Kicker, Purdue (from Oklahoma State), 2019–⁠24

Ben Freehill

Number: No. 39
Height: 6′1″
Weight: 195 lb
Class (2024): Senior
Hometown: Melvin, IL

Ben Freehill played kicker at Oklahoma State (2019–⁠20) and Purdue (2021–⁠24).

3field goals, career highvs. Indiana, 2023

Kicking

Field goals made, season by season, with his team’s record

Season	Team	FGM	FGA	Pct	Long	XP	Pts
2020	Oklahoma State	0	0	–	0	1	1
2023	Purdue	6	11	54.5	44	21	39
2024	Purdue	2	4	50.0	40	3	9
Career		8	15	53.3	44	25	49

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2019	Oklahoma State	39	PK	Yr 1
2020	Oklahoma State	39	PK	Yr 2
2021	Purdue	39	PK	Yr 3
2022	Purdue	39	PK	Yr 4
2023	Purdue	39	PK	Yr 5
2024	Purdue	39	PK	Sr. (Yr 6)	6′1″	195

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

Season	Team	Plays	EPA/play	Pctile	Median	Total	Usage	PAAR
2023	Purdue	–	–	–	–	–	–	-3.3 (10 att.)

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). PAAR: points a kicker added above a replacement-level kicker, with his field-goal attempts. From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2024 Purdue 3 games, 2 of 4 field goals

Date	Opponent	Result	FGM	FGA	Long	XP	Pts
Sep 21	atOregon State	L 21–⁠38	–	–	–	–	–
Nov 16	vs.Penn State	L 10–⁠49	1	2	22	1	4
Nov 22	atMichigan State	L 17–⁠24	1	2	40	2	5

2023 Purdue 8 games, 6 of 11 field goals

Date	Opponent	Result	FGM	FGA	Long	XP	Pts
Sep 2	vs.Fresno State	L 35–⁠39	0	1	0	5	5
Sep 9	atVirginia Tech	W 24–⁠17	1	2	43	3	6
Sep 16	vs.Syracuse	L 20–⁠35	0	0	0	2	2
Oct 28	atNebraska	L 14–⁠31	0	1	0	0	0
Nov 4	atMichigan	L 13–⁠41	2	2	32	1	7
Nov 11	vs.Minnesota	W 49–⁠30	0	0	0	7	7
Nov 18	atNorthwestern	L 15–⁠23	0	1	0	1	1
Nov 25	vs.Indiana	W 35–⁠31	3	4	44	2	11