Kicker, Alabama (from Miami (OH)), 2021–⁠24

Graham Nicholson

Number
No. 14
Height
6′0″
Weight
183 lb
Class (2024)
Senior
Hometown
Cincinnati, OH

Graham Nicholson played kicker at Miami (OH) (2021–⁠23) and Alabama (2024). He won the 2023 Lou Groza Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 2023.

Career highs

4field goals, career hightwice; last at Kent State, 2021

Honors

Team titles: MAC champions, 2023

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
2021Miami (OH)152075.0493782
2022Miami (OH)182378.3492781
2023Miami (OH)272896.45235116
2024Alabama81080.0515377
Career688184.052152356

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2021Miami (OH)14PKFr.
2022Miami (OH)14PKSo.
2023Miami (OH)14PKJr.
2024Alabama14PKSr.6′0″183

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
2021Miami (OH)––––––0.5 (20 att.)
2022Miami (OH)––––––1.6 (22 att.)
2023Miami (OH)––––––16.8 (28 att.)
2024Alabama––––––3.2 (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 Alabama 13 games, 8 of 10 field goals
DateOpponentResultFGMFGALongXPPts
Aug 31vs.Western KentuckyW 63–⁠000077
Sep 7vs.South FloridaW 42–⁠1600066
Sep 14atWisconsinW 42–⁠1001066
Sep 28vs.GeorgiaW 41–⁠34112847
Oct 5atVanderbiltL 35–⁠4000055
Oct 12vs.South CarolinaW 27–⁠2500033
Oct 19atTennesseeL 17–⁠24123525
Oct 26vs.MissouriW 34–⁠02247410
Nov 9atLSUW 42–⁠1300066
Nov 16vs.MercerW 52–⁠7114558
Nov 23atOklahomaL 3–⁠24112203
Nov 30vs.AuburnW 28–⁠1400044
Dec 31 ✦vs.MichiganL 13–⁠19225117
2023 Miami (OH) 14 games, 27 of 28 field goals
DateOpponentResultFGMFGALongXPPts
Sep 1atMiamiL 3–⁠38114803
Sep 9atMassachusettsW 41–⁠282244410
Sep 16atCincinnatiW 31–⁠24112047
Sep 23vs.Delaware StateW 62–⁠202244612
Sep 30atKent StateW 23–⁠33340211
Oct 7vs.Bowling GreenW 27–⁠0225239
Oct 14atWestern MichiganW 34–⁠212240410
Oct 21vs.ToledoL 17–⁠21112025
Oct 28atOhioW 30–⁠163340312
Nov 8vs.AkronW 19–⁠0223517
Nov 15vs.BuffaloW 23–⁠103337211
Nov 25atBall StateW 17–⁠15113725
Dec 2vs.ToledoW 23–⁠143440211
Dec 16 ✦vs.App StateL 9–⁠13113403
2022 Miami (OH) 13 games, 18 of 23 field goals
DateOpponentResultFGMFGALongXPPts
Sep 3atKentuckyL 13–⁠37224817
Sep 10vs.Robert MorrisW 31–⁠14123847
Sep 17vs.CincinnatiL 17–⁠38113625
Sep 24atNorthwesternW 17–⁠14133625
Oct 1atBuffaloL 20–⁠24223528
Oct 8vs.Kent StateW 27–⁠24224939
Oct 15atBowling GreenL 13–⁠17224117
Oct 22vs.Western MichiganL 10–⁠16112314
Oct 29atAkronW 27–⁠9224439
Nov 8vs.OhioL 21–⁠3700033
Nov 16atNorthern IllinoisW 29–⁠23224439
Nov 22vs.Ball StateW 18–⁠17233006
Dec 16 ✦vs.UABL 20–⁠2401022
2021 Miami (OH) 13 games, 15 of 20 field goals
DateOpponentResultFGMFGALongXPPts
Sep 4atCincinnatiL 14–⁠4900022
Sep 11atMinnesotaL 26–⁠31224628
Sep 18vs.Long Island UniversityW 42–⁠700055
Sep 25atArmyL 10–⁠23112914
Oct 2vs.Central MichiganW 28–⁠1700033
Oct 9atEastern MichiganL 12–⁠134549012
Oct 16vs.AkronW 34–⁠2101044
Oct 23atBall StateW 24–⁠17122614
Nov 2atOhioL 33–⁠3501033
Nov 9vs.BuffaloW 45–⁠18112769
Nov 16vs.Bowling GreenW 34–⁠700044
Nov 27atKent StateL 47–⁠484433315
Dec 23 ✦vs.North TexasW 27–⁠14234839

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

Before the draft

DrillPro day 2025
Height5′11⅛″
Weight181 lb
Arm length30″
Hand size8⅛″

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

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