2018 College Kicker Rankings

Every college football kicker with at least 10 field goal attempts in the 2018 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 2018 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

2018 College Leaders

MAKE

Cole Tracy (LSU): +4.3 25-29 FG
Andre Szmyt (Syracuse): +4.1 28-32 FG
Matt Gay (Utah): +4.0 24-29 FG
Jake Verity (East Carolina): +3.8 19-21 FG
Chase McLaughlin (Illinois): +3.8 20-25 FG

How MAKE works

Field Goals Made

Andre Szmyt (Syracuse): 28 of 32
Cole Tracy (LSU): 25 of 29
Matt Gay (Utah): 23 of 28
Luke Logan (Ole Miss): 22 of 27
Tucker McCann (Missouri): 22 of 30

Full Field Goals Made leaderboard

Field Goal Percentage

Cooper Rothe (Wyoming): 94.1% 16 of 17
Jet Toner (Stanford): 91.7% 11 of 12
Haden Tobola (Rice): 90.9% 10 of 11
Jake Verity (East Carolina): 90.0% 18 of 20
Clayton Hatfield (Texas Tech): 89.5% 17 of 19

Full Field Goal Percentage leaderboard

Longest Field Goals

Tucker McCann (Missouri): 57 yds
Jonathan Cruz (Charlotte): 56 yds
Matt Gay (Utah): 55 yds
Connor Limpert (Arkansas): 55 yds
Wyatt Bryan (Colorado State): 55 yds

Full Longest Field Goals leaderboard

50+ Yard Field Goals

Full 50+ Yard Field Goals leaderboard

Kicking Points

Andre Szmyt (Syracuse): 141 28 FG, 57 XP
Dominik Eberle (Utah State): 131 21 FG, 68 XP
Rodrigo Blankenship (Georgia): 119 19 FG, 62 XP
Austin Seibert (Oklahoma): 119 12 FG, 83 XP
Tucker McCann (Missouri): 114 22 FG, 48 XP

Full Kicking Points leaderboard

Extra Point Percentage

Matthew Wright (UCF): 100.0% 71 of 71
Dalton Witherspoon (Houston): 100.0% 70 of 70
Dominik Eberle (Utah State): 100.0% 68 of 68
Greg Huegel (Clemson): 100.0% 68 of 68
Louie Zervos (Ohio): 100.0% 65 of 65

Full Extra Point Percentage leaderboard

All 2018 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, 39% chance: +0.61
Missed 25-yarder, 90% chance: −0.90

How MAKE is calculated

MAKE Rankings, All Qualified Kickers

119 kickers qualify.

