Senior kicker for Houston. 2022: 9 field goals, 44 points.
6′0″ · 220 lb · Pasadena, TX
Recruiting
K recruit
No. 2068 nationally · Signed with Miami
No college snaps yet.
The story
4 kicker for Houston. 2022: 9 field goals, 44 points.
Bubba Baxa
Handles his kicks without drama. Across three seasons and two programs, three head coaches: Mark Richt, Manny Diaz and Dana Holgorsen. 2022 brought the first one: AAC Specialist Player of the Week.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Houston — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Major Applewhite → Dana Holgorsen. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Willie Fritz
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022
W 37–35
at UTSA
9 PTS · 35 LONG · 100 PCT
Edged out UTSA on the road in a shootout.
With C. Tune — 206 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 82.3 · 51 rush yds (15 car) · 1 TD · L. Wilkins — 46 AVG · 53 LONG · 5 NO
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | FGM/FGA | LONG | XP | PTS | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 37-35@ UTSA | 2/2 | 35 | 3/3 | 9 | |
| Wk 2 | L 30-33@ Texas Tech | 3/4 | 35 | 3/3 | 12 | |
| Wk 3 | L 30-48vs Kansas | 1/1 | 20 | 3/4 | 6 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-27vs Rice | 2/2 | 37 | 4/4 | 10 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-27vs Tulane | 1/3 | 36 | 3/3 | 6 | |
| Wk 6 | W 33-32@ Memphis | 0/1 | 0 | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 63-77@ SMU | 0/1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Total | 9/14 | 37 | — | 44 |
Play style
Handles his kicks without drama.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Handles his kicks without drama.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Joseph Bulovas’s 2022 season.
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As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Rece Verhoff's junior season at Marshall (2022).
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