On Target: Former Horns Among Most Accurate Kickers in NFL History | Horns Illustrated

There’s no secret that kickers are getting more accurate. When comparing career percentages for accuracy on field goals, seven of the 10 best of all time, 13 of the top 16 and 15 of the top 20 are on current NFL rosters.

Regardless of the criteria taken into consideration, kickers are better now than ever before … and the argument can be made that the University of Texas has more bragging rights when it comes to NFL kickers than any other school. (Continue reading below…)[s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level2)] 

(…continued from above) The top 20 most accurate kickers in NFL history hail from 19 different schools. The only school with two names on the list is Texas, which also boasts the kicker in the top spot: Justin Tucker of the Baltimore Ravens.

In his three NFL seasons, Tucker has hit 97 of 108 field goals, giving him a career accuracy of 89.815 percent, just edging Dan Bailey of the Dallas Cowboys (and Oklahoma State), who has a career percentage of 89.764 and Stephen Gostkowski of the New England Patriots (and the University of Memphis), who ranks third at 86.786 percent.

Tucker is particularly deadly from short range. In his three seasons, he has connected on all 28 field goals he has tried from less than 30 yards, and has hit 31 of 32 attempts between 30 and 39 yards. He is 24 of 28 from between 40 and 49 yards, and has hit 14 of 20 from 50 or more yards.

Also appearing on the list of the best kickers in NFL history is former Texas kicker Phil Dawson, the 17-year veteran who now is gearing up for his third season with the San Francisco 49ers after playing from 1999-2012 with the Cleveland Browns. Dawson ranks 14^th all time, with a career percentage of 84.186, having nailed 362 of 430 career attempts.

Dawson’s 364 field goals are the 14^th-highest total in NFL history.

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