Kicker, South Alabama, 2015–⁠18

Gavin Patterson

Number
No. 89
Height
5′7″
Weight
195 lb
Class (2018)
Junior
Hometown
Bourbonnais, IL

Gavin Patterson played kicker at South Alabama (2015–⁠18).

Career highs

3field goals, career highthree times; last at Louisiana Tech, 2017

Kicking

Field goals made, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamFGMFGAPctLongXPPts
2016South Alabama101566.7404272
2017South Alabama161984.2472674
2018South Alabama91369.2503158
Career354774.55099204

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2015South Alabama89PKRS
2016South Alabama89PKFr.
2017South Alabama89PKSo.
2018South Alabama89PKJr.5′7″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

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsagePAAR
2016South Alabama––––––-5.7 (15 att.)
2017South Alabama––––––4.4 (19 att.)
2018South Alabama––––––-0.4 (11 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

2018 South Alabama 12 games, 9 of 13 field goals
DateOpponentResultFGMFGALongXPPts
Sep 1vs.Louisiana TechL 26–⁠3000022
Sep 8atOklahoma StateL 13–⁠5500011
Sep 15vs.Texas StateW 41–⁠31224739
Sep 22atMemphisL 35–⁠5200033
Sep 29atApp StateL 7–⁠5201011
Oct 6atGeorgia SouthernL 13–⁠48224017
Oct 13vs.Alabama StateW 45–⁠7115069
Oct 23vs.TroyL 17–⁠38124425
Nov 3atArkansas StateL 14–⁠3800022
Nov 10vs.UL MonroeL 10–⁠38123114
Nov 17atLouisianaL 38–⁠48113158
Nov 23vs.Coastal CarolinaW 31–⁠28123247
2017 South Alabama 11 games, 16 of 19 field goals
DateOpponentResultFGMFGALongXPPts
Sep 2atOle MissL 27–⁠47222039
Sep 8vs.Oklahoma StateL 7–⁠4401011
Sep 16vs.Alabama A&MW 45–⁠0111969
Sep 23vs.IdahoL 23–⁠293438211
Sep 30atLouisiana TechL 16–⁠343346110
Oct 11atTroyW 19–⁠8114725
Oct 21vs.UL MonroeW 33–⁠23223739
Oct 26atGeorgia StateL 13–⁠21234617
Nov 4vs.LouisianaL 14–⁠1900022
Nov 11vs.Arkansas StateW 24–⁠19114636
Dec 2atNew Mexico StateL 17–⁠22112725
2016 South Alabama 13 games, 10 of 15 field goals
DateOpponentResultFGMFGALongXPPts
Sep 3atMississippi StateW 21–⁠2002033
Sep 10vs.Georgia SouthernL 9–⁠24334009
Sep 17atLouisianaL 23–⁠28112325
Sep 24vs.NichollsW 41–⁠402226511
Oct 1vs.San Diego StateW 42–⁠2400066
Oct 15atArkansas StateL 7–⁠1701011
Oct 20vs.TroyL 21–⁠2800033
Oct 29vs.Georgia StateW 13–⁠10233417
Nov 5atUL MonroeL 35–⁠4201055
Nov 19vs.PresbyterianW 31–⁠7113047
Nov 26atIdahoL 31–⁠38113647
Dec 3vs.New Mexico StateW 35–⁠2800055
Dec 30 ✦vs.Air ForceL 21–⁠4500033

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

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