yds	15-24	62.5%	49	0-3	−2.37
42	Kody Kroening	Fresno State	49 yds	15-17	88.2%	49	0-0	+2.27
43	Matt Boermeester	USC	49 yds	15-20	75.0%	49	0-2	+1.51
44	Jameson Vest	Toledo	49 yds	13-18	72.2%	49	0-0	−0.30
45	Rodrigo Blankenship	Georgia	49 yds	13-16	81.3%	49	0-0	+1.03
46	JJ Molson	UCLA	49 yds	12-20	60.0%	49	0-0	−2.50
47	Parker Shaunfield	Southern Miss	49 yds	12-13	92.3%	49	0-0	+2.65
48	Adam Griffith	Alabama	48 yds	19-26	73.1%	48	0-0	−1.08
49	Luke Strebel	Air Force	48 yds	19-22	86.4%	48	0-0	+1.84
50	Aaron Boumerhi	Temple	48 yds	11-13	84.6%	48	0-1	+1.90
51	Andrew DiRocco	Tulane	48 yds	10-16	62.5%	48	0-0	−1.66
52	Westin Graves	Mississippi State	48 yds	10-18	55.6%	48	0-0	−3.16
53	Craig Ford	UL Monroe	48 yds	9-13	69.2%	48	0-0	−0.40
54	Rafael Gaglianone	Wisconsin	48 yds	7-8	87.5%	48	0-0	+1.31
55	Jay Mattox	UTEP	48 yds	5-7	71.4%	48	0-1	−0.52
56	Kyle Bambard	NC State	48 yds	5-10	50.0%	48	0-0	−3.38
57	Matt Anderson	California	47 yds	22-26	84.6%	47	0-0	+2.23
58	Joey Slye	Virginia Tech	47 yds	20-26	76.9%	47	0-1	+0.01
59	Stevie Artigue	Louisiana	47 yds	19-24	79.2%	47	0-0	+1.10
60	Butch Hampton	Western Michigan	47 yds	18-23	78.3%	47	0-2	−0.21
61	Ryan Kay	Troy	47 yds	18-21	85.7%	47	0-0	+1.99
62	Andy Phillips	Utah	47 yds	17-21	81.0%	47	0-0	+1.27
63	Ricky Aguayo	Florida State	47 yds	17-24	70.8%	47	0-1	+0.21
64	Ty Cummings	Houston	47 yds	15-19	78.9%	47	0-0	+0.08
65	Evan Pantels	UNLV	47 yds	13-14	92.9%	47	0-0	+1.59
66	Greg Huegel	Clemson	47 yds	13-17	76.5%	47	0-0	−0.08
67	Aidan Schneider	Oregon	47 yds	9-12	75.0%	47	0-0	+0.12
68	Blake Wilson	Army	47 yds	4-8	50.0%	47	0-0	−1.97
69	Miguel Recinos	Iowa	47 yds	1-3	33.3%	47	0-1	−0.59
70	Mike Weaver	Wake Forest	46 yds	19-25	76.0%	46	0-1	+1.44
71	Paulie Fricano	Eastern Michigan	46 yds	17-22	77.3%	46	0-0	+0.62
72	Canon Rooker	Middle Tennessee	46 yds	16-19	84.2%	46	0-0	+1.75
73	Cooper Rothe	Wyoming	46 yds	13-20	65.0%	46	0-0	−0.77
74	Andrew Endicott	Wisconsin	46 yds	12-18	66.7%	46	0-2	−0.83
75	Chris Graham	Colorado	46 yds	10-14	71.4%	46	0-0	−1.47
76	Tom O'Leary	Akron	46 yds	10-11	90.9%	46	0-0	+1.62
77	Josh Pollack	Arizona	46 yds	9-14	64.3%	46	0-1	+0.44
78	Tucker McCann	Missouri	46 yds	6-12	50.0%	46	0-1	−3.43
79	Ryan Graf	TCU	46 yds	5-6	83.3%	46	0-0	+0.41
80	Ben Grogan	Oklahoma State	45 yds	18-23	78.3%	45	0-0	−0.29
81	Tyler Durbin	Ohio State	45 yds	17-19	89.5%	45	0-0	+1.98
82	Cameron Van Winkle	Washington	45 yds	16-20	80.0%	45	0-0	+0.96
83	Parker Davidson	New Mexico State	45 yds	15-19	78.9%	45	0-0	+0.45
