2017 College Kicker Rankings

Every college football kicker with at least 10 field goal attempts in the 2017 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 2017 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

2017 College Leaders

MAKE

Matt Gay (Utah): +4.4 27-31 FG
Eddy Pineiro (Florida): +3.9 17-18 FG
Trevor Moore (North Texas): +3.6 19-21 FG
Bryce Crawford (San José State): +3.4 14-17 FG
Matthew McCrane (Kansas State): +3.1 21-26 FG

How MAKE works

Field Goals Made

Matt Gay (Utah): 27 of 31
Jameson Vest (Toledo): 25 of 30
Jonathan Barnes (Louisiana Tech): 22 of 29
Jimmy Camacho (Fresno State): 21 of 26
Matthew McCrane (Kansas State): 21 of 26

Full Field Goals Made leaderboard

Field Goal Percentage

Eddy Pineiro (Florida): 94.4% 17 of 18
Griffin Oakes (Indiana): 94.1% 16 of 17
Jace Christmann (Mississippi State): 91.7% 11 of 12
Trevor Moore (North Texas): 90.5% 19 of 21
Dominik Eberle (Utah State): 88.9% 16 of 18

Full Field Goal Percentage leaderboard

Longest Field Goals

Lucas Havrisik (Arizona): 57 yds
Matt Gay (Utah): 56 yds
Erik Powell (Washington State): 56 yds
Alex Kessman (Pittsburgh): 56 yds
Quinn Nordin (Michigan): 55 yds

Full Longest Field Goals leaderboard

50+ Yard Field Goals

Full 50+ Yard Field Goals leaderboard

Kicking Points

Jameson Vest (Toledo): 131 25 FG, 56 XP
Matt Ammendola (Oklahoma State): 127 20 FG, 67 XP
Austin Seibert (Oklahoma): 120 15 FG, 75 XP
Matt Gay (Utah): 118 27 FG, 37 XP
Daniel Carlson (Auburn): 117 21 FG, 54 XP

Full Kicking Points leaderboard

Extra Point Percentage

Austin Seibert (Oklahoma): 100.0% 75 of 75
Sean Nuernberger (Ohio State): 100.0% 68 of 68
Matt Ammendola (Oklahoma State): 100.0% 67 of 67
Tyler Davis (Penn State): 100.0% 66 of 66
Aidan Schneider (Oregon): 100.0% 59 of 59

Full Extra Point Percentage leaderboard

All 2017 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, 38% chance: +0.62
Missed 25-yarder, 90% chance: −0.90

How MAKE is calculated

MAKE Rankings, All Qualified Kickers

116 kickers qualify.

