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Russell Erxleben 1975-
As of 2007, Russell was one of two Longhorns who was a three-time All-American. He is the greatest punter and kicker in Longhorn sports history. Breaking Bill Bradley’s career punting average of 40 yards per kick with an average of 44.6 yards a punt. Russell holds the top 6 spots for longest field goals, and as of 2007, led the NCAA with a 42.4 career field goal average.
Rooster Andrews 1941
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1957 Fred Bednarski
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On Oct. 19th, 1957, Fred Bednarski is the first soccer-style kicker to kick a field goal in game day football history from peewee to professional football.
Jack Collins 1959 see link
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Jack Collins and Alan Lowry are tied for the longest punt - 82 yards.
Barefoot kicker -Tony Crosby 1963
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Tony Crosby
Ernie Koy- 1964
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Ernie Koy
Bill Bradley 1968 see link below
Happy Feller - 1968
Happy with Ron Ehrig
Hall of Honor inductee Happy Feller set some records at Texas during the National Championship years. With the hold of Donnie Wigginton, Happy booted the last point in the Longhorns' 15-14 win against Arkansas in the 1969 game dubbed "The Game of the Century." In 1968, Feller went 8-of-16 for field goals and 30-of-32 for extra points. He made a 53-yarder against the Sooners, a school record. In the O.U. game on October 11, Feller kicked two field goals of 27 and 21 yards and converted all three extra point attempts as the Longhorns beat the Sooners 27–17.
Billy Schott click on link https://texas-lsn.squarespace.com/billy-schott-oralhistory
Alan Lowry 1972
Alan Lowry and Jack Collins are tied for the longest punt - 82 yards. See link below
1979 Bare Foot John Goodson
Career 159 punts with an average of 39.6 per punt and making 28 of 50 field goals for 134 points.
Raul Allegre, 1981
Because he did not get much exposure, Stark filmed him kicking from a long distance and sent the tape to different colleges. He received interest from the University of Montana, which initially offered a partial football scholarship that did not include expenses for lodging, books, and meals. Allegre declined the offer, and the school countered with a full scholarship, although it didn't have an engineering program as he wanted.
After two years, he opted to transfer to Texas because of its reputation in engineering.
In 1980, Allegre walked onto the football team and was redshirted because of the NCAA transfer rules. During that time, he handled the scout team kicking duties. In the fall semester, he was given a full football scholarship.
In 1981, he was named the starting placekicker. He finished his scholarship with 27 out of 45 field goals (.600), 66 out of 68 extra points (.970), and 147 total points. He earned an undergraduate degree with honors in civil engineering.
The Longhorn football team had its share of imposing physical performances in the face of extreme pain. Placekicker Raul Allegre turned in one of his key outputs of the season after a considerable struggle to make the game. He was completely down with bronchitis before the Houston game and spent the entire day resting in bed. However, as the game got underway, “I just forgot about it,” he said. Allegre booted two crucial field goals enabling the Horns to gain a 14-14 tie. He spent the next four days in the Student Health Center.
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Jeff Ward 1983 see link-
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1986 Jeff Ward is tied for first in the NCAA with 10 game-winning field goals.
John Teltschik- 1984
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John’s average of 54.8 yards a punt against Texas Tech is the Longhorn record for a single game
Wayne Clements - 1989
The Longhorns caught their first break in the first quarter when the Sooners fumbled a punt, and backup Texas linebacker Mical Padgett caught the ball midair and raced 44 yards for a touchdown. The Sooners actually blocked the ensuing extra point, but kicker Wayne Clements collected the ball and threw it to Curtis Thrift in the end zone for a two-point conversion to give Texas a 15-7 lead.
Wayne’s career record as a Longhorn is 76 of 79 extra points , and 46 of 79 field goals. Football Photo is still pending.
