2018 NFL Draft – Kicker

Complete NFL Draft Rankings – K:

You are currently viewing the 46 best kickers in the 2018 NFL Draft. Our top kicker prospects are selected after thousands of hours carefully scouting the best specialists in college football. Even though no more than 3 will get selected in the draft, several more are signed as free agents, and many will receive a training camp invite. Find who is worthy of a draft pick, and who is likely nothing more than a training camp body. Find draft sleepers, draft stars, who will be a bust, and who is being undervalued.

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(Last Updated: April 26, 2018)

2018:  | QB | WR | RB | FB | TE | OT | G | C | DT | DE | OLB | ILB | S | CB | K | P | LS | OVERALL |

Carlson fell off a bit this past year, but he was still good enough to secure All-SEC 1st team status for a 3rd consecutive year. He has great size, a high touchback rate on his kickoffs, and has hit 13 field goals of 50+ yards during his career. He was the rare kicker who had the complete trust of his coach to hit kicks of over 40 yards, and as a result had a lot of attempts from 40 or longer each year. It is yet to be determined how he can kick in the weather and how his confidence holds up in adverse scenarios, which are big red flags. But his leg strength and productivity are top notch.

2017 Stats

23/31 on field goals, 6/7 from 30-39, 6/8 from 40-49, 4/8 from 50+. Long kick of 54 yards.

Eddy Pineiro is the least technically-sound of the top tier kicker, but he is also the most accurate. He entered the draft after his junior year which is rare, but it’s hard to improve upon his season. He was the most accurate kicker in the nation, hitting 17 of 18 attempts, and in his short 2 year career was 5 for 5 from 50+. He hit a 54 yarder his sophomore year (first year at Florida), but that is likely the extent of his range on field goals. His kickoff distance was the longest of anyone in the draft, and he has good mental toughness. We’re yet to see if he responds with confidence if he starts missing kicks, however.

2017 Stats

17/18 on field goals, 4/4 from 30-39, 4/5 from 40-49, 2/2 from 50+. Long kick of 50 yards.

Michael Badgley is a blue collar kicker. He doesn’t have extraordinary leg strength or long range accuracy, but he is a hard worker, willing tackler, has mental fortitude, and has been successful with onside kicks. Those traits are all great, but the leg is the most important. Badgley is just 3/11 from 50+ in his career, including just 1/4 this past year. Still, he is great from 40-49 in his career, and did surprise people with a 57 yard FG make (with the wind) as a sophomore.

2017 Stats

17/23 on field goals, 5/5 from 30-39, 2/4 from 40-49, 1/4 from 50+. Long kick of 50 yards.

Griffin Oakes had a great senior season at Indiana, hitting 16-of-17 attempts. Oakes didn’t get too many opportunities to kick from 50+ because of Indiana’s offense and playcalling, but he showcased his impressive leg strength with a 58 yard field goal in his redshirt freshman season. Since then, he hasn’t exceeded 51 yards. He really struggled from 40+ as a junior, so it’ll be determined in training camp whether or not his recent season was a fluke. Regardless, he is very consistent from 30-39 yards, which suggests he’ll be ultra reliable on extra points in the NFL.

2017 Stats

16/17 on field goals, 3/3 from 30-39, 4/4 from 40-49, 1/2 from 50+. Long kick of 51 yards.

Drew Brown was a reliable college kicker due to his accuracy. His mechanics are sound and consistent, and he has kicked in big situations for Nebraska throughout his career. The problem is leg strength. Brown is only 2-for-6 from 50+ in his career, and he also doesn’t have the leg strength to keep the ball away from returners on kickoffs. He gets good elevation on his kicks due to his solid kicking stroke, so he won’t get his kicks blocked. Brown is reliable but limits a team greatly with his inability to hit kicks of 55 yards.

2017 Stats

12/14 on field goals, 4/6 from 30-39, 2/2 from 40-49, 0/0 from 50+. Long kick of 44 yards.

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2018:  | QB | WR | RB | FB | TE | OT | G | C | DT | DE | OLB | ILB | S | CB | K | P | LS | OVERALL |