Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | FGM/FGA | LONG | XP | PTS | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 66-21vs Florida Atlantic | 1/1 | 53 | 8/8 | 11 | |
| Wk 2 | W 52-3vs Campbell | 1/1 | 28 | 7/7 | 10 | |
| Total | 2/2 | 53 | — | 21 |
#91
Patrick Durkin
Junior kicker for Florida. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
5′11″ · 189 lb · Chicago, IL · Joliet Catholic Academy
Transferred Tulane → Florida for 2026
The story
3 kicker for Florida. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
- Signed with Tulane in 2024.
- Transferred from Tulane to Florida in 2026.
- Named AAC Special Teams Player of the Year in 2025.
The numbers
2
field goals · 2026
of 2 attempts · long of 53 · 21 points
2 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 1 FG, 7 XP, vs Campbell
His career numbers, season by season
In Their Words
106 windows · 2026 fan posts
patrick×291.1tulane×103.6alec×621.5clark×99.8kicker×61.7
“Florida's Patrick Durkin is Not a Regular Kicker. Here's Why I’ve read this a few times trying to figure out the connection to Rudy, but it seems like a paragraph was left out or something.”
reddit/FloridaGators · fan post, verbatim
Patrick Durkin
Money from inside 50 — you don't sweat the routine ones. Patrick Durkin arrived at Florida from Tulane. In 2025 the league put his name on paper for the first time: AAC Special Teams Player of the Year.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- portal record
- recognition record
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
20245 games
- Signed with Tulaneout of Joliet Catholic Academy
202513 games
The role got bigger.
- All-AACfirst
- AAC Special Teams Player of the Yearwinner
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
—
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🥈
ALL-AAC · 1ST TEAM
All-AAC 1st team (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
2 coaches2024–2025
Florida
2026era →
Jon Sumrall
Florida
Coaching transition mid-career: Billy Napier → Jon Sumrall. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Florida
2025Tulane
2026Florida
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2024Tulane9-5HC: Jon Sumrall · Run-heavy
2025Tulane11-3HC: Jon Sumrall · Run-leaning
2026Florida2-0HC: Jon Sumrall · Run-leaning
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Not enough tracked stats yet to summarize this season.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jon Sumrall
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17/18 (94%) | 3/3 | 4/6 (67%) | |
| 2024 | 1/3 | 1/1 | -- | |
| Career | 18/21 (86%) | 4/4 (100%) | 4/6 (67%) |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 52–3
vs Campbell
100 PCT · 28 LONG · 10 PTS
Dominant 49-point win at home against Campbell.
With V. Brown III — 3 rec · 43 yds · 1 TD · A. Philo — 242 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 71.6 · 13 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Money from inside 50 — you don't sweat the routine ones.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Automatic
Money from inside 50 — you don't sweat the routine ones.
K
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Tate Sandell’s 2024 season.
80%match
Matches Tate on
Longest make
Weight
FG%
Differs from Tate on
Height (higher)
Class year (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Calum Sutherland's sophomore season at UL Monroe (2022).
80%match
All-Sun Belt
Matches Calum on
Height
FG%
Weight
Background
Career Stats (PDF) Feature Clips COLLEGIATE HONORS Lou Groza Award Watch List (2026) American Special Team Player of the Year (2025) Phile Steele All-American Honorable Mention (2025) 2025 at Tulane: Made 25 of 28 field goal attempts (89.29%), making a pair of 52-yard field goals while kicking of...
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology