Pick one - Kickers

[TitanClone]

Holy cow. I voted for Yelk before I saw these numbers. Had no idea he was that bad. Didn't he punt well for us his last couple years? Maybe that is skewing my memories?

He was a punter, kickoff and long FG specialist. Half of his FG attempts were 40+ yards.

 

[theshadow]

He was a punter, kickoff and long FG specialist. Half of his FG attempts were 40+ yards.

A long FG "specialist" who was 1/3 from 50+, 3/10 from 40-49, and 3/8 from 30-39.

 

[istater7]

I had thought Mahoney was a much better kicker than the stats show

 

[CRcyclone6]

I looked up Adam Benike. What a difference a year makes. He was 46/48 on PATS in 2002 and 17/23 on FGs (14 games). 2003 only 19/19 on PATS and 6/8 on FGs (12 games). 29 less PATS year over year. 2003, yuck.

 

[cyclones500]

NAME	PAT%	FG%	40+	50+
Netten	.972	.794	13/22 (.591)	1/2
Assalley	.961	.738	8/18 (.444)	0/1
Shudak	.968	.734	20/34 (.588)	6/14
Mevis (1 yr)	1.000	.870	10/13 (.769)	2/2
Culbertson	1.000	.691	7/17 (.412)	1/1
Kohl	.938	.627	15/29 (.517)	1/6
Giffords	.955	.632	15/29 (.517)	3/9
Stewart	.928	.647	17/31 (.548)	2/11
Benike (2 yrs)	.985	.742	4/7 (.571)	0/0
Kollman	.933	.500	2/12 (.167)	0/4
Owens (1 yr)	1.000	.773	5/8 (.625)	0/1
Yelk	.935	.464	4/13 (.308)	1/3
Mahoney	.930	.591	15/34 (.441)	5/14

kicked on turf at home: Kollman, Giffords, Shudak, Stewart, Kohl (1 year)
got to use a block: Kollman, Giffords, Shudak (2 years)
had wider posts: Kollman, Giffords, Shudak

This is cool. Thanks for compiling. I wouldn't mind seeing overall FG made/att along with %. (XP made/att probably not necessary, % can stand on its own).

 

[carvers4math]

Whar Goedjen? Forever doomed by missed extra point vs Nebraska?

I will take Swole Netten but love me some Mevis and Shaggy too

 

[Aclone]

I was gonna say Shaggy. But Mevis is probably the right answer. I didn't realize his percentages were that high.

Shaggy was a reliable short range guy, which was better than nothing. Which tells you and awful lot about how bad our kickers have been for quite a while.

Mevis in a landslide.

 

[GoldCy]

Another survey dominated by short term memory. Shudek had more tries because he had more ability that could be trusted. His inside kicks were like a sideline pass to a wide out.

 

[theshadow]

Shudek had more tries because he had more ability that could be trusted.

He also had incredibly anemic offenses that couldn't get the ball into the end zone for the first half of his career, so that resulted in more FGA.

1987 - 17.7 ppg
1988 - 17.7 ppg

 

[theshadow]

Whar Goedjen? Forever doomed by missed extra point vs Nebraska?

Wasn't real great otherwise. 64% inside 40, 24% from 40+.

 

[Cyinthenorth]

Owens was good. Hard to put him or Mevis tops all time though, based on small sample size. I went with Netten simply because he went from having yips early in his career to being really damn solid as an upperclassmen

 

[MyNameEhJeff]

I had thought Mahoney was a much better kicker than the stats show

I thought the same thing but I think one time I also saw over 1/2 of his FG attempts were from 40 or further. I’m not sure if that’s accurate or not but that’s crazy if it’s true

 

[VeloClone]

I remember some of the old guys like Giffords, Kohl, Shudak and even Shaggy and Yelk fondly, but the numbers suggest that it is hard to beat Mevis. Glad we had him.

On a side note I always thought it was strange when the NCAA went to the same goalposts as the NFL they actually made the job harder for college guys than for the pros* - until the NFL made the PAT a lot longer, that is.

*Wider college hash marks make for tougher angles on a lot of kicks than the pro tight hashes.

 

[demoncore1031]

Zoinks!!