Kicker, Utah State (from Grambling), 2023–⁠26

Tanner Rinker

Number: No. 14
Height: 6′2″
Weight: 190 lb
Class (2026): Junior
Hometown: Castle Rock, CO

Tanner Rinker plays kicker for Utah State, after Grambling (2023).

3field goals, career highthree times; last vs. Nevada, 2025

Kicking

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

Season	Team	FGM	FGA	Pct	Long	XP	Pts
2023	Grambling	6	7	85.7	38	26	44
2025	Utah State	13	18	72.2	49	45	84
Career		19	25	76.0	49	71	128

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2023	Grambling	14	PK	Yr 1
2025	Utah State	14	PK	Yr 3
2026	Utah State	14	PK	Jr. (Yr 4)	6′2″	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

Season	Team	Plays	EPA/play	Pctile	Median	Total	Usage	PAAR
2025	Utah State	–	–	–	–	–	–	-0.7 (19 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

2025 Utah State 12 games, 13 of 18 field goals

Date	Opponent	Result	FGM	FGA	Long	XP	Pts
Aug 30	vs.UTEP	W 28–⁠16	2	2	49	2	8
Sep 13	vs.Air Force	W 49–⁠30	0	0	0	7	7
Sep 20	vs.McNeese	W 48–⁠7	0	0	0	6	6
Sep 27	atVanderbilt	L 35–⁠55	0	0	0	5	5
Oct 11	atHawai’i	L 26–⁠44	2	2	40	2	8
Oct 17	vs.San José State	W 30–⁠25	3	3	45	3	12
Oct 25	atNew Mexico	L 14–⁠33	0	0	0	2	2
Nov 8	vs.Nevada	W 51–⁠14	3	3	44	6	15
Nov 15	atUNLV	L 26–⁠29	2	5	39	2	8
Nov 22	atFresno State	W 28–⁠17	0	1	0	4	4
Nov 28	vs.Boise State	L 24–⁠25	1	1	37	3	6
Dec 22 ✦	vs.Washington State	L 21–⁠34	0	1	0	3	3

2023 Grambling 10 games, 6 of 7 field goals

Date	Opponent	Result	FGM	FGA	Long	XP	Pts
Sep 2	vs.Hampton	L 31–⁠35	1	1	31	0	3
Sep 9	atLSU	L 10–⁠72	1	1	23	1	4
Sep 16	vs.Florida Memorial University	W 58–⁠22	0	0	0	6	6
Sep 23	vs.Texas Southern	W 35–⁠23	0	0	0	5	5
Sep 30	vs.Prairie View A&M	W 35–⁠20	3	3	38	2	11
Oct 7	atAlcorn State	L 24–⁠25	1	1	27	3	6
Oct 28	vs.Bethune-Cookman	W 28–⁠14	0	0	0	4	4
Nov 4	vs.Alabama State	L 6–⁠17	0	1	0	0	0
Nov 10	atArkansas–Pine Bluff	W 43–⁠14	0	0	0	3	3
Nov 25	vs.Southern	L 22–⁠27	0	0	0	2	2