Alex Waits 1990
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Duane Vacek - 1993 click on link below
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Phil Dawson 1995-
Phil kicked a 50-yard field goal with time expired to beat Virginia 17-16. Phil Dawson is the first Longhorn place-kicker to win a game on the final play to beat Virginia, 17-16. Texas kicker Phil Dawson, 47, became the first Longhorn football player to be honored as the recipient of the NCAA's Silver Anniversary award for his impactful career. He scored 80 points in his first year of playing. He also tied a school record with 54 consecutive extra points. The following season, he made honorary All-America honors while leading the Longhorns in scoring. He made first-team All-America in his junior and senior years,
Kris Stockton- 1998 -
Texas kicker looking to continue legacy
Mar 14, 2001 at 07:00 PM from the Jaguars News
Kris Stockton is aware of the proud kicking tradition at the University of Texas.
"I guess it makes me look better," he said jokingly while recalling former Longhorn greats Russell Erxleben, Phil Dawson, Jeff Ward, and Michael Pollack.
Like his predecessors, Stockton emerged as a team leader willing to wear different hats in order to ensure success in Austin.
"Kris has been important to our team because he has done everything," said head coach Mack Brown. "He has not only done a great job of kicking off and punting but has won three games since our staff has been here on field goals. He brings the whole package to us and has been a great leader."
Consistency is Stockton's trademark. He enjoyed an exceptional senior season accounting for 111 points. His three field goals against Texas A&M set the UT record for career percentage — formally held by Dawson. In addition, Stockton paced the Big 12 with 22 field goals, another Longhorn record.
"That game was probably one of my most proud games," he said of the 43-17 thrashing of the rival Aggies. "The other was against Texas Tech."
Against the Red Raiders last November, Stockton kicked a school-record five field goals en route to a 29-17 win.
While breaking records as a kicker, Stockton also handled punting duties the past two seasons, averaging 38.6 yards.
"I punted three years out of necessity. I've always had to punt at practice, even when I was only kicking," he said. "However, I've always considered myself more of a kicker."
However, Stockton is willing to continue his dual responsibilty if it means landing a roster spot in the NFL.
"I will do whatever they want me to do," Stockton said. "If they want me to punt then I will punt. I think my punting has gotten a lot better the last couple of years."
Stockton, even with his willingness to do whatever is asked, is realistic about being drafted in April.
"I don't know if I'll be drafted or not, I don't think it is all that important," the native of Katy, Texas, said. "With kickers, especially, it is more about going into training camp — fighting, competing and winning the job in camp."
Texas and A & M by Professor Larry Carlson. The Horns led 16-7 at halftime. After hitting three field goals, Stockton missed two attempts within his range during a scoreless third quarter. The suspense was exhausting. But nickels and dimes had begun to add up. Ricky finally got a carry, good for seven yards, out of bounds at the Aggie seven. Nine seconds left. Stockton trotted on, and more than 83,000 fans were roaring. I had emerged from the fetal position but was more than concerned than excited. Stockton had missed his last two. Was he spooked? I knew I was. Please, Lord....
Snap good. Hold down. And with medical precision (hey, Dr. Kris Stockton is now an orthopedic surgeon), the Longhorn kicker put it straight down the middle. Happy, happy, joy, joy! The sweetest field goal I had ever seen in all these years.
Dusty Mangum 2005-
With 2 seconds left on the clock in the Rose Bowl against Michigan Dusty kicks a wobbler through the uprights to seal the 37-35 victory for the Horns.
Ryan Bailey 2006-
Ryan replace injured starter Greg Johnson and, with 23 seconds remaining, kicked a 22-yarder. He holds the record for career field goal accuracy at .852 percent.
David Pino 2005
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Texas Kicker’s Nightmare Disappears With Victory
BY PETER YOON
JAN. 5, 2006 12 AM PT
David Pino may have been the happiest Texas player on the field after the game.
“I think I am,” he said.
Pino, a senior kicker, was certainly the most relieved.
He had missed an extra point in the second quarter, and then, when he missed a 31-yard field goal on the first play of the fourth quarter, Texas trailed 24-23.
“I was looking at the scoreboard, I’ll admit it,” Pino said. “I was thinking about that missed extra point and the field goal.”
Coach Mack Brown didn’t lose faith in his kicker, who made 12 of 15 field goals this season and 68 of 73 extra points, and a career-long 46-yarder in the first quarter.
“I told him to keep his focus, don’t get down on yourself,” Brown said. “He’s a good kicker.”
Pino shook off the misses and made a clutch 34-yarder with 8:46 left that pulled Texas within 31-26, then tacked on an extra point after Vince Young’s 17-yard touchdown run that kept Texas within a score, 38-33.
