Peyton Woodring

#91 · PK · Sr. · Georgia5′10″ · 190 lb · Lafayette, LA · Ascension Episcopal

Field goals972nd of 105 kickersLast gameW 27–8vs Florida · Oct 31
Nextat Ole MissSat Nov 7 · 7:30 pm ET
68 points in 8 games; their best was 11 vs Oklahoma.
vs Tennessee State: 7 points, W7WTNSTvs Western Kentucky: 10 points, W10WWKUat Arkansas: 9 points, W9W@ARKvs Oklahoma: 11 points, W11WOUvs Vanderbilt: 8 points, W8WVANat Alabama: 8 points, W8W@ALAvs Auburn: 6 points, L6LAUBFlorida: 9 points, W9WFLA
vs Tennessee State: 7 points, WWvs Western Kentucky: 10 points, WWat Arkansas: 9 points, WWvs Oklahoma: 11 points, W11Wvs Vanderbilt: 8 points, WWat Alabama: 8 points, WWvs Auburn: 6 points, LLFlorida: 9 points, W9W

2026 games, points per game. W and L: the team’s results.

This week

The story

As of

Woodring is one of the most decorated kickers in the country who somehow still has unfinished business. Three consecutive Lou Groza semifinal nods, an All-SEC nod in 2025, and not one trophy to show for it — that's the itch the message boards keep scratching when his name comes up. He had every reason to leave: he was a legitimate 2026 NFL Draft consideration, and he chose to delay it a year. The receipts say the leg is ready — 17-of-19 on field goals in 2025 (89.5%), a perfect 54-for-54 on extra points, a long of 53, and 8-of-10 from 40-plus yards, which is the range that separates Groza contenders from merely good kickers. Kirby Smart has said the quiet part out loud, calling the veteran leg "tremendous confidence" for a program that lives in one-score games.

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But the discourse around Woodring isn't pure adulation, and Dawg fans know exactly which clip the doubters cue up: the missed field goal in the Sugar Bowl loss to Ole Miss — the doink that ended Georgia's playoff run on a sour note. It's the asterisk on an otherwise sterling resume, and it's the reason "clutch" is the word that hangs over his 2026 in both directions. For three years he's been the best kicker no one calls the best.

Now it's a senior referendum: the most experienced leg in the SEC, back by choice, on a national-title contender that will hand him October and January games decided by three points. The question the boards are asking isn't whether he's good. It's .

Update (Oct. 28, 2026): Georgia lost 27-24 to Auburn on Oct. 17 as a 19.5-point favorite and is 6-1. Woodring has 59 points in seven games this season, 6 of them against Auburn, with a best of 11 against Oklahoma.

The record

A falsifiable call from this player's outlook. Not yet gradeable.

What we said

the senior leg finally wins the Groza

Graded as: wins the Lou Groza in 2026.

What happened

Resolves 2027-01-20.

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Style of play

Style of play

Play style

A volume-and-range specialist, not just a chip-shot artist. Woodring's 2025 line — 17-of-19 on field goals (89.5%), 54-for-54 on PATs, a long of 53, and 8-of-10 from 40-plus yards — paints a kicker whose value lives in the part of the field where games are actually decided. The 40-plus reliability is the tell: most college legs fall off a cliff past 40, and his didn't, which is why three Groza semifinal nods and an All-SEC stripe follow him around. He's a directional, dependable leg rather than a max-distance cannon — you trust him to the high-40s and bring him out to the low-50s in a pinch. The one knock the tape reviewers keep is consistency under the brightest lights, courtesy of the Sugar Bowl miss; everything else reads as a kicker built for a contender's pressure schedule.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

The battery

Georgia’s specialists