Kicker, USC (from Minnesota, Georgia Southern), 2019–⁠24

Michael Lantz

Lettered 2024 (school media guide)

Number
No. 96
Height
5′11″
Weight
190 lb
Class (2024)
Senior
Hometown
Fayetteville, GA

Michael Lantz played kicker at Minnesota (2019–⁠20), Georgia Southern (2022–⁠23) and USC (2024).

Career highs

4field goals, career highthree times; last at UCLA, 2024

Kicking

Field goals made, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamFGMFGAPctLongXPPts
2019Minnesota81080.0404771
2020Minnesota00–066
2022Georgia Southern020.0000
2023Georgia Southern232882.14845114
2024USC142166.7545092
Career456173.854148283

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2019Minnesota96PKYr 1
2020Minnesota96PKYr 2
2022Georgia Southern96PKYr 4
2023Georgia Southern96PKYr 5
2024USC96PKSr. (Yr 6)5′11″190

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
2019Minnesota––––––0.8 (10 att.)
2022Georgia Southern––––––-2.4 (2 att.)
2023Georgia Southern––––––5.5 (28 att.)
2024USC––––––-5.4 (22 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 USC 13 games, 14 of 21 field goals
DateOpponentResultFGMFGALongXPPts
Sep 1vs.LSUW 27–⁠20233539
Sep 7vs.Utah StateW 48–⁠02224612
Sep 21atMichiganL 24–⁠27112936
Sep 28vs.WisconsinW 38–⁠21114158
Oct 5atMinnesotaL 17–⁠24125425
Oct 12vs.Penn StateL 30–⁠333447312
Oct 19atMarylandL 28–⁠2901044
Oct 25vs.RutgersW 42–⁠2000066
Nov 2atWashingtonL 21–⁠2601033
Nov 16vs.NebraskaW 28–⁠2001044
Nov 23atUCLAW 19–⁠134430113
Nov 30vs.Notre DameL 35–⁠4900055
Dec 27 ✦vs.Texas A&MW 35–⁠3101055
2023 Georgia Southern 13 games, 23 of 28 field goals
DateOpponentResultFGMFGALongXPPts
Sep 2vs.The CitadelW 34–⁠02248410
Sep 9vs.UABW 49–⁠352238511
Sep 16atWisconsinL 14–⁠3501022
Sep 23atBall StateW 40–⁠34441416
Sep 30vs.Coastal CarolinaW 38–⁠28134558
Oct 14atJames MadisonL 13–⁠41224317
Oct 21vs.UL MonroeW 38–⁠28122758
Oct 26vs.Georgia StateW 44–⁠273340514
Nov 4atTexas StateL 24–⁠45112936
Nov 11atMarshallL 33–⁠384540315
Nov 18vs.Old DominionL 17–⁠20112425
Nov 25atApp StateL 27–⁠55223839
Dec 16 ✦vs.OhioL 21–⁠4100033
2022 Georgia Southern 3 games, 0 of 2 field goals
DateOpponentResultFGMFGALongXPPts
Sep 17atUABL 21–⁠3501000
Oct 15vs.James MadisonW 45–⁠38–––––
Nov 5vs.South AlabamaL 31–⁠3801000
2020 Minnesota 2 games, 6 of 7 extra points
DateOpponentResultFGMFGALongXPPts
Nov 7atIllinoisW 41–⁠1400055
Nov 13vs.IowaL 7–⁠3500011
2019 Minnesota 11 games, 8 of 10 field goals
DateOpponentResultFGMFGALongXPPts
Aug 29vs.South Dakota StateW 28–⁠2100022
Sep 7atFresno StateW 38–⁠35113758
Sep 14vs.Georgia SouthernW 35–⁠3200055
Sep 28atPurdueW 38–⁠31123258
Oct 5vs.IllinoisW 40–⁠172228410
Oct 12vs.NebraskaW 34–⁠700044
Oct 19atRutgersW 42–⁠701066
Oct 26vs.MarylandW 52–⁠10113258
Nov 23atNorthwesternW 38–⁠22113758
Nov 30vs.WisconsinL 17–⁠38113825
Jan 1 ✦vs.AuburnW 31–⁠24114047

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

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