“I was sweating just because this is the national championship and every kick is a big kick,” Pino said. “Especially because this game was so close.”
Pino wasn’t needed after Texas’ winning touchdown, as the Longhorns went for two to take a 41-38 lead. Pino slapped hands with fans after the game.
“It doesn’t get any better than this,” he said.
David Pino Sets The Longhorn Game Record For 10 Extra Points and 71 in a season.
John Gold 2010
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A first-team Academic All-Big 12 selection ... punted 21 times for 945 yards (45.0 ypp) ... pinned seven punts inside the 20 and booted six punts over 50 yards
2011 - Justin Tucker
In 2011, concluding a rivalry that saw Texas A&M University and the University of Texas square off 118 times over 117 years, he kicked the game-winning field goal as time expired. Texas, then ranked No. 25, won 27–25. While attending the University of Texas, Tucker graduated with a degree in Music.
Justin Tucker, the most accurate kicker in NFL history, happens to be a Texan — and an opera singer
He’s one of the main reasons the Baltimore Ravens are having their best season in years, but he can also sing Mozart and ‘Ave Maria’
Kicker Justin Tucker of the Baltimore Ravens warms up before the game against the New York Jets at M&T Bank Stadium on December 12, 2019 in Baltimore, Maryland.(Patrick Smith / Getty Images)
7:50 AM on Dec 23, 2019
The word on Justin Tucker is that he doesn’t have to play football. But he does. He’s the kicker for the Baltimore Ravens, who appear to be the best team in the National Football League. Their regular-season record in 2019 was the best — 14-2. But that’s not all. As of October, Tucker reached the milestone of being the most accurate kicker in league history.
But wait, football may be his secondary passion. If Tucker the Texan were cut tomorrow, he would still have an equally compelling career — as an opera singer.
Born in Houston, Tucker graduated from Westlake High School in Austin and attended the University of Texas. There, he kicked for the Longhorns, but long before he put on a kicker’s shoe, he proved he had serious chops as an opera singer.
Justin Tucker, after he kicked a game-winning field goal, during his days at the University of Texas. (Darren Carroll / Getty Images)
He’s a classically trained bass-baritone who sang “Ave Maria” for a Catholic Charities benefit concert with the Concert Artists of Baltimore. And in 2018, he sang “Ave Maria” to become pro football’s “Most Valuable Performer,” on an NFL talent show carried by CBS.
The New York Times lauds Tucker for his dual gifts of “singing arias and splitting uprights,” and while the Times acknowledges his sure-footed kicking, it flat out gushed about the night Tucker appeared at the elegant Hippodrome Theatre in downtown Baltimore. Outfitted in a black, three-piece suit, Tucker, the Times marveled, “belted out something else: a serenade from Mozart’s Don Giovanni.”
“I don’t think there’s a day that goes by that you don’t hear him singing some kind of opera,” said Ravens punter Sam Koch, who holds the football for Tucker’s field goal and extra-point attempts.
While he digs all kinds of music, Tucker, 30, says he loves opera, and during his commute to practice, he proves it by cueing up the dulcet sounds of the late Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky, in hopes of fine-tuning the nuances he’ll need the next time he sings an aria onstage. Which might be after the Super Bowl.
2012 Nick Rose
In 2012, Rose kicked a career-high 11 kickoffs against Ole Miss and a season-high 6 touchbacks against Baylor. Rose finished the 2014 season converting 14-21 (67%) field goals and 30-of-32 (94%) extra points for 72 total points.Rose finished the 2015 season converting 13-17 (76%) field goals and 38-39 (97%) extra points for a career-high 77 total points.
In his first season with the Longhorns, Dickson had 77 punts for 3,179 net yards for a 41.3 average in 2015. In the 2016 season, he had 65 punts for 3,079 net yards for a 47.4 average. In 2017, Dickson won the Ray Guy Award and was a unanimous All-American. Dickson was named MVP of the 2017 Texas Bowl. In his junior season, he had 84 punts for 3,984 net yards for a 47.4 average. In late December 2017, it was announced that Dickson would forgo his senior year at Texas in favor of the 2018 draft.