84	Adam Mitcheson	Buffalo	45 yds	11-18	61.1%	45	0-1	−2.24
85	Austin Jones	Temple	45 yds	10-12	83.3%	45	0-0	+0.57
86	Garrett Owens	Oregon State	45 yds	10-17	58.8%	45	0-2	−1.98
87	Victor Falcon	UTSA	45 yds	10-15	66.7%	45	0-0	−0.26
88	Rogier ten Lohuis	Georgia State	45 yds	8-15	53.3%	45	0-2	−2.06
89	Brian Eavey	Central Michigan	45 yds	7-16	43.8%	45	0-1	−3.88
90	Spencer Pettit	Nevada	45 yds	7-9	77.8%	45	0-0	+0.48
91	Josh Williams	SMU	44 yds	17-22	77.3%	44	0-0	−1.16
92	Bryce Crawford	San José State	44 yds	16-18	88.9%	44	0-1	+1.54
93	Morgan Hagee	Ball State	44 yds	15-19	78.9%	44	0-1	+0.93
94	Colby Delahoussaye	LSU	44 yds	9-12	75.0%	44	0-1	−0.13
95	Jake Suder	Bowling Green	44 yds	9-12	75.0%	44	0-0	−0.49
96	Haden Tobola	Rice	44 yds	7-10	70.0%	44	0-1	−0.14
97	Logan Laurent	Massachusetts	44 yds	7-9	77.8%	44	0-0	−0.02
98	Redford Jones	Tulsa	43 yds	19-24	79.2%	43	0-1	+0.23
99	Shane Hynes	Kent State	43 yds	15-22	68.2%	43	0-1	−0.43
100	Trent Domingue	Texas	43 yds	15-22	68.2%	43	0-1	−1.99
101	Bobby Puyol	UConn	43 yds	13-18	72.2%	43	0-1	−1.06
102	Clayton Hatfield	Texas Tech	43 yds	13-14	92.9%	43	0-0	+2.48
103	J.D. Houston	Arkansas State	43 yds	12-18	66.7%	43	0-0	−2.69
104	Josh Pasley	Cincinnati	43 yds	11-17	64.7%	43	0-0	−1.96
105	Brad Davis	Old Dominion	43 yds	9-11	81.8%	43	0-0	−0.23
106	Brock Warren	Utah State	43 yds	9-12	75.0%	43	0-0	−0.61
107	Dominik Eberle	Utah State	43 yds	3-5	60.0%	43	0-0	−0.54
108	Jake Oldroyd	BYU	43 yds	3-4	75.0%	43	0-1	+0.24
109	Ian Patterson	Kansas State	43 yds	2-3	66.7%	43	0-0	−0.20
110	Michael Rubino	App State	42 yds	13-19	68.4%	42	0-2	−1.40
111	Harrison Butker	Georgia Tech	42 yds	11-13	84.6%	42	0-0	+1.53
112	Matthew McCrane	Kansas State	42 yds	11-14	78.6%	42	0-0	0.00
113	Aaron Medley	Tennessee	42 yds	10-15	66.7%	42	0-2	−0.37
114	J.D. Dellinger	Purdue	42 yds	10-14	71.4%	42	0-0	−0.80
115	Emilio Nadelman	South Florida	42 yds	7-7	100.0%	42	0-0	+1.43
116	Christian Hagan	Northern Illinois	41 yds	11-18	61.1%	41	0-1	−1.78
117	David Bonagura	Rutgers	41 yds	10-14	71.4%	41	0-0	−0.80
118	Keith Duncan	Iowa	41 yds	8-9	88.9%	41	0-0	+0.44
119	Evan O'Hara	Louisville	41 yds	3-6	50.0%	41	0-0	−1.66
120	Mike Shinsky	Maryland	41 yds	1-1	100.0%	41	0-0	+0.35
121	Tyler Davis	Penn State	40 yds	22-24	91.7%	40	0-0	+2.94
122	Justin Yoon	Notre Dame	40 yds	13-17	76.5%	40	0-0	−0.09
123	Brandon Hatfield	TCU	40 yds	12-16	75.0%	40	0-0	−0.75
124	Mike Knoll	Boston College	40 yds	11-12	91.7%	40	0-0	+1.42
125	Gavin Patterson	South Alabama	40 yds	10-15	66.7%	40	0-1	−1.80
