2020 NFL Draft – Kicker Rankings

Complete NFL Draft Rankings – K:

You are currently viewing the best kickers in the 2020 NFL Draft. Our top kicker prospects are selected after thousands of hours carefully scouting the best place kickers in college football. Even though no more than 3 will get selected in the draft, several more are signed as free agents, and many more receive a training camp invite. Find who might be worthy of a draft pick, and who is 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 16, 2020)

2020:  | QB | WR | RB | FB | TE | OT | G | C | DT | DE | OLB | ILB | S | CB | K | P | LS | OVERALL |

Blankenship is a fan favorite of a kicker with a big leg who’s hit 6-of-9 field goals from 50+, including a 55 yarder. He has technically sound mechanics, and was trusted in big time situations. This past season wasn’t quite as good as scouts would have hoped, but 27/33 isn’t horrible considering very few very chip shots. Blankenship missed a big kick against South Carolina in the upset loss, but was able to bounce back in the next game without letting it get to him. He is also a good kickoff specialist, and is very effective from 30-39 yards which means he should consistently hit NFL extra points.

2019 Stats

46/46 extra points, 27/33 field goals, 6/6 0-30 yards, 10/11 30-39 yards, 8/11 40-49 yards, 3/5 50+, 76% kickoff touch back rate, longest field goal 50 yards.

Tyler Bass was a three time All-Conference Honoree in the Sun Belt, who had a rough senior year following an outstanding 2018 season. While only 8/14 from 40+ this past year, Bass had been 19/22 from the same range the previous two years, the best overall mark in the country during that time. Georgia Southern struggled as a team this past year, and Bass had the same fate. As a kickoff specialist, he rarely would allow a return and got good hangtime on his kickoffs, helping his team defend. Bass looked pretty good hitting from deep in Senior Bowl practices, and should outperform his senior year stats in the NFL.

2019 Stats

36/36 extra points, 20/28 field goals, 6/6 0-30 yards, 6/8 30-39 yards, 8/13 40-49 yards, 0/1 50+, 76% kickoff touch back rate, longest FG 49 yards.

JJ Molson’s 8-for-14 field goal clip this past year doesn’t do him justice as a prospect, as he has a huge leg that forced touchbacks on 87% of his kickoffs, the highest rate in the draft class. He also had very little easy kicks to bolster his percentage, only attempting one from less than 30 yards. Molson had the complete trust of UCLA coaches as a 4 year starter, and has had success in the past on mid-distance field goals. He misses a lot of kicks to the right and could stand to tweak his form, but he has some tools to work with.

2019 Stats

40/40 extra points, 8/14 field goals, 1/1 0-30 yards, 4/6 30-39 yards, 3/5 40-49 yards, 0/2 50+, 87% kickoff touch back rate, longest FG 49 yards.

Matt Ammendola caught my eye at the NFLPA collegiate bowl with the outstanding air he gets on his kicks. This isn’t always a sign a kicker is good, but it shows a kicker won’t be easily blocked and has a strong leg. Ammendola hit a solid 20-of-26 field goals this past year, but 11 of hit makes were from inside 30 yards. While he should be able to handle kickoffs, his lack of experience in this regard will turn some teams off. He’s always benefited from a short average field goal distance, so statistics aren’t the best marker for him. He’ll need to work on translating his leg strength into better distance.

2019 Stats

48/49 extra points, 20/26 field goals, 11/12 0-30 yards, 2/2 30-39 yards, 7/11 40-49 yards, 0/1 50+, longest FG 49 yards, no kickoffs.

Rothe really struggled with his accuracy this past year, but he has one of the stronger legs in the class. Despite only attempting one field goal beyond 50 yards, he was 1-for-1 from 53 yards. He has an ok touchback rate on kickoffs, and could have hit it higher if his team asked him to. Rothe had a rough situation with special teams, and bad plays from holders and snappers caused him to miss 3 extra points (remember college extra points are still chip shots). Like the other prospects, Rothe was better in past years, having hit 16-for-17 in 2018, albeit mostly from inside 40 yards. He has good enough leg strength and a history of some accuracy, and could make a team if he puts things together in a training camp.

2019 Stats

37/40 extra points, 15/22 field goals, 8/8 0-30 yards, 3/5 30-39 yards, 3/8 40-49 yards, 1/1 50+, 66% kickoff touch back rate, longest FG 53 yards.

Complete draft rankings for 2020 – Kicker

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2020: | QB | WR | RB | FB | TE | OT | G | C | DT | DE | OLB | ILB | S | CB | K | P | LS | OVERALL |

While I think Blankenship has a good chance to be an NFL kicker, this is not a good season to be looking for a kicker. No one, not even Blankenship, is a sure deal, and most 2020 kicker prospects have little experience with field goals over 50 yards. Most of the top kickers in college football this year were underclassmen, a trend that held true at the FCS level as well. While kicking seems like it would be easy to scout since it’s the same at every level, it can be difficult to rank kickers without getting a good look at their mental game. Teams will be able to do this much better than any media analysts, so I’ll trust teams’ input a little more than my own if I think they’re looking at the right aspects of the position. Unless you’re able to get Blankenship, a kicker-needy team this year will want to go to free agency for help, while also bringing in a high-ceiling undrafted free agent to compete in mini camp.