Kicker, UNLV (from Missouri State), 2020–⁠23

Jose Pizano

Number
No. 18
Height
5′9″
Weight
220 lb
Class (2023)
Senior
Hometown
Lehi, UT

Jose Pizano played kicker at Missouri State (2020–⁠22) and UNLV (2023).

Career highs

6field goals, career highvs. Colorado State, 2023

Honors

Team titles: Missouri Valley Football champions, 2020

All-America: FWAA 2023; Phil Steele 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
2020*Missouri State010.0000
2021Missouri State3475.048110
2022Missouri State121580.0473571
2023UNLV262989.75254132
Career414983.75290213

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2020Missouri State18PKFr.
2021Missouri State18PKSo.
2022Missouri State18PKJr.
2023UNLV18PKSr.5′9″220

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
2023UNLV––––––15.7 (29 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

2023 UNLV 14 games, 26 of 29 field goals
DateOpponentResultFGMFGALongXPPts
Sep 2vs.BryantW 44–⁠143348413
Sep 9atMichiganL 7–⁠3500011
Sep 16vs.VanderbiltW 40–⁠374536416
Sep 23atUTEPW 45–⁠28113069
Sep 30vs.Hawai’iW 44–⁠203352514
Oct 14atNevadaW 45–⁠27112569
Oct 21vs.Colorado StateW 25–⁠236646119
Oct 28atFresno StateL 24–⁠31113036
Nov 4atNew MexicoW 56–⁠1400077
Nov 10vs.WyomingW 34–⁠142243410
Nov 18atAir ForceW 31–⁠27113947
Nov 25vs.San José StateL 31–⁠37123447
Dec 2vs.Boise StateL 20–⁠44225128
Dec 26 ✦vs.KansasL 36–⁠49124036
2022 Missouri State 11 games, 12 of 15 field goals
DateOpponentResultFGMFGALongXPPts
Sep 1atCentral ArkansasW 27–⁠14223739
Sep 8vs.UT MartinW 35–⁠3000055
Sep 17atArkansasL 27–⁠38223139
Sep 24vs.South Dakota StateL 14–⁠2800022
Oct 1atNorth DakotaL 31–⁠48133247
Oct 8vs.Southern IllinoisL 21–⁠3800033
Oct 22atNorthern IowaL 20–⁠4100022
Oct 29vs.Western IllinoisW 64–⁠143339716
Nov 5atSouth DakotaL 13–⁠20223717
Nov 12vs.Youngstown StateW 25–⁠22114725
Nov 19atIndiana StateW 24–⁠7124436
2021 Missouri State 1 game, 3 of 4 field goals
DateOpponentResultFGMFGALongXPPts
Sep 4atOklahoma StateL 16–⁠233448110

No box score in the source for Oct 2 at Illinois State, so that game is not listed.

2020 Missouri State 1 game, 0 of 1 field goal
DateOpponentResultFGMFGALongXPPts
Sep 12atOklahomaL 0–⁠4801000

No box score in the source for Sep 27 at Central Arkansas; Oct 18 vs. Central Arkansas; Feb 27 at Western Illinois; Mar 6 vs. North Dakota State; Mar 13 at South Dakota; Mar 20 at Northern Iowa; Mar 27 vs. Southern Illinois; Apr 10 vs. Youngstown State; Apr 24 at North Dakota, so those games are not listed.

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

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