126	Bennett Moehring	Navy	40 yds	7-9	77.8%	40	0-0	−0.33
127	Jack Mitchell	Northwestern	40 yds	7-11	63.6%	40	0-0	−1.79
128	Nicolai Bornand	UNLV	40 yds	1-1	100.0%	40	0-0	+0.32
129	Blanton Creque	Louisville	39 yds	13-16	81.3%	39	0-0	−0.17
130	Austin Seibert	Oklahoma	39 yds	11-14	78.6%	39	0-0	+0.26
131	Amoreto Curraj	Marshall	39 yds	4-10	40.0%	39	0-0	−2.91
132	Connor Haskins	NC State	39 yds	4-7	57.1%	39	0-0	−1.36
133	James Sherman	Texas State	39 yds	2-4	50.0%	39	0-0	−1.05
134	Andrew Strauch	UCLA	39 yds	1-2	50.0%	39	0-0	−0.48
135	Chris Callahan	Baylor	38 yds	9-14	64.3%	38	0-0	−2.11
136	Nick Dowd	Miami (OH)	38 yds	9-11	81.8%	38	0-1	+0.55
137	Tyler Rausa	Boise State	38 yds	7-11	63.6%	38	0-0	−1.04
138	Blake Brewer	Charlotte	38 yds	4-6	66.7%	38	0-1	+0.03
139	Cole Hedlund	Arkansas	38 yds	4-6	66.7%	38	0-0	−0.94
140	AJ Reed	Duke	38 yds	3-9	33.3%	38	0-0	−3.95
141	Rhett Almond	BYU	37 yds	16-20	80.0%	37	0-0	−0.06
142	Adam Greene	Maryland	37 yds	8-13	61.5%	37	0-1	−1.77
143	Erik Powell	Washington State	37 yds	7-13	53.8%	37	0-1	−2.88
144	Marcus Ripley	Texas State	37 yds	5-6	83.3%	37	0-0	−0.01
145	Andrew Gantz	Cincinnati	37 yds	2-2	100.0%	37	0-0	+0.39
146	Josh Lambert	West Virginia	37 yds	1-2	50.0%	37	0-0	−0.59
147	Sam Hayward	Virginia	36 yds	4-8	50.0%	36	0-0	−1.99
148	Brandon Behr	South Florida	33 yds	2-5	40.0%	33	0-0	−1.28
149	Andy Pappanastos	Alabama	33 yds	1-1	100.0%	33	0-0	+0.20
150	Stephen Muscarello	Charlotte	32 yds	5-7	71.4%	32	0-1	−0.66
151	Ryan Nuss	Western Kentucky	31 yds	5-8	62.5%	31	0-0	−1.64
152	Brent Zuzo	Nevada	31 yds	4-8	50.0%	31	0-0	−2.44
153	Mitchell Becker	Texas	31 yds	2-2	100.0%	31	0-0	+0.27
154	Sam Sloman	Miami (OH)	31 yds	1-3	33.3%	31	0-1	−0.99
155	Diego Gonzalez	Colorado	30 yds	3-4	75.0%	30	0-0	−0.39
156	William Ham	Georgia	29 yds	3-7	42.9%	29	0-1	−2.36
157	Jack Fox	Rice	29 yds	1-1	100.0%	29	0-0	+0.15
158	Mitchell Howard	Army	27 yds	2-4	50.0%	27	0-0	−1.13
159	Brandon Wright	Georgia State	27 yds	1-2	50.0%	27	0-0	−0.78
160	Jake Verity	East Carolina	27 yds	1-2	50.0%	27	0-0	−0.72
161	Stephen Brauchle	Southern Miss	25 yds	3-4	75.0%	25	0-0	−0.32
162	Alex Furbank	Virginia	23 yds	1-2	50.0%	23	0-0	−0.83
163	Michael Armstrong	SMU	22 yds	1-2	50.0%	22	0-0	−0.73
164	Bailey Cate	Old Dominion	21 yds	1-1	100.0%	21	0-0	+0.07
165	Chris Kirtley	Old Dominion	21 yds	1-1	100.0%	21	0-0	+0.08
166	Jordan Choukair	Oregon State	20 yds	1-1	100.0%	20	0-0	+0.06

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