Rk	Player	Team	FG	FG%	LNG	50+	MAKE
1	Cole Tracy	LSU	25-29	86.2%	54	3-5	+4.28
2	Andre Szmyt	Syracuse	28-32	87.5%	51	3-3	+4.06
3	Matt Gay	Utah	23-28	82.1%	55	3-5	+3.98
4	Jake Verity	East Carolina	18-20	90.0%	52	1-1	+3.78
5	Chase McLaughlin	Illinois	20-25	80.0%	54	4-6	+3.77
6	Cooper Rothe	Wyoming	16-17	94.1%	51	1-1	+3.17
7	Tyler Bass	Georgia Southern	16-18	88.9%	50	1-2	+3.16
8	Clayton Hatfield	Texas Tech	17-19	89.5%	48	0-0	+2.94
9	Alex Kessman	Pittsburgh	10-13	76.9%	55	4-4	+2.70
10	Cole Hedlund	North Texas	19-22	86.4%	52	2-2	+2.32
11	Parker Shaunfield	Southern Miss	16-20	80.0%	51	1-2	+2.25
12	Haden Tobola	Rice	10-11	90.9%	51	1-1	+2.20
13	Matt Coghlin	Michigan State	16-19	84.2%	49	0-1	+2.20
14	Connor Limpert	Arkansas	19-24	79.2%	55	2-3	+2.18
15	Kyle Pfau	Louisiana	10-13	76.9%	52	1-2	+2.05
16	Blake Lynch	Kansas State	14-16	87.5%	44	0-2	+2.01
17	Logan Justus	Indiana	15-18	83.3%	44	0-1	+2.01
18	Jared Sackett	UTSA	14-19	73.7%	51	1-1	+2.00
19	Matthew Wright	UCF	11-13	84.6%	46	0-0	+1.94
20	Jet Toner	Stanford	11-12	91.7%	46	0-0	+1.91
21	Ryan Meskell	Hawai'i	15-18	83.3%	43	0-0	+1.87
22	Rodrigo Blankenship	Georgia	19-22	86.4%	53	1-1	+1.84
23	John Baron II	San Diego State	17-22	77.3%	54	5-5	+1.84
24	Evan Staley	West Virginia	12-16	75.0%	49	0-2	+1.81
25	Justin Yoon	Notre Dame	16-20	80.0%	48	0-1	+1.69
26	JJ Molson	UCLA	14-19	73.7%	50	1-4	+1.60
27	Ryan Tice	Central Michigan	10-12	83.3%	53	1-1	+1.55
28	Bryce Crawford	San José State	14-19	73.7%	50	1-2	+1.48
29	Jonathan Cruz	Charlotte	17-22	77.3%	56	2-3	+1.37
30	Evan McPherson	Florida	15-17	88.2%	48	0-0	+1.35
31	Bennett Moehring	Navy	11-13	84.6%	48	0-1	+1.27
32	Austin Seibert	Oklahoma	12-14	85.7%	42	0-1	+1.26
33	Massimo Biscardi	Coastal Carolina	13-16	81.3%	50	1-2	+1.26
34	Tucker McCann	Missouri	22-30	73.3%	57	2-3	+1.25
35	Brandon Ruiz	Arizona State	16-20	80.0%	49	0-2	+1.21
36	Tyler Sumpter	Troy	18-24	75.0%	50	1-1	+1.20
37	Nick Gasser	Akron	15-20	75.0%	49	0-1	+1.16
38	Justin Davidovicz	Rutgers	9-11	81.8%	52	1-1	+1.03
39	Parker White	South Carolina	13-15	86.7%	42	0-0	+1.02
40	Joseph Petrino	Maryland	12-14	85.7%	40	0-0	+0.97
41	Matthew Trickett	Kent State	14-17	82.4%	49	0-0	+0.96
42	Cameron Dicker	Texas	16-22	72.7%	52	1-2	+0.91
43	Josh Pollack	Arizona	13-16	81.3%	46	0-0	+0.89
44	Dominik Eberle	Utah State	21-27	77.8%	51	3-5	+0.88
45	Blanton Creque	Louisville	10-12	83.3%	46	0-1	+0.87
46	Brian Delaney	Virginia	12-15	80.0%	46	0-1	+0.85
47	Riley Patterson	Memphis	13-16	81.3%	52	1-2	+0.83
48	Sam Sloman	Miami (OH)	10-13	76.9%	44	0-2	+0.73
49	Nick Rice	Old Dominion	14-18	77.8%	48	0-0	+0.66
50	Chandler Staton	App State	8-12	66.7%	43	0-1	+0.61
51	Christopher Dunn	NC State	18-21	85.7%	44	0-0	+0.59
52	Emmit Carpenter	Minnesota	15-20	75.0%	53	2-2	+0.55
53	Gabriel Rui	Kansas	12-17	70.6%	54	1-2	+0.46
54	Barret Pickering	Nebraska	14-18	77.8%	47	0-1	+0.42
55	Kevin Robledo	SMU	11-14	78.6%	49	0-0	+0.39
56	Brent Cimaglia	Tennessee	10-13	76.9%	45	0-0	+0.39
57	Nick Sciba	Wake Forest	16-19	84.2%	47	0-0	+0.37
58	Miguel Recinos	Iowa	15-20	75.0%	49	0-1	+0.37
59	Spencer Evans	Purdue	18-23	78.3%	41	0-2	+0.26
60	Ramiz Ahmed	Nevada	14-19	73.7%	50	1-4	+0.20
61	Blake Mazza	Washington State	10-14	71.4%	50	1-2	+0.19
