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With the 2008 College Football Season coming upon us, I give y'all my version of the top 15 Kickers in the NCAA. Starting with #15... 15. Austin Starr (Indiana) 14. Warley Leroy (Florida Atlantic) 13...

College Football's Top 15 Kickers of 2008

by Carter . (Columnist)

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July 20, 2008

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With the 2008 College Football Season coming upon us, I give y'all my version of the top 15 Kickers in the NCAA.

Starting with #15...

15. Austin Starr (Indiana)

14. Warley Leroy (Florida Atlantic)

13. Dan Kelly (Hawaii)

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12. Jason Bondzio (Arizona)

11. Ryan Bailey (Texas)

10. Mark Buchholz (Clemson)

9. David Buehler (USC)

8. Ryan Pretorius (Ohio State)

7. Chris Summers (Purdue)

6. Kyle Brotzman (Boise State)

5. Daniel Lincoln (Tennessee)

4. Thomas Weber (Arizona State)

3. Colt David (LSU)

2. Pat McAfee (West Virginia)

1. Jeff Wolfert (Missouri)

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  1. reply to comment by Alan
    4 months ago

    good one, but i think summers should be a little higher. he was pretty good this year

    1. by Carter
      from 4 months ago

      indeed your right Alan! Chris Summers has much potential to put up many points during the course of the season. He's one of those kickers im going to be interested in watching this year.

  2. reply to comment by James
    4 months ago

    reasons? justifications? stats? otherwise, what's the point of the article?

    1. by Evan
      from 4 months ago

      ditto

  3. reply to comment by Josh
    4 months ago

    i agree with james and evan but good to point out kickers. they dont get enough respect

    1. by Carter
      from 4 months ago

      i agree that they dont get much respect. over the course of the next few days, im going to give alot more insight in the top elite colleges in each position. i look forward to your responses then...

  4. reply to comment by Pat
    4 months ago

    Um, no list is for real unless it includes Kai Forbath of UCLA. Ranked #3 in the nation as a freshman with over 83% success in field goals. He made all field goals from beyond the 50, 3 for 3.

    1. by Carter
      from 4 months ago

      Kai Forbath was on my before i narrowed it down to a top 30. UCLA has a great kicker in Kai Forbath, who was 25-of-30 last season and made all five of his attempts from 50 yards or more. Great point Pat! some see him well deserved of Top 15 honors.

  5. reply to comment by Alex
    4 months ago

    You forgot Kevin Kelly of Penn State. He had a dreadful 2006, but recovered in 2007....

    1. by Carter
      from 4 months ago

      Kevin Kelly may be "his own worst enemy sometimes," as Joe Paterno has suggested. But he did make 20-of-26 field goal attempts as a junior, finishing fourth in the Big Ten in scoring. But im still not too sure if that should give him Top 15 honors.

    2. by Alex
      from 4 months ago

      You make a good point.

  6. reply to comment by Bennett
    4 months ago

    Wes Byrum of Auburn was excluded off that list. He is indeed one the top 15 kickers in the land.

    1. by Carter
      from 4 months ago

      You might be right, Bennett! Wes Byrum kicked 17 field goals as a true freshman last season, including a memorable last-second do-over that beat Florida, proving Tuberville's contention that nothing rattles his kicker.

  7. reply to comment by Justin
    4 months ago

    I don't know for all of these but you list Clemson's kicker, and Wake's kicker Sam Swank I would say is a better kicker in the ACC

  8. reply to comment by Carter
    4 months ago

    I see where your coming from. Sam Swank holds almost all of the school kicking records and should be one of the nation's best this season. He certainly is a top 20 in my book.

  9. reply to comment by Alex
    4 months ago

    And I can't believe you ARE listing Clemson's kicker. Didn't he lose Clemson the game against Georgia Tech by missing a hatful of field goals?

    And he hardly covered himself in glory against South Carolina, either?

  10. reply to comment by Jeff
    2 months ago

    What about Mike Salerno out of Northern Illinois? He's perfect this year so far.

  11. reply to comment by Jon
    about 1 month ago

    Michael Cklamovski from Illinois, although not kicking field goals right now, seems to have a huge leg with extreme potential? All it takes is a tryout for the league...

  12. reply to comment by Tony
    about 1 month ago

    Have you heard of Jose Martinez from UTEP?? You guys need to do your studying right and redo this poll. Martinez kicked a 64 yard kick, which is second longest in NCAA HISTORY, against the UCF Knights on September 27, 2008. I know he should be among the rest of these kickers because he is an incredible kicker.

    1. by Carter
      from about 1 month ago

      Notice that i wrote this article before the season began. Jose Martinez is being overlooked by many. at the beginning of the season, i saw him as possibly the best kicker in the C-USA. but i dont see him as a top kicker this year with the team that he plays for. even though he did finish as a Groza Award finalist last year. i sorta see where youre coming from.

  13. reply to comment by Leah
    9 days ago

    How the heck is Graham Gano from Florida State nowhere on this list?!! Let's compare stats of Jeff Wolfert, who is pegged here as #1 vs Gano for 2008:
    Gano has 90% FG success. Wolfert has 80.
    Gano has hit 2 more FGs than Wolfert.
    Gano is 5 for 7 in FGs 50+ yards (that's 3rd in college football history and the season's not done yet.), whereare Wolfert has only hit one over 50 yards and it was still 2 yards shorter than the 2 53-yarders booted by Gano.
    In fact the only stat where Wolfert beats Gano is in total points which is because of extra point kicks (which has more to do with the rest of the offense scoring TDs than the kicker's skill.)

    I can't believe Gano is so far superior to your #1 pick yet he's nowhere to be found on a list of the top 15! How about a revision...?

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