Kicker, Minnesota, 2020–⁠24

Dragan Kesich

Number
No. 99
Height
6′4″
Weight
235 lb
Class (2024)
Senior
Hometown
Oak Creek, WI

Dragan Kesich played kicker at Minnesota (2020–⁠24).

Career highs

4field goals, career hightwice; last at Illinois, 2024

Honors

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Kicking

Field goals made, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamFGMFGAPctLongXPPts
2021Minnesota010.0000
2023Minnesota232785.2542796
2024Minnesota202871.4533898
Career435676.85465194

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2020Minnesota99PKRS
2021Minnesota99PKFr.
2022Minnesota99PKSo.
2023Minnesota99PKJr.
2024Minnesota99PKSr.6′4″235

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

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsagePAAR
2021Minnesota––––––-1.2 (1 att.)
2023Minnesota––––––8.8 (26 att.)
2024Minnesota––––––5.6 (26 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 Minnesota 13 games, 20 of 28 field goals
DateOpponentResultFGMFGALongXPPts
Aug 29vs.North CarolinaL 17–⁠19133025
Sep 7vs.Rhode IslandW 48–⁠02353612
Sep 14vs.NevadaW 27–⁠0235239
Sep 21vs.IowaL 14–⁠3100022
Sep 28atMichiganL 24–⁠27122036
Oct 5vs.USCW 24–⁠17113236
Oct 12atUCLAW 21–⁠1701033
Oct 26vs.MarylandW 48–⁠232240612
Nov 2atIllinoisW 25–⁠174446113
Nov 9atRutgersL 19–⁠26225117
Nov 23vs.Penn StateL 25–⁠263348211
Nov 29atWisconsinW 24–⁠7124336
Jan 3 ✦vs.Virginia TechW 24–⁠10124436
2023 Minnesota 13 games, 23 of 27 field goals
DateOpponentResultFGMFGALongXPPts
Aug 31vs.NebraskaW 13–⁠10234717
Sep 9vs.Eastern MichiganW 25–⁠63324211
Sep 16atNorth CarolinaL 13–⁠31224517
Sep 23atNorthwesternL 34–⁠372250410
Sep 30vs.LouisianaW 35–⁠2400055
Oct 7vs.MichiganL 10–⁠52115414
Oct 21atIowaW 12–⁠104544012
Oct 28vs.Michigan StateW 27–⁠12233139
Nov 4vs.IllinoisL 26–⁠27223628
Nov 11atPurdueL 30–⁠493442312
Nov 18atOhio StateL 3–⁠37115403
Nov 25vs.WisconsinL 14–⁠2800022
Dec 26 ✦vs.Bowling GreenW 30–⁠24113136
2021 Minnesota 1 game, 0 of 1 field goal
DateOpponentResultFGMFGALongXPPts
Nov 13atIowaL 22–⁠2701000

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillPro day 2025
Height6′4⅛″
Weight243 lb
Arm length32¼″
Hand size9½″

Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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