Kicker, South Carolina (from Alabama, Buffalo, Texas Tech), 2022–⁠26

Upton Bellenfant

Lettered 2024 at Buffalo (school media guide)

Number
No. 27
Height
6′0″
Weight
180 lb
Class (2026)
Senior
Hometown
Murfreesboro, TN

Upton Bellenfant plays kicker for South Carolina, after Alabama (2022–⁠23), Buffalo (2024) and Texas Tech (2025).

Career highs

4field goals, career highvs. Liberty, 2024

Team titles: SEC champions, 2023; Big 12 champions, 2025

Kicking

Field goals made, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamFGMFGAPctLongXPPts
2024Buffalo182185.7523185
2025Texas Tech66100.0331533
Career242788.95246118

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2022Alabama27PKRS
2023Alabama27PKFr.
2024Buffalo27PKSo.
2025Texas Tech27PKJr.
2026South Carolina27PKSr.6′0″180

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
2024Buffalo––––––8.5 (21 att.)
2025Texas Tech––––––2.0 (6 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 Texas Tech 7 games, 6 of 6 field goals
DateOpponentResultFGMFGALongXPPts
Aug 30vs.Arkansas–Pine BluffW 67–⁠7112925
Sep 6vs.Kent StateW 62–⁠14112347
Sep 13vs.Oregon StateW 45–⁠14112125
Oct 4atHoustonW 35–⁠11223328
Oct 11vs.KansasW 42–⁠17112525
Oct 18atArizona StateL 22–⁠2600011
Oct 25vs.Oklahoma StateW 42–⁠000022
2024 Buffalo 11 games, 18 of 21 field goals
DateOpponentResultFGMFGALongXPPts
Sep 14vs.MassachusettsW 34–⁠32237410
Sep 21atNorthern IllinoisW 23–⁠203342211
Sep 28atUConnL 3–⁠47114703
Oct 12vs.ToledoW 30–⁠15113336
Oct 19vs.Western MichiganL 41–⁠48222639
Oct 26atOhioL 16–⁠47124014
Nov 2atAkronW 41–⁠302236511
Nov 12vs.Ball StateW 51–⁠48112747
Nov 20atEastern MichiganW 37–⁠2001033
Nov 26vs.Kent StateW 43–⁠7114247
Jan 4 ✦vs.LibertyW 26–⁠74552214

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

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