62	Jake Pinegar	Penn State	15-21	71.4%	49	0-0	+0.10
63	Crews Holt	Middle Tennessee	12-17	70.6%	42	0-0	−0.01
64	Cooper Garcia	Massachusetts	9-11	81.8%	39	0-0	−0.03
65	Jose Borregales	Florida International	14-19	73.7%	53	1-1	−0.04
66	Jameson Vest	Toledo	14-19	73.7%	47	0-0	−0.07
67	Luke Logan	Ole Miss	22-27	81.5%	40	0-0	−0.08
68	Brian Johnson	Virginia Tech	9-14	64.3%	45	0-1	−0.12
69	Seth Small	Texas A&M	19-26	73.1%	52	2-2	−0.15
70	Jake Koehnke	Air Force	9-12	75.0%	43	0-1	−0.15
71	Bubba Baxa	Miami	8-11	72.7%	47	0-0	−0.17
72	Morgan Hagee	Ball State	11-16	68.8%	51	1-1	−0.19
73	Skyler Southam	BYU	11-16	68.8%	47	0-2	−0.19
74	Quinn Nordin	Michigan	11-16	68.8%	50	1-3	−0.19
75	Andrew Gantz	Northern Illinois	10-15	66.7%	49	0-0	−0.20
76	Greg Huegel	Clemson	9-13	69.2%	49	0-0	−0.25
77	Alex Rinella	Western Kentucky	7-10	70.0%	41	0-2	−0.27
78	Coby Weiss	South Florida	13-16	81.3%	38	0-0	−0.30
79	Joseph Bulovas	Alabama	12-16	75.0%	49	0-1	−0.34
80	Ricky Aguayo	Florida State	11-17	64.7%	53	2-2	−0.35
81	Greg Thomas	California	10-14	71.4%	46	0-0	−0.44
82	Blake Haubeil	Ohio State	9-11	81.8%	47	0-0	−0.44
83	Jonathan Song	TCU	8-11	72.7%	46	0-0	−0.56
84	Gavin Peddie	Western Michigan	9-12	75.0%	45	0-0	−0.59
85	Jace Christmann	Mississippi State	9-13	69.2%	47	0-0	−0.72
86	Matt Ammendola	Oklahoma State	15-21	71.4%	48	0-0	−0.72
87	Lucas Havrisik	Arizona	6-11	54.5%	55	1-2	−0.73
88	Louie Zervos	Ohio	11-15	73.3%	47	0-0	−0.76
89	Gavin Patterson	South Alabama	9-13	69.2%	50	0-0	−0.81
90	Brandon Wright	Georgia State	7-11	63.6%	52	1-1	−0.91
91	Blake Grupe	Arkansas State	12-17	70.6%	47	0-0	−0.96
92	Dylan Brown	New Mexico State	10-15	66.7%	49	0-1	−1.06
93	Anders Carlson	Auburn	15-25	60.0%	53	2-9	−1.22
94	Wyatt Bryan	Colorado State	11-18	61.1%	55	3-5	−1.26
95	Connor Assalley	Iowa State	14-20	70.0%	47	0-0	−1.28
96	Collin Wareham	Duke	9-13	69.2%	35	0-0	−1.29
97	Adam Mitcheson	Buffalo	7-11	63.6%	46	0-0	−1.30
98	Will Mobley	Temple	11-15	73.3%	41	0-0	−1.36
99	Connor Martin	Baylor	14-22	63.6%	50	1-2	−1.43
100	Nate Needham	Bowling Green	6-10	60.0%	43	0-0	−1.49
101	Evan Pantels	UNLV	6-10	60.0%	45	0-0	−1.53
102	Rafael Gaglianone	Wisconsin	10-15	66.7%	42	0-1	−1.74
103	Adam Stack	Oregon	6-10	60.0%	39	0-0	−1.80
104	Asa Fuller	Fresno State	11-19	57.9%	47	0-2	−1.85
105	Freeman Jones	North Carolina	18-28	64.3%	49	0-1	−1.86
106	Bailey Hale	Louisiana Tech	14-21	66.7%	46	0-2	−1.88
107	Jason Filley	UTEP	7-13	53.8%	50	1-3	−1.89
108	Jordan Choukair	Oregon State	12-20	60.0%	47	0-1	−2.05
109	Peyton Henry	Washington	14-19	73.7%	41	0-0	−2.06
110	Justin Rohrwasser	Marshall	14-20	70.0%	40	0-0	−2.08
111	Nick Vogel	UAB	10-19	52.6%	51	1-4	−2.08
112	Craig Ford	UL Monroe	9-14	64.3%	43	0-0	−2.30
113	Nate Walker	Tulsa	10-16	62.5%	40	0-0	−2.35
114	Jack Fox	Rice	5-12	41.7%	44	0-4	−2.40
115	Ryley Guay	Vanderbilt	12-20	60.0%	53	1-1	−2.63
116	Vladimir Rivas	Florida Atlantic	10-16	62.5%	44	0-0	−2.78
117	Haden Hoggarth	Boise State	11-18	61.1%	47	0-1	−3.03
118	Cole Smith	Cincinnati	5-12	41.7%	44	0-0	−3.42
119	Chad Ryland	Eastern Michigan	12-20	60.0%	51	1-1	−3.55

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

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