Placekicker (PK) Draft History

52 players listed · 1967–2021

Since 1980, NFL teams have drafted 124 kickers in the NFL Draft, 1 of them in the first round. 1 of those picks is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame: Morten Andersen (1982). By career Approximate Value, the most productive pick was Morten Andersen (K, Michigan St.), taken in round 4 of the 1982 draft. The biggest value pick was Gary Anderson, a round-7 selection in 1982 who made 4 Pro Bowls. Of the picks made through 2025, 23 (19%) made at least one Pro Bowl and 76% appeared in at least one NFL game. The most common school was Georgia, with 6 picks.

Figures cover the 1980–2026 drafts. Source: nflverse.

Summary

52Players Listed

0First Rounders

Every Placekicker (PK) selection recorded in our draft database, 1967–2021. 0 of these were first-round selections.

All PK Draft Picks

Year	Rd	Pick	Team	Player	Pos	College
1967	3	55	CLE	Don Cockroft	PK	Adams State
1967	4	81	NO	Ron Widby	PK	Tennessee
1967	5	119	CHI	Bruce Alford	PK	TCU
1967	7	173	SD	David Conway	PK	Texas
1967	7	175	ARI	Joe Randall	PK	Brown
1968	2	37	DET	Jerry DePoyster	PK	Wyoming
1968	3	83	CIN	Dale Livingston	PK	Western Michigan
1968	4	86	BUF	Edgar Chandler	PK	Georgia
1968	5	117	WSH	Mike Bragg	PK	Richmond
1968	5	135	LAR	Don Martin	PK	Washington
1969	4	96	TEN	Roy Gerela	PK	New Mexico State
1969	5	128	MIA	Karl Kremser	PK	Tennessee
1969	6	142	GB	Ken Vinyard	PK	Texas Tech
1970	4	96	GB	Skip Butler	PK	Texas-Arlington
1970	6	135	BUF	Grant Guthrie	PK	Florida State
1971	4	83	PHI	Happy Feller	PK	Texas
1971	7	170	CLE	Bob Jacobs	PK	Wyoming
1972	2	34	GB	Chester Marcol	PK	Hillsdale
1972	3	61	SD	Bill McClard	PK	Arkansas
1972	5	122	CLE	George Hunt	PK	Tennessee
1974	7	175	OAK	Rod Garcia	PK	Stanford
1981	7	174	PHI	Alan Duncan	PK	Tennessee
1983	6	155	NE	Mike Bass	PK	Illinois
1984	7	184	NE	Bruce Kallmeyer	PK	Kansas
1991	6	151	DET	Richie Andrews	PK	Florida State
2001	5	160	NYG	John Markham	PK	Vanderbilt
2004	7	229	IND	David Kimball	PK	Penn State
2005				Rhys Lloyd	PK
2005				Tyler Jones	PK	Boise State
2005				Jonathan Nichols	PK	Ole Miss
2005				Nick Novak	PK
2006	6	188	SD	Kurt Smith	PK	Virginia
2007				Matt Clark	PK	Auburn
2007				Jesse Ainsworth	PK
2009	7	222	IND	Pat McAfee	PK	West Virginia
2009				Louie Sakoda	PK
2011				Kai Forbath	PK
2011				Dan Baily	PK	Oklahoma State
2011				Thomas Weber	PK
2012				Derek Dimke	PK	Illinois
2015				Tom Obarski	PK
2015				Sam Ficken	PK	Penn State
2016				Brad Craddock	PK	Maryland
2016				John Fairbairn	PK	UCLA
2016				Jaden Oberkrom	PK	TCU
2017				Conrad Ukropina	PK	Stanford
2020				Rodrigo Blankenship	PK	Georgia
2020				JJ Molson	PK	UCLA
2021				Jose Borregales	PK	Miami
2021				Blake Haubeil	PK	Ohio State
2021				Riley Patterson	PK	Memphis
2021				Quinn Nordin	PK	Michigan