Kicker, Penn State, 2011–⁠14

Sam Ficken

Number: No. 97
Height: 6′2″
Hometown: Valparaiso, IN
Born: Dec 14, 1992, in Valparaiso, Indiana

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Sam Ficken played kicker at Penn State (2011–⁠14).

4field goals, career hightwice; last vs. Maryland, 2014

Honors

2014Second-team All-Big Ten

Kicking

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

9–⁠48–⁠47–⁠57–⁠6

Season	Team	FGM	FGA	Pct	Long	XP	Pts
2011*	Penn State	1	2	50.0	43	1	4
2012*	Penn State	14	21	66.7	38	39	81
2013	Penn State	15	23	65.2	54	41	86
2014	Penn State	24	29	82.8	50	28	100
Career		54	75	72.0	54	109	271

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	Penn State	97	PK
2012	Penn State	97	PK
2013	Penn State	97	PK
2014	Penn State	97	PK	6′2″

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 Penn State 13 games, 24 of 29 field goals

Date	Opponent	Result	FGM	FGA	Long	XP	Pts
Aug 30	vs.UCF	W 26–⁠24	4	4	36	2	14
Sep 6	vs.Akron	W 21–⁠3	0	0	0	3	3
Sep 13	atRutgers	W 13–⁠10	2	3	32	1	7
Sep 20	vs.Massachusetts	W 48–⁠7	2	2	42	6	12
Sep 27	vs.Northwestern	L 6–⁠29	2	3	42	0	6
Oct 11	atMichigan	L 13–⁠18	2	2	35	1	7
Oct 25	vs.Ohio State	L 24–⁠31	1	1	31	3	6
Nov 1	vs.Maryland	L 19–⁠20	4	4	48	1	13
Nov 8	atIndiana	W 13–⁠7	2	3	28	1	7
Nov 15	vs.Temple	W 30–⁠13	3	4	50	3	12
Nov 22	atIllinois	L 14–⁠16	0	0	0	2	2
Nov 29	vs.Michigan State	L 10–⁠34	1	2	41	1	4
Dec 27 ✦	vs.Boston College	W 31–⁠30	1	1	45	4	7

2013 Penn State 12 games, 15 of 23 field goals

Date	Opponent	Result	FGM	FGA	Long	XP	Pts
Aug 31	vs.Syracuse	W 23–⁠17	3	3	46	2	11
Sep 7	vs.Eastern Michigan	W 45–⁠7	1	1	39	6	9
Sep 14	vs.UCF	L 31–⁠34	1	2	47	4	7
Sep 21	vs.Kent State	W 34–⁠0	2	2	54	4	10
Oct 5	atIndiana	L 24–⁠44	1	2	30	3	6
Oct 12	vs.Michigan	W 43–⁠40	3	5	45	4	13
Oct 26	atOhio State	L 14–⁠63	0	0	0	2	2
Nov 2	vs.Illinois	W 24–⁠17	1	2	35	3	6
Nov 9	atMinnesota	L 10–⁠24	1	1	27	1	4
Nov 16	vs.Purdue	W 45–⁠21	1	1	29	6	9
Nov 23	vs.Nebraska	L 20–⁠23	0	1	0	2	2
Nov 30	atWisconsin	W 31–⁠24	1	3	28	4	7

2012 Penn State 12 games, 14 of 21 field goals

Date	Opponent	Result	FGM	FGA	Long	XP	Pts
Sep 1	vs.Ohio	L 14–⁠24	0	0	0	2	2
Sep 8	atVirginia	L 16–⁠17	1	5	32	1	4
Sep 15	vs.Navy	W 34–⁠7	0	0	0	4	4
Sep 22	vs.Temple	W 24–⁠13	1	1	21	3	6
Sep 29	atIllinois	W 35–⁠7	0	2	0	5	5
Oct 6	vs.Northwestern	W 39–⁠28	1	1	21	4	7
Oct 20	atIowa	W 38–⁠14	1	2	34	5	8
Oct 27	vs.Ohio State	L 23–⁠35	1	1	27	2	5
Nov 3	atPurdue	W 34–⁠9	2	2	27	4	10
Nov 10	atNebraska	L 23–⁠32	3	3	38	2	11
Nov 17	vs.Indiana	W 45–⁠22	1	1	28	6	9
Nov 24	vs.Wisconsin	W 24–⁠21	3	3	37	1	10

2011 Penn State 3 games, 1 of 2 field goals

Date	Opponent	Result	FGM	FGA	Long	XP	Pts
Sep 3	vs.Indiana State	W 41–⁠7	0	0	0	1	1
Sep 17	atTemple	W 14–⁠10	0	1	0	0	0
Sep 24	vs.Eastern Michigan	W 34–⁠6	1	1	43	0	3

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′1½″
Weight	191 lb
Arm length	31″
Hand size	9″
40-yard dash		5.06 s

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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