RYAN DUNLEAVY’S TOP SPECIALISTS
KICKERS School Ht Wt
1. Cade York LSU 6-1 198 Holds LSU records for 50-plus yard field goals in a game (two), season (six) and career (10). Made a 57-yarder in the final minute to beat Florida in 2020. Converted 54 of 66 career field goals. Not responsible for kickoffs.
2. Cameron Dicker Texas 6-1 216 Could a team save a roster spot by using Dicker as kicker and punter? Made 60 of 79 field goals over four years and averaged 46.8 yards per punt as a double-duty senior. More than 200 career touchbacks on kickoffs.
3. Nick Sciba Wake Forest 5-9 194 Model of consistency holds two significant NCAA records: best career field-goal accuracy (89.9 percent, 80-for89) and most consecutive conversions (34). Never made a 50-yard field goal but never missed a PAT (193-for-193).
4. Gabe Brkic Oklahoma 6-3 201 Drilled five 50-yarders last season, including FBS-record-tying three in one game. First walk-off field goal in Oklahoma history. Made 57 of 69 career field goals and 159 of 160 PATs. Needs to generate more power on kickoffs.
5. Jonathan Garibay Texas Tech 5-11 217 Spent two years at junior college and didn’t win Texas Tech’s job until late in 2020. Went 14-for-14 inside 50 yards and added a pressurized game-tying 62-yarder (third-longest in NCAA since 1988) in 2021. Only kicked off once.
PUNTERS School Ht Wt
1. Matt Araiza San Diego St. 6-2 200 Three years as kicker surpassed by one year as punter, when he boomed 18 punts of 60-plus yards, including two over 80. Former soccer player. Elite field-flipper but needs work on finer points, like hang time and coverage angles.
2. Jordan Stout Penn St. 6-3 209 Short-field weapon who dropped 34 of 62 punts last season inside the 20-yard line. Not just a poocher, as career-long 76-yard showed. Handled field goals and kickoffs, too. Even completed an 18-yard pass on a fake.
3. Jake Camrada Georgia 6-2 180 Former SEC Special Teams Player of the Year averaged school-record 45.7 yards per punt. Understands ball placement. More than 70 percent of kickoffs were touchbacks last season. Impressed with leg strength at Senior Bowl.
4. Blake Hayes Illinois 6-6 225 Australian-born five-year letter-winner who punted 68 times last season — 16 of at least 50 yards and 34 inside the 20-yard line with just two touchbacks. Had three career blocked punts. Coffin-corner directional master.
5. Ryan Stonehouse Colorado St. 5-9 193 Second-generation punter whose father and two uncles all punted in Pac-12. No. 1 punting recruit in 2017. First punter named First-Team All-Mountain West three times (2018-20). Averaged 47.8 yards over career.