2021 SEASON (SENIOR)
Put his name in the Texas Tech record book during his final year as a Red Raider … became known for the big kick as one of the most accurate kickers in college football … was 15-of-16 on field goal attempts and 49-of-50 on PATs after being called upon in 12 games … was a perfect 14-for-14 on each of his attempts within 50 yards … found the uprights on each of his first 13 attempts to start the season … two of his field goals were game winners with late kicks in victories over both West Virginia and Iowa State … utilized on kickoffs once with his lone attempt going for a touchback … IN NCAA RECORD BOOK: his 62-yard field goal versus Iowa State marked the longest by an FBS kicker to win a game with less than a minute remaining … field goal was the third-longest successful attempt by a FBS kicker since the NCAA disallowed the use of kicking tees in 1988 … was the longest kick by a FBS kicker since Zach Hintze of Wisconsin was successful from the same distance in a 2019 game versus Purdue … IN BIG 12 RECORD BOOK: his 62-yard field goal marked the second-longest in conference history, trailing only the 65-yard successfully try from Martin Gramatica in Kansas State’s 1998 contest versus Northern Illionis … was the longest kick all-time in league history for a game between two conference schools … was only the fourth field goal to find the uprights from 60 yards or longer in conference history … IN TEXAS TECH RECORD BOOK: tied the Texas Tech school record previously set by Clayton Hatfield in 2018 after successfully making each of his first 13 field goal attempts to start the season … snapped the single-game record for longest field goal after drilling a 62-yarder to beat Iowa State at the end of regulation … previous record of 57 yards was set by Bill Adams against Texas A&M in 1977 … set the career record for field goal percentage, narrowly edging Hatfield’s previous mark of 84.7 percent with a 85.2 percentage of his own (23-of-27) … IN NCAA RANKINGS: closed the season ranked sixth nationally in field goal percentage (93.8), 44th in scoring per game (7.8) and 51st in field goals per game (1.25) … boasted the longest field goal in the FBS with his 62-yard attempt versus Iowa State … IN BIG 12 RANKINGS: was the Big 12 leader in field goal percentage and ranked fourth for field goals per game and fifth for scoring per game … SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: called on only three times in non-conference play, hitting from 34 yards against Houston (9/4) and then 21 and 28 yards versus Florida International (9/18) … played a key role in win at West Virginia (10/2), finding the uprights from 33, 29 and 32 yards out … final field goal from 32 yards out put the Red Raiders ahead 23-20 with 18 seconds remaining, marking the second game-winner of his career at the time … tabbed the Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week following the win … combined for four successful field goals the next three weeks, which came from 38 yards against TCU (10/9), 28 and 48 yards at Kansas (10/16) and 27 yards against Kansas State (10/23) … biggest performance of his career was in the memorable win over Iowa State (11/13) that pushed the Red Raiders back to bowl eligibility … made two key field goals to end each half, the first on a 45-yard attempt to give the Red Raiders a 31-14 lead at the break … caused a field storming to close the game with a 62-yard attempt as time expired, giving the Red Raiders a 41-38 victory … was the third and final game-winning kick of his career, earning him Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week honors once again … did not appear in the loss to Oklahoma State (11/20) a week later as the Red Raiders were shut out … pushed into duty twice in the regular-season finale at Baylor (11/27), finding the uprights from 46 yards midway through the first quarter before missing from 53 yards on what would have been a game-tying attempt at the end of regulation … first field goal matched the Texas Tech career record for most-consecutive attempts … recovered to make two field goals in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl against Mississippi State (12/28), finding the uprights from 31 and 26 yards … matched the Texas Tech bowl record for most made field goals that had been accomplished seven times previously … AWARDS AND HONORS: named to the All-Big 12 first team by the conference coaches … became first Red Raider kicker to be tabbed to the first team since Clayton Hatfield in 2018 … joined Hatfield and Alex Trilica (2007) as the only kickers in the Big 12 era to garner first team accolades … received votes for Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Year … selected as a semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award … tabbed the Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week twice (Oct. 4 and Nov. 15) following wins over West Virginia and Iowa State … marked the second and third times in his career to receive the award … joined Wes Welker as the only Red Raiders in program history to be named the conference’s top special teams player over three different weeks in school history … honored for work in the classroom as part of the Academic All-Big 12 second team … SENIOR DECISION: elected to forego his final season of eligibility in order to enter the 2022 NFL Draft.