Kicker, Notre Dame, 2011–⁠14

Kyle Brindza

Number: No. 27
Height: 6′1″
Hometown: Canton, MI
Born: Jan 13, 1993, in Valparaiso, Indiana

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Kyle Brindza played kicker at Notre Dame (2011–⁠14).

5field goals, career hightwice; last vs. Rutgers, 2013

Kicking

Field goals made, season by season, with his team’s record

Season	Team	FGM	FGA	Pct	Long	XP	Pts
2012*	Notre Dame	23	31	74.2	52	28	97
2013*	Notre Dame	20	26	76.9	53	38	98
2014	Notre Dame	14	23	60.9	48	51	93
Career		57	80	71.3	53	117	288

Punting

Season	Team	Punts	Yds	Avg	Long	In 20
2013*	Notre Dame	43	1,769	41.1	56	0
2014	Notre Dame	51	2,115	41.5	55	17
Career		94	3,884	41.3	56	17

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

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht
2011	Notre Dame	27	PK
2012	Notre Dame	27	PK
2013	Notre Dame	27	PK
2014	Notre Dame	27	PK	6′1″

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.

Game by game

2014 Notre Dame 13 games, 14 of 23 field goals

Date	Opponent	Result	FGM	FGA	Long	XP	Pts
Aug 30	vs.Rice	W 48–⁠17	2	3	36	6	12
Sep 6	vs.Michigan	W 31–⁠0	1	1	43	4	7
Sep 13	vs.Purdue	W 30–⁠14	3	4	48	3	12
Sep 27	vs.Syracuse	W 31–⁠15	1	1	37	4	7
Oct 4	vs.Stanford	W 17–⁠14	1	2	45	2	5
Oct 11	vs.North Carolina	W 50–⁠43	0	0	0	6	6
Oct 18	atFlorida State	L 27–⁠31	2	2	46	3	9
Nov 1	vs.Navy	W 49–⁠39	0	2	0	7	7
Nov 8	atArizona State	L 31–⁠55	1	1	46	4	7
Nov 15	vs.Northwestern	L 40–⁠43	0	2	0	4	4
Nov 22	vs.Louisville	L 28–⁠31	2	3	37	2	8
Nov 29	atUSC	L 14–⁠49	0	1	0	2	2
Dec 30 ✦	vs.LSU	W 31–⁠28	1	1	32	4	7

2013 Notre Dame 13 games, 20 of 26 field goals

Date	Opponent	Result	FGM	FGA	Long	XP	Pts
Aug 31	vs.Temple	W 28–⁠6	0	1	0	0	0
Sep 7	atMichigan	L 30–⁠41	3	3	44	3	12
Sep 14	atPurdue	W 31–⁠24	1	1	20	4	7
Sep 21	vs.Michigan State	W 17–⁠13	1	2	41	2	5
Sep 28	vs.Oklahoma	L 21–⁠35	0	0	0	3	3
Oct 5	vs.Arizona State	W 37–⁠34	3	4	53	4	13
Oct 19	vs.USC	W 14–⁠10	0	0	0	2	2
Oct 26	atAir Force	W 45–⁠10	1	2	51	6	9
Nov 2	vs.Navy	W 38–⁠34	1	1	26	5	8
Nov 9	atPittsburgh	L 21–⁠28	0	1	0	3	3
Nov 23	vs.BYU	W 23–⁠13	3	3	51	2	11
Nov 30	atStanford	L 20–⁠27	2	2	27	2	8
Dec 28 ✦	vs.Rutgers	W 29–⁠16	5	6	49	2	17

2012 Notre Dame 12 games, 23 of 31 field goals

Date	Opponent	Result	FGM	FGA	Long	XP	Pts
Sep 8	vs.Purdue	W 20–⁠17	2	3	30	2	8
Sep 15	atMichigan State	W 20–⁠3	2	2	47	2	8
Sep 22	vs.Michigan	W 13–⁠6	2	2	39	1	7
Oct 6	vs.Miami	W 41–⁠3	2	3	32	5	11
Oct 13	vs.Stanford	W 20–⁠13	2	2	29	2	8
Oct 20	vs.BYU	W 17–⁠14	1	3	24	2	5
Oct 27	atOklahoma	W 30–⁠13	3	4	46	3	12
Nov 3	vs.Pittsburgh	W 29–⁠26	3	4	37	0	9
Nov 10	atBoston College	W 21–⁠6	0	0	0	3	3
Nov 17	vs.Wake Forest	W 38–⁠0	1	2	25	5	8
Nov 24	atUSC	W 22–⁠13	5	6	52	1	16
Jan 7 ✦	vs.Alabama	L 14–⁠42	0	0	0	2	2

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

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2015	Combine or pro day 2015
Height	6′0⅝″
Weight	236 lb
Arm length	33¼″
Hand size	10″
40-yard dash		5.17 s
Vertical jump		31″
Bench press	14 reps

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

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