Kicker, Oklahoma (from UTSA), 2022–⁠26

Tate Sandell

Number
No. 29
Height
5′9″
Weight
178 lb
Class (2026)
Senior
Hometown
Port Neches, TX
Born
Oct 14, 2003

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Tate Sandell plays kicker for Oklahoma, after UTSA (2022–⁠24). He won the 2025 Lou Groza Award.

2026 so far

7 of 10 field goals

CFD Staff: Texas raised him. Tate Sandell ended its unbeaten run.

Last game: vs. Kentucky, L 13–⁠21

Next game: at Mississippi State, Oct 24

Game by game this season, field goals
  1. 2UTEP
  2. 1@MICH
  3. 0UNM
  4. 0@UGA
  5. 2TEX
  6. 2UK

Filled bars: wins; outlined: losses.

Career highs

4field goals, career hightwice; last at Tennessee, 2025

Honors

Team titles: Conference USA champions, 2022

All-America: FWAA 2025; Sporting News 2025; AP second team 2025; Pro Football Focus 2025; Sports Illustrated 2025; The Athletic 2025; USA Today 2025

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

* The season in progress, so far.

SeasonTeamFGMFGAPctLongXPPts
2023UTSA1250.04725
2024UTSA192286.4543390
2025Oklahoma242788.95535107
2026Oklahoma71070.0531334
Career516183.65583236

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2022UTSA29PKRS
2023UTSA29PKFr.
2024UTSA29PKSo.
2025Oklahoma29PKJr.
2026Oklahoma29PKSr.5′9″178

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
2023UTSA––––––-0.6 (2 att.)
2025Oklahoma––––––20.6 (27 att.)
2026Oklahoma––––––0.1 (8 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

2026 Oklahoma 6 games, 7 of 10 field goals
DateOpponentResultFGMFGALongXPPts
Sep 4vs.UTEPW 51–⁠02233511
Sep 12atMichiganL 10–⁠17113414
Sep 19vs.New MexicoW 14–⁠601022
Sep 26atGeorgiaL 13–⁠4101011
Oct 10vs.TexasW 27–⁠24235339
Oct 17vs.KentuckyL 13–⁠21224417
2025 Oklahoma 13 games, 24 of 27 field goals
DateOpponentResultFGMFGALongXPPts
Aug 30vs.Illinois StateW 35–⁠300055
Sep 6vs.MichiganW 24–⁠13122136
Sep 13atTempleW 42–⁠32252410
Sep 20vs.AuburnW 24–⁠173349110
Oct 4vs.Kent StateW 44–⁠03355514
Oct 11vs.TexasL 6–⁠23224206
Oct 18atSouth CarolinaW 26–⁠7115536
Oct 25vs.Ole MissL 26–⁠34224228
Nov 1atTennesseeW 33–⁠274455315
Nov 15atAlabamaW 23–⁠213352211
Nov 22vs.MissouriW 17–⁠6114525
Nov 29vs.LSUW 17–⁠13113825
Dec 19 ✦vs.AlabamaL 24–⁠34135136
2024 UTSA 9 games, 19 of 22 field goals
DateOpponentResultFGMFGALongXPPts
Sep 21vs.Houston ChristianW 45–⁠700011
Oct 12atRiceL 27–⁠29225239
Oct 19vs.Florida AtlanticW 38–⁠243341312
Oct 26atTulsaL 45–⁠46113747
Nov 2vs.MemphisW 44–⁠363554514
Nov 15vs.North TexasW 48–⁠274444416
Nov 22vs.TempleW 51–⁠272347612
Nov 30atArmyL 24–⁠29113336
Dec 23 ✦vs.Coastal CarolinaW 44–⁠153338413
2023 UTSA 4 games, 1 of 2 field goals
DateOpponentResultFGMFGALongXPPts
Sep 2atHoustonL 14–⁠1701022
Oct 21atFlorida AtlanticW 36–⁠10–––––
Nov 11vs.RiceW 34–⁠14114703
Dec 19 ✦vs.MarshallW 35–⁠17–––––

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

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