Kicker, Liberty (from Gardner-Webb), 2022–⁠25

Jay Billingsley

Number
No. 43
Height
5′10″
Weight
160 lb
Class (2025)
Senior
Hometown
Anderson, SC

Jay Billingsley played kicker at Gardner-Webb (2022–⁠24) and Liberty (2025).

Career highs

4field goals, career highat UTEP, 2025

Team titles: Big South champions, 2022; Big South–OVC Football Association champions, 2023

Kicking

Field goals made, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamFGMFGAPctLongXPPts
2022Gardner-Webb91464.3475380
2023Gardner-Webb91275.0483562
2024Gardner-Webb111668.8543568
2025Liberty152075.0503378
Career446271.054156288

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2022Gardner-Webb43PKFr.
2023Gardner-Webb43PKSo.
2024Gardner-Webb43PKJr.
2025Liberty43PKSr.5′10″160

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
2025Liberty––––––-0.3 (20 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

2025 Liberty 11 games, 15 of 20 field goals
DateOpponentResultFGMFGALongXPPts
Aug 30vs.MaineW 28–⁠701044
Sep 6atJacksonville StateL 24–⁠34123525
Sep 20vs.James MadisonL 13–⁠31224717
Sep 27atOld DominionL 7–⁠2101011
Oct 8atUTEPW 19–⁠84550113
Oct 14vs.New Mexico StateW 30–⁠273343312
Nov 1vs.DelawareW 59–⁠3000088
Nov 8vs.Missouri StateL 17–⁠21113825
Nov 15atFlorida InternationalL 27–⁠34224839
Nov 22atLouisiana TechL 28–⁠34223328
Nov 29vs.Kennesaw StateL 42–⁠4801066
2024 Gardner-Webb 12 games, 11 of 16 field goals
DateOpponentResultFGMFGALongXPPts
Aug 29vs.WoffordL 20–⁠21224428
Sep 7atJames MadisonL 6–⁠13224406
Sep 14atCharlotteL 26–⁠27224428
Sep 21atPresbyterianW 42–⁠2100066
Sep 28vs.Tennessee TechL 21–⁠5201033
Oct 5atUT MartinL 17–⁠35124625
Oct 19vs.LindenwoodW 42–⁠3501066
Oct 26atSoutheast Missouri StateL 24–⁠30113536
Nov 2atCharleston SouthernW 17–⁠14112525
Nov 9vs.Eastern IllinoisW 31–⁠28135447
Nov 16vs.Tennessee StateL 20–⁠23114014
Nov 23atWestern IllinoisL 28–⁠4500044
2023 Gardner-Webb 10 games, 9 of 12 field goals
DateOpponentResultFGMFGALongXPPts
Sep 2atApp StateL 24–⁠45113736
Sep 9vs.ElonW 34–⁠272232410
Sep 16atTennessee StateL 25–⁠27134825
Oct 7vs.Robert MorrisW 31–⁠16112447
Oct 14atAustin PeayL 14–⁠4101011
Oct 28vs.UT MartinW 38–⁠34114758
Nov 4atBryantW 45–⁠44114269
Nov 11atTennessee TechW 35–⁠000055
Nov 18vs.Charleston SouthernW 34–⁠102248410
Nov 25 ✦atMercerL 7–⁠1700011

No box score in the source for Oct 21 vs. Eastern Kentucky, so that game is not listed.

2022 Gardner-Webb 13 games, 9 of 14 field goals
DateOpponentResultFGMFGALongXPPts
Sep 1vs.LimestoneW 56–⁠2102088
Sep 10atCoastal CarolinaL 27–⁠31224739
Sep 17atElonL 24–⁠30114436
Sep 24vs.MercerL 14–⁠4500022
Oct 1atMarshallL 7–⁠2800011
Oct 8atRobert MorrisW 48–⁠001066
Oct 15atLibertyL 20–⁠21224128
Oct 22atCharleston SouthernW 28–⁠14223928
Oct 29vs.BryantW 48–⁠4000066
Nov 12atCampbellW 42–⁠3501066
Nov 19vs.North Carolina A&TW 38–⁠17122758
Nov 26atEastern KentuckyW 52–⁠411124710
Dec 3atWilliam & MaryL 14–⁠5400022

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

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