2021 College Clutch Field Goals Made Leaders

A clutch kick is one taken in the fourth quarter or overtime with the score within one possession (eight points). These are the kicks where a make or miss can decide the game.

Check attempts under each number; a kicker with more chances can lead simply by getting them. In 2021, Caleb Shudak (6) led college football kickers in clutch field goals made, ahead of James McCourt (5) and Jonathan Doerer (5). 127 kickers qualify.

Final 2021 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	Clutch made	FG	FG%	LNG	50+	MAKE
1	Caleb Shudak	Iowa	6	23-27	85.2%	51	4-6	+4.30
2	James McCourt	Illinois	5	18-23	78.3%	53	4-8	+2.70
3	Jonathan Doerer	Notre Dame	5	16-20	80.0%	51	1-2	+1.32
4	Jordan Stout	Penn State	5	16-23	69.6%	52	2-3	−0.57
5	John Richardson	Northern Illinois	5	20-25	80.0%	47	0-1	+0.49
6	Grayson Atkins	North Carolina	4	17-21	81.0%	51	2-5	+0.96
7	John Parker Romo	Virginia Tech	4	17-21	81.0%	52	2-3	+1.75
8	Joseph Bulovas	Vanderbilt	4	14-19	73.7%	53	1-1	+0.40
9	Owen Daffer	East Carolina	4	19-22	86.4%	54	1-1	+1.44
10	Seth Small	Texas A&M	4	22-27	81.5%	49	0-2	+2.74
11	B.T. Potter	Clemson	4	19-23	82.6%	50	1-2	+2.83
12	Harrison Mevis	Missouri	4	20-22	90.9%	56	3-3	+5.68
13	Nick Rice	Old Dominion	4	19-23	82.6%	50	1-2	+0.74
14	Calum Sutherland	UL Monroe	4	16-21	76.2%	53	2-4	+1.03
15	Cesar Silva	Fresno State	3	13-16	81.3%	51	1-2	+2.08
16	Joseph Petrino	Maryland	3	11-18	61.1%	48	0-1	−2.11
17	Marshall Meeder	Central Michigan	3	14-21	66.7%	51	2-3	−0.16
18	Matt Araiza	San Diego State	3	17-27	63.0%	53	3-9	+0.36
19	Matthew Trickett	Minnesota	3	16-23	69.6%	50	1-4	−0.73
20	Noah Ruggles	Ohio State	3	18-19	94.7%	46	0-0	+2.70
21	Parker White	South Carolina	3	13-14	92.9%	54	1-1	+2.64
22	Tanner Brown	Oklahoma State	3	14-17	82.4%	49	0-1	−0.15
23	Will Reichard	Alabama	3	16-20	80.0%	51	1-2	+1.73
24	Zack Long	Tulsa	3	19-20	95.0%	50	1-2	+4.08
25	Anders Carlson	Auburn	3	14-21	66.7%	49	0-3	−1.45
26	Andres Borregales	Miami	3	17-21	81.0%	55	1-1	+0.56
27	Hunter Duplessis	UTSA	3	23-29	79.3%	51	2-3	+0.91
28	Isaiah Hankins	Baylor	3	14-20	70.0%	48	0-2	−0.03
29	Jake Moody	Michigan	3	22-24	91.7%	52	1-1	+3.66
30	James Turner	Louisville	3	13-20	65.0%	46	0-3	−0.68
31	Jonathan Garibay	Texas Tech	3	13-14	92.9%	62	1-2	+2.93
32	Matthew Mercurio	San José State	3	15-19	78.9%	48	0-1	+0.63
33	Ryan Fitzgerald	Florida State	3	10-13	76.9%	53	1-2	+0.66
34	Andre Szmyt	Syracuse	3	9-14	64.3%	48	0-1	−1.58
35	Alex Raynor	Georgia Southern	2	9-14	64.3%	44	0-2	−0.38
