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
Filled bars: wins; outlined: losses.
Career highs
4field goals, career hightwice; last at Tennessee, 2025Honors
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
* The season in progress, so far.
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | UTSA | 29 | PK | RS | ||
| 2023 | UTSA | 29 | PK | Fr. | ||
| 2024 | UTSA | 29 | PK | So. | ||
| 2025 | Oklahoma | 29 | PK | Jr. | ||
| 2026 | Oklahoma | 29 | PK | Sr. | 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
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage | PAAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | UTSA | – | – | – | – | – | – | -0.6 (2 att.) |
| 2025 | Oklahoma | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20.6 (27 att.) |
| 2026 | Oklahoma | – | – | – | – | – | – | 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
2025 Oklahoma 13 games, 24 of 27 field goals
| Date | Opponent | Result | FGM | FGA | Long | XP | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. | W 35–3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Sep 6 | vs. | W 24–13 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 6 |
| Sep 13 | at | W 42–3 | 2 | 2 | 52 | 4 | 10 |
| Sep 20 | vs. | W 24–17 | 3 | 3 | 49 | 1 | 10 |
| Oct 4 | vs. | W 44–0 | 3 | 3 | 55 | 5 | 14 |
| Oct 11 | vs. | L 6–23 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 6 |
| Oct 18 | at | W 26–7 | 1 | 1 | 55 | 3 | 6 |
| Oct 25 | vs. | L 26–34 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 2 | 8 |
| Nov 1 | at | W 33–27 | 4 | 4 | 55 | 3 | 15 |
| Nov 15 | at | W 23–21 | 3 | 3 | 52 | 2 | 11 |
| Nov 22 | vs. | W 17–6 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 2 | 5 |
| Nov 29 | vs. | W 17–13 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 2 | 5 |
| Dec 19 ✦ | vs. | L 24–34 | 1 | 3 | 51 | 3 | 6 |
2024 UTSA 9 games, 19 of 22 field goals
| Date | Opponent | Result | FGM | FGA | Long | XP | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21 | vs. | W 45–7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Oct 12 | at | L 27–29 | 2 | 2 | 52 | 3 | 9 |
| Oct 19 | vs. | W 38–24 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 3 | 12 |
| Oct 26 | at | L 45–46 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 4 | 7 |
| Nov 2 | vs. | W 44–36 | 3 | 5 | 54 | 5 | 14 |
| Nov 15 | vs. | W 48–27 | 4 | 4 | 44 | 4 | 16 |
| Nov 22 | vs. | W 51–27 | 2 | 3 | 47 | 6 | 12 |
| Nov 30 | at | L 24–29 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 3 | 6 |
| Dec 23 ✦ | vs. | W 44–15 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 4 | 13 |
2023 UTSA 4 games, 1 of 2 field goals
| Date | Opponent | Result | FGM | FGA | Long | XP | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | at | L 14–17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Oct 21 | at | W 36–10 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Nov 11 | vs. | W 34–14 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 0 | 3 |
| Dec 19 ✦ | vs. | W 35–17 | – | – | – | – | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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