High school football: Every state's greatest kicker

Justin Tucker of the Baltimore Ravens set an NFL record Sunday with a 66-yard field goal to beat the Detroit Lions. In his 10th season, Tucker ranks 40th in scoring in NFL history, but how does he rank among all-time greats from his home state?

Tucker, and Austin, Texas native, played at Westlake, the alma mater of Drew Brees and Nick Foles. With 1,251 career points, Tucker doesn't even rank among the top five kickers to come out of Texas.

In fact, Lake Highlands alone has produced the top two kickers from Texas — Matt Stover and Phil Dawson. Others ahead of Tucker include Matt Bryant (Bridge City), Mason Crosby (Georgetown) and Mark Mosely (Livingston).

MaxPreps has identified the leading NFL kick scorer from each. Kickers are listed with their career total points and field goals. A few players on the list, like Gino Cappelletti, Ken Strong and George Blanda, played positions other than kicker and scored some touchdowns, but their primary scoring totals came as a kicker.



A total of 12 states did not have a kicker reach the NFL, including Alaska, Delaware, Idaho, Kansas, Maine, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming.
Every state's greatest kicker
David Ray — Central (Phenix City)
Total Points: 497
Field Goals: 110

Arizona
Cole Ford — Sabino (Tucson)
Total Points: 221
Field Goals: 45

Arkansas
Zach Hocker — Russellville
Total Points: 42
Field Goals: 10

California
Norm Johnson — Pacifica (Garden Grove)
Total Points: 1,736
Field Goals: 366

Colorado
Don Cockroft — Fountain-Fort Carson (Fountain)
Total Points: 1,080
Field Goals: 216

Connecticut
Ken Strong — West Haven
Total Points: 484
Field Goals: 38

District of Columbia
Nick Lowery — St. Albans
Total Points: 1,711
Field Goals: 383



Florida
John Carney — Cardinal Newman (West Palm Beach)
Total Points: 2,062
Field Goals: 478

Georgia
Jason Elam — Brookwood (Snellville)
Total Points: 1,983
Field Goals: 435

Hawaii
Ka'imi Fairbairn — Punahou (Honolulu)
Total Points: 460
Field Goals: 104

Illinois
Jake Elliott — Lyons (LaGrange)
Total Points: 407
Field Goals: 90

Indiana
Morten Andersen — Ben Davis (Indianapolis)
Total Points: 2,544
Field Goals: 565

Iowa
Nate Kaeding — Iowa City West (Iowa City)
Total Points: 895
Field Goals: 181

Kentucky
David Akers — Tates Creek (Lexington)
Total Points: 1,721
Field Goals: 386



Louisiana
Tommy Davis — Fair Park (Shreveport)
Total Points: 738
Field Goals: 130

Maryland
Roy Gerela — Rockville
Total Points: 903
Field Goals: 184

Massachusetts
Stephen Hauschka — Needham
Total Points: 1,149
Field Goals: 264

Michigan
Pete Stoyanovich — Crestwood (Dearborn Heights)
Total Points: 1,236
Field Goals: 272

Minnesota
Gino Cappelletti — Keewatin
Total Points: 1,130
Field Goals: 176

Mississippi
Stephen Gostkowski — Madison Central (Madison)
Total Points: 1,875
Field Goals: 392

Missouri
Pat Leahy — Augustinian Academy (St. Louis)
Total Points: 1,470
Field Goals: 304



Montana
Dan Carpenter — Helena
Total Points: 999
Field Goals: 236

Nebraska
Greg Zuerlein — Pius X (Lincoln)
Total Points: 1,026
Field Goals: 240

Nevada
Clint Stitser — McQueen (Reno)
Total Points: 29
Field Goals: 7

New Jersey
Nick Mike-Mayer — Passaic
Total Points: 571
Field Goals: 115

New York
Pete Gogolak — Ogdensburg Free Academy
Total Points: 863
Field Goals: 173

North Carolina
Ryan Succop — Hickory
Total Points: 1,201
Field Goals: 266



Ohio
Lou Groza — Martins Ferry
Total Points: 1,608
Field Goals: 264

Oklahoma
Josh Brown — Foyil
Total Points: 1,395
Field Goals: 319

Oregon
Ryan Longwell — Bend
Total Points: 1,687
Field Goals: 361

Pennsylvania
George Blanda — Youngwood
Total Points: 2,002
Field Goals: 335

South Carolina
Chandler Catanzaro — Christ Church Episcopal (Greenville)
Total Points: 539
Field Goals: 119

South Dakota
Adam Vinatieri — Rapid City Central (Rapid City)
Total Points: 2,673
Field Goals: 599

Tennessee
Jeff Hall — Franklin County (Winchester)
Total Points: 21
Field Goals: 4



Texas
Matt Stover — Lake Highlands (Dallas)
Total Points: 2,004
Field Goals: 471

Utah
Matt Gay — Orem
Total Points: 211
Field Goals: 47

Virginia
Shayne Graham — Pulaski County (Dublin)
Total Points: 1,260
Field Goals: 277

Washington
Jason Hanson — Mead (Spokane)
Total Points: 2,150
Field Goals: 495

Wisconsin
Jim Bakken — Madison West