36	Andrew Glass	Kent State	2	20-25	80.0%	43	0-0	−0.42
37	Bijan Nichols	Navy	2	15-19	78.9%	50	1-4	+1.24
38	Camden Lewis	Oregon	2	12-15	80.0%	49	0-0	+0.56
39	Casey Legg	West Virginia	2	19-23	82.6%	49	0-0	+1.78
40	Chad Ryland	Eastern Michigan	2	17-20	85.0%	55	2-2	+2.27
41	Chandler Staton	App State	2	19-20	95.0%	48	0-0	+2.94
42	Cole Becker	Colorado	2	14-20	70.0%	56	4-4	+0.74
43	Connor Lytton	Boston College	2	11-12	91.7%	49	0-0	+1.25
44	Daniel Obarski	UCF	2	5-10	50.0%	40	0-0	−2.47
45	Ethan Albertson	New Mexico State	2	17-22	77.3%	50	3-3	+1.52
46	Gabe Brkic	Oklahoma	2	18-24	75.0%	56	5-7	+1.24
47	Gavin Baechle	UTEP	2	17-22	77.3%	50	1-2	+0.06
48	Jacob Barnes	Louisiana Tech	2	17-21	81.0%	47	0-0	+1.36
49	Jacob Lewis	Ball State	2	9-11	81.8%	49	0-0	+1.78
50	Jonathan Cruz	Charlotte	2	10-15	66.7%	56	1-1	−0.93
51	Joshua Karty	Stanford	2	10-15	66.7%	51	1-4	+0.97
52	Matthew Dapore	Air Force	2	0-0	—	0	0-0	−0.09
53	Nate Needham	Bowling Green	2	19-20	95.0%	52	2-2	+5.40
54	Thomas Cluckey	Toledo	2	13-21	61.9%	50	1-2	−1.56
55	Alex McNulty	Buffalo	2	13-21	61.9%	55	2-6	−1.23
56	Cam Little	Arkansas	2	19-23	82.6%	51	1-3	+1.96
57	Collin Larsh	Wisconsin	2	15-20	75.0%	43	0-1	−0.64
58	Dario Longhetto	California	2	11-15	73.3%	51	1-2	+1.94
59	Diego Guajardo	South Alabama	2	12-17	70.6%	48	0-0	−1.91
60	Everett Hayes	Oregon State	2	10-15	66.7%	60	2-4	+0.49
61	Graham Nicholson	Miami (OH)	2	13-17	76.5%	49	0-1	+0.18
62	Valentino Ambrosio	Rutgers	2	11-15	73.3%	40	0-0	−1.35
63	Abraham Montano	Fresno State	1	5-5	100.0%	39	0-0	+0.85
64	Alex Stadthaus	USC	1	6-6	100.0%	40	0-0	+0.84
65	Andrew Mevis	Iowa State	1	18-20	90.0%	54	2-2	+3.56
66	Andrew Shelley	New Mexico	1	9-13	69.2%	49	0-0	−0.38
67	Anthony Rodriguez	Air Force	1	3-6	50.0%	31	0-0	−1.38
68	Blake Mazza	SMU	1	12-16	75.0%	47	0-0	+1.98
69	Brandon Talton	Nevada	1	21-30	70.0%	52	2-5	+1.61
70	Brendan Farrell	Virginia	1	11-13	84.6%	43	0-0	+0.53
71	Britton Williams	Georgia Southern	1	4-4	100.0%	49	0-0	+0.87
72	Brooks Buce	Troy	1	8-9	88.9%	48	0-0	+1.06
73	Cade York	LSU	1	15-18	83.3%	56	5-7	+3.10
74	Cameron Carson	Massachusetts	1	8-11	72.7%	45	0-0	+0.37
75	Cameron Dicker	Texas	1	13-15	86.7%	50	1-2	+1.87
76	Charlie Ham	Duke	1	14-20	70.0%	50	1-3	−1.19
77	Chris Howard	Florida	1	6-6	100.0%	42	0-0	+1.07
78	Cole Talley	Army	1	7-9	77.8%	33	0-0	−0.62
79	Connor Assalley	Iowa State	1	4-4	100.0%	35	0-0	+0.47
80	Cory Smigel	Akron	1	7-11	63.6%	40	0-1	−0.99
81	David Kemp	Memphis	1	5-7	71.4%	40	0-1	−0.53
82	Ethan Mooney	North Texas	1	11-13	84.6%	48	1-1	+1.75
83	Jake Oldroyd	BYU	1	9-13	69.2%	49	0-1	−0.44
84	Joe Doyle	Memphis	1	7-12	58.3%	51	1-2	−2.13
85	Joe McFadden	UConn	1	12-17	70.6%	47	0-1	−0.90
86	John Hoyland	Wyoming	1	9-13	69.2%	37	0-2	−1.23
87	Justen Smith	BYU	1	2-3	66.7%	40	0-0	−0.41
88	Kanon Woodill	Northern Illinois	1	3-3	100.0%	26	0-0	+0.27
89	Matt Coghlin	Michigan State	1	11-17	64.7%	51	1-3	−1.64
90	Matthew Shipley	Hawai'i	1	18-21	85.7%	49	0-0	+2.00
91	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	1	9-11	81.8%	30	0-1	−0.50
92	Nick Sciba	Wake Forest	1	20-22	90.9%	46	0-1	+2.66
93	Parker Lewis	USC	1	17-22	77.3%	52	1-3	+0.70
94	Parker Sampson	Western Michigan	1	2-6	33.3%	30	0-0	−2.42
95	Rory Bell	Temple	1	9-16	56.3%	55	1-1	−1.80
96	Sam Scarton	Pittsburgh	1	17-21	81.0%	47	0-1	+1.49
97	Stephen Johnson	Ohio	1	16-23	69.6%	44	0-1	−2.55
98	Zeke Rankin	Middle Tennessee	1	9-12	75.0%	46	0-0	−0.90
99	Ben Patton	Auburn	1	3-4	75.0%	49	0-0	−0.07
100	Blake Grupe	Arkansas State	1	20-25	80.0%	50	1-1	+1.34
101	Cayden Camper	Colorado State	1	25-32	78.1%	53	1-1	−0.68
102	Christian VanSickle	Rice	1	4-7	57.1%	41	0-1	−0.55
103	Dalton Witherspoon	Houston	1	15-23	65.2%	50	1-2	−1.80
104	Griffin Kell	TCU	1	14-18	77.8%	48	0-0	−0.35
105	Jake Chanove	Ball State	1	7-10	70.0%	35	0-0	−1.50
106	Jonah Dalmas	Boise State	1	26-28	92.9%	47	0-1	+3.90
107	Matt Ruffolo	Kentucky	1	8-11	72.7%	45	0-1	−0.23
108	Merek Glover	Tulane	1	6-11	54.5%	41	0-0	−2.45
109	Mitchell Fineran	Purdue	1	20-25	80.0%	48	0-0	−0.61
110	Seth Keller	Texas State	1	15-18	83.3%	48	0-1	+2.31
111	Christopher Dunn	NC State	1	13-19	68.4%	46	0-3	−0.77
112	Connor Coles	Utah State	1	19-28	67.9%	52	1-3	−2.19
113	Daniel Gutierrez	UNLV	1	16-18	88.9%	53	2-3	+1.95
114	Brent Cimaglia	Georgia Tech	0	11-15	73.3%	37	0-3	−1.23
115	Cesar Barajas	Louisiana Tech	0	0-2	0.0%	0	0-2	−1.03
116	Chase Contreraz	Nebraska	0	2-4	50.0%	39	0-0	−1.07
117	Chase Gabriel	Florida International	0	8-13	61.5%	53	1-1	−2.65
118	Chase McGrath	Tennessee	0	11-14	78.6%	48	0-0	+0.42
119	Connor Culp	Nebraska	0	6-12	50.0%	51	2-3	−2.95
120	Dragan Kesich	Minnesota	0	0-1	0.0%	0	0-1	−0.41
121	Jordan Noyes	Utah	0	2-4	50.0%	33	0-1	−0.76
122	Lucas Havrisik	Arizona	0	9-14	64.3%	57	2-4	−0.56
123	McKenly O'Neal	Air Force	0	0-1	0.0%	0	0-0	−0.85
124	Peyton Henry	Washington	0	11-14	78.6%	38	1-1	+1.12
125	Shane Ciucci	Marshall	0	6-8	75.0%	46	0-0	−0.52
126	Taiten Winkel	Kansas State	0	7-9	77.8%	45	0-0	−0.09
127	Nolan McCord	Mississippi State	0	9-16	56.3%	43	0-0	−3.30

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