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Minnesota's best kickers since 2004

Emmit Carpenter leads with 53 field goals made in 37 games at Minnesota; Dragan Kesich had 43.

Every kicker with 5 or more games at Minnesota since 2004, ranked by field goals made; the lines are each player's field goals made game by game, the top 8 drawn. A link opens the player's page, where he has one, or his row on the board.

field goals made · by game

extra points made · by game

field goal attempts · by game

14 kickers with 5+ games at Minnesotafield goals made

#	player	seasons	games	field goals made	extra points made	field goal attempts
1	Emmit Carpenter	2016–2018	37	53	117	66
2	Dragan Kesich	2021–2024	27	43	65	56
3	Matthew Trickett	2021–2022	26	32	82	43
4	Ryan Santoso	2014–2017	50	29	76	38
5	Eric Ellestad	2009–2010	23	24	62	34
6	Joel Monroe	2005–2008	28	22	80	29
7	Jason Giannini	2005–2007	24	21	83	35
8	Chris Hawthorne	2011–2013	19	20	50	25
9	Jordan Wettstein	2011–2012	15	18	36	26
10	Brady Denaburg	2025	13	14	33	21
11	Rhys Lloyd	2004	12	12	43	18
12	Luke Drzewiecki	2026	5	10	12	10
13	Michael Lantz	2019–2020	13	8	53	10
14	Brock Walker	2019–2020	7	5	18	7

Also at Minnesota: quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers, tight ends, defenders, punters. Every school and conference: schools, conferences. The games are ESPN's box scores since 2004 (the Method says where they fall short); a position is the roster's, else read off the box score, so a tight end from before 2014 may be listed with the wide receivers.