

Emmet Kenney
2024 Jim Reynolds Award- Special Teams MVP · Two-time ACC Specialist of the Week- Sept. 23, 2024; Nov. 18, 2024 · Two-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2022, 2023) · ACC All-Academic Team (2024) Appeared in all 12 games as Stanford's primary placekicker and kickoff specialist · Went 16-21 on field goals and a perfect 21-21 on extra points · Finishes the 2025 season ranked sixth all-time in program history in extra point percentage (98.2%), having gone 55-56 in his career · Made at least two field goals in five games · Longest field goal of the season came in Stanford's season opener at Hawai'i (Aug. 23) · Went a perfect 3-for-3 in Stanford's home opener against Boston College (Sept. 13) · Led Stanford in points scored with 69 · Ranked tenth in the ACC in kickoff average, with a mark of 62.7, a new career-best on kickoffs ACC All-Academic Team · Jim Reynolds Award- Special Teams MVP · Two-time ACC Specialist of the Week- Sept. 23, 2024; Nov. 18, 2024 · Appeared in all 12 games as Stanford's primary placekicker and kickoff specialist · Went 14-17 on field goals, an 82.4 percent make rate, and a perfect 32-32 on PAT · Kicked two game-winning field goals-- a 39-yard field goal at Syracuse (Sept. 20) and a 52-yarder in Stanford's upset of No. 22 Lousiville (Nov. 16) · 52-yarder marked the second-longest walk-off kick in Stanford Stadium history · 52 yards marked his longest career made kick · Went 4-4 on field goals, the most in a game of his career at Syracuse (Sept. 20) · Led all Cardinal with 74 points scored in the 2024 season · Kicked off 57 times for a total of 3550 kickoff yards · 21 of of his 57 kickoffs were touchbacks, averaging a distance of 62.3 yards on his kickoffs · 7-for-7 on kicks from 39-or-less yards out Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll · Appeared in the regular season finale vs. No. 17 Notre Dame · Scored his second career point on an extra point and kicked off one time for a touchback Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll · Appeared in two games Appeared once on the season as the place kicker · Scored his first career point on a PAT against No. 22 Arizona State (Oct. 8) Played at Shanley High School in Fargo, N.D. for head coach Troy Mattern · Two-time North Dakota Special Teams Player of the Year (2019-20) · Helped his team to the 2018 state championship · Five-star kicker according to Kohl's Kicking Camps · Kohl's Kicking Camps No. 21 kicker in the nation · Finished 14th out of a field of 500+ in field goal charting at Kohl's National Scholarship Camp in July 2020 · Left high school as state record-holder for longest field goal (58 yards) and most touchbacks · Finished prep career as school's all-time leading scorer (101 points) · Made three field goals of 50-plus yards, including the state-record 58-yard kick and two 50-yard kicks in one game, in 2020 · Finished his senior year with five field goal makes, 30 touchbacks and was 31 of 31 in PATs · Went 8 of 12 on field goals with a long of 43 yards, 23 of 25 in PATs, amassed 20 touchbacks, and averaged 37 yards per punt in 2019 · Also competed in basketball, track and soccer · National Honors Society · Honor Roll all four years Son of Emmet and Diane Kenney · Has three siblings, John, Sophie and Will · Brother, John, graduated from Stanford Law School, while Will is a Stanford alumnus and is currently working on a Masters degree at Stanford · Sister, Sophie, played basketball at Augustana
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| YR | SCHOOL | GP | GS | OFF SNAPS | PROD | FG | FG% | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ | XP | XP% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Stanford University | 9 | 0 | 73 | Low | 7/10 | 70.0% | 0/0 | 1/1 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 22/23 | 95.7% |
| 2025 | Stanford University | 12 | 0 | 74 | Med. | 16/21 | 76.2% | 0/0 | 5/6 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 0/0 | 21/21 | 100.0% |
| 2024 | Stanford University | 12 | 0 | 108 | High | 14/17 | 82.4% | 0/0 | 2/2 | 5/5 | 5/6 | 2/4 | 32/32 | 100.0% |
| 2023 | Stanford University | 1 | 0 | -- | -- | 0/0 | -- | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 100.0% |
| 2022 | Stanford University | 2 | 0 | 1 | -- | 0/0 | -- | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0.0% |
| 2021 | Stanford University | 1 | 0 | -- | -- | 0/0 | -- | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 100.0% |
| Career | 37 | 0 | 256 | Low | 37/48 | 77.1% | 0/0 | 8/9 | 14/17 | 8/11 | 2/4 | 77/79 | 97.5% |
Profile last updated Nov 5, 2026