Rk	Player	Team	FG	FG%	LNG	50+	MAKE
1	Matt Gay	Utah	27-31	87.1%	56	5-6	+4.45
2	Eddy Pineiro	Florida	17-18	94.4%	50	2-2	+3.92
3	Trevor Moore	North Texas	19-21	90.5%	48	0-0	+3.62
4	Bryce Crawford	San José State	14-17	82.4%	53	5-8	+3.37
5	Matthew McCrane	Kansas State	21-26	80.8%	54	3-6	+3.13
6	Griffin Oakes	Indiana	16-17	94.1%	51	1-2	+3.11
7	Louie Zervos	Ohio	15-17	88.2%	46	0-2	+3.07
8	Austin MacGinnis	Kentucky	21-27	77.8%	53	2-5	+3.07
9	Canon Rooker	Middle Tennessee	14-17	82.4%	51	2-2	+2.86
10	Erik Powell	Washington State	19-23	82.6%	56	3-4	+2.70
11	Daniel LaCamera	Texas A&M	17-20	85.0%	52	1-3	+2.56
12	Daniel Carlson	Auburn	21-28	75.0%	54	4-7	+2.37
13	Gavin Patterson	South Alabama	16-19	84.2%	47	0-0	+2.30
14	Blanton Creque	Louisville	15-17	88.2%	48	0-0	+2.26
15	Jimmy Camacho	Fresno State	21-26	80.8%	50	1-2	+2.17
16	Connor Martin	Baylor	20-24	83.3%	48	0-0	+2.13
17	Gabriel Rui	Kansas	17-20	85.0%	50	1-1	+2.10
18	Rodrigo Blankenship	Georgia	15-17	88.2%	49	0-0	+2.09
19	Emilio Nadelman	South Florida	20-24	83.3%	51	1-1	+2.06
20	Logan Laurent	Massachusetts	13-15	86.7%	48	0-0	+1.90
21	Tyler Bass	Georgia Southern	15-19	78.9%	48	0-0	+1.90
22	Dominik Eberle	Utah State	16-18	88.9%	52	1-1	+1.88
23	Mike Weaver	Wake Forest	19-22	86.4%	43	0-1	+1.85
24	Jace Christmann	Mississippi State	11-12	91.7%	45	0-0	+1.78
25	Jose Borregales	Florida International	14-16	87.5%	44	0-1	+1.75
26	Matt Anderson	California	20-27	74.1%	52	1-1	+1.72
27	Ricky Aguayo	Florida State	15-18	83.3%	51	1-1	+1.62
28	Rafael Gaglianone	Wisconsin	14-16	87.5%	52	1-1	+1.53
29	Tucker McCann	Missouri	14-16	87.5%	43	0-0	+1.48
30	Austin Seibert	Oklahoma	15-18	83.3%	51	1-1	+1.43
31	Jet Toner	Stanford	20-24	83.3%	46	0-0	+1.41
32	Jameson Vest	Toledo	25-30	83.3%	49	0-1	+1.39
33	Brandon Ruiz	Arizona State	18-25	72.0%	52	2-5	+1.37
34	Greg Joseph	Florida Atlantic	15-19	78.9%	54	1-3	+1.37
35	James Stefanou	Colorado	17-22	77.3%	53	1-3	+1.30
36	Nick Vogel	UAB	11-14	78.6%	48	0-1	+1.23
37	Matt Coghlin	Michigan State	15-19	78.9%	46	0-1	+1.18
38	Jared Sackett	UTSA	19-22	86.4%	44	0-0	+1.18
39	Parker Shaunfield	Southern Miss	17-20	85.0%	51	1-1	+1.18
40	Jonathan Barnes	Louisiana Tech	22-29	75.9%	53	2-5	+1.16
41	Jake Suder	Bowling Green	18-22	81.8%	42	0-2	+1.14
42	Miguel Recinos	Iowa	9-11	81.8%	48	0-0	+1.05
43	Cole Murphy	Syracuse	20-27	74.1%	53	2-4	+1.05
44	Redford Jones	Tulsa	12-16	75.0%	51	2-2	+0.97
45	Wyatt Bryan	Colorado State	15-18	83.3%	52	2-2	+0.90
46	Caden Novikoff	Houston	10-12	83.3%	45	0-0	+0.88
47	Justin Yoon	Notre Dame	12-16	75.0%	46	0-1	+0.86
48	Drew Brown	Nebraska	12-14	85.7%	44	0-0	+0.85
49	Charlie Kuhbander	Northwestern	12-14	85.7%	40	0-0	+0.80
50	Evan Pantels	UNLV	17-22	77.3%	53	1-2	+0.80
51	John Baron II	San Diego State	12-15	80.0%	43	0-1	+0.80
52	Gary Wunderlich	Ole Miss	17-21	81.0%	49	0-1	+0.79
53	Cooper Rothe	Wyoming	12-15	80.0%	49	0-0	+0.69
54	Matthew Wright	UCF	11-14	78.6%	47	0-1	+0.66
55	Michael Badgley	Miami	16-20	80.0%	50	1-3	+0.64
56	JJ Molson	UCLA	16-20	80.0%	45	0-0	+0.61
57	Quinn Nordin	Michigan	15-20	75.0%	55	2-3	+0.56
58	Luke Strebel	Air Force	9-12	75.0%	50	1-2	+0.54
59	Andy Pappanastos	Alabama	15-19	78.9%	46	0-0	+0.43
60	Sam Sloman	Miami (OH)	12-16	75.0%	45	0-1	+0.39
61	Garrett Owens	Iowa State	17-21	81.0%	45	0-0	+0.23
62	Haden Hoggarth	Boise State	17-21	81.0%	41	0-1	+0.22
63	Connor Culp	LSU	11-15	73.3%	47	0-1	+0.18
64	Matt Ammendola	Oklahoma State	20-26	76.9%	53	1-1	+0.15
65	Nick Rice	Old Dominion	15-20	75.0%	48	0-0	+0.03
66	Andrew Harte	Rutgers	7-10	70.0%	50	1-2	+0.02
67	Sean Nuernberger	Ohio State	16-20	80.0%	44	0-0	0.00
68	Emmit Carpenter	Minnesota	14-20	70.0%	49	0-1	−0.03
69	Chase McGrath	USC	12-16	75.0%	51	1-1	−0.06
70	Austin Parker	Duke	17-21	81.0%	45	0-0	−0.07
71	Jason Sanders	New Mexico	10-15	66.7%	53	2-3	−0.07
72	Stevie Artigue	Louisiana	10-14	71.4%	51	2-2	−0.12
73	Craig Ford	UL Monroe	10-13	76.9%	44	0-0	−0.26
74	Riley Patterson	Memphis	9-13	69.2%	42	0-2	−0.27
75	Chase McLaughlin	Illinois	12-17	70.6%	43	0-2	−0.32
76	Freeman Jones	North Carolina	9-14	64.3%	51	1-2	−0.41
77	Spencer Pettit	Nevada	8-11	72.7%	47	0-0	−0.43
78	J.D. Dellinger	Purdue	9-12	75.0%	40	0-1	−0.47
79	Aidan Schneider	Oregon	9-12	75.0%	42	0-0	−0.49
80	Josh Williams	SMU	13-19	68.4%	46	0-1	−0.65
81	A.J. Mejia	Virginia	8-11	72.7%	38	0-0	−0.68
82	Paulie Fricano	Eastern Michigan	15-21	71.4%	46	0-2	−0.69
83	Brent Cimaglia	Tennessee	8-13	61.5%	51	1-2	−0.71
84	Jake Verity	East Carolina	16-25	64.0%	52	2-5	−0.72
85	Joey Slye	Virginia Tech	15-22	68.2%	50	2-3	−0.82
86	Jordan Choukair	Oregon State	12-19	63.2%	49	0-4	−0.85
87	Alex Kessman	Pittsburgh	11-19	57.9%	56	2-4	−0.86
88	Josh Pollack	Arizona	11-15	73.3%	45	0-0	−0.86
89	Cade Coffey	Idaho	12-17	70.6%	46	0-0	−1.03
90	Michael Tarbutt	UConn	12-18	66.7%	53	2-2	−1.03
91	Sawyer Williams	Arkansas State	15-21	71.4%	46	0-0	−1.04
92	Aaron Boumerhi	Temple	15-23	65.2%	52	1-3	−1.05
93	Dylan Brown	New Mexico State	11-15	73.3%	39	0-0	−1.18
94	Evan Rabon	Coastal Carolina	12-19	63.2%	52	2-2	−1.21
95	Henry Darmstadter	Maryland	7-12	58.3%	51	1-1	−1.49
96	Ryan Jones	Cincinnati	6-10	60.0%	30	0-0	−1.68
97	Josh Grant	Western Michigan	15-23	65.2%	49	0-1	−1.73
98	Michael Armstrong	Central Michigan	7-11	63.6%	39	0-0	−1.75
99	Michael Rubino	App State	9-15	60.0%	46	0-0	−1.85
100	Morgan Hagee	Ball State	9-16	56.3%	47	0-2	−1.91
101	Rhett Almond	BYU	13-19	68.4%	46	0-0	−2.01
102	Kaare Vedvik	Marshall	9-15	60.0%	45	0-1	−2.03
103	Colton Lichtenberg	Boston College	10-17	58.8%	42	0-1	−2.03
104	Joshua Rowland	Texas	10-16	62.5%	49	0-0	−2.07
105	Alex Spence	Clemson	7-12	58.3%	46	0-0	−2.35
106	Shane Hynes	Kent State	9-15	60.0%	48	0-1	−2.47
107	Tristan Vizcaino	Washington	12-19	63.2%	44	0-0	−2.48
108	Parker White	South Carolina	12-22	54.5%	47	0-2	−2.62
109	Ryan Nuss	Western Kentucky	9-15	60.0%	44	0-0	−2.69
110	Bennett Moehring	Navy	8-14	57.1%	48	0-1	−3.03
111	Brandon Wright	Georgia State	10-20	50.0%	50	1-4	−3.16
112	Christian Hagan	Northern Illinois	9-16	56.3%	41	0-0	−3.38
113	Adam Mitcheson	Buffalo	15-24	62.5%	49	0-2	−3.47
114	Carson Wise	NC State	6-12	50.0%	48	0-0	−3.63
115	Tyler Davis	Penn State	9-16	56.3%	47	0-0	−3.65
116	Nigel Macauley	Charlotte	3-10	30.0%	30	0-2	−3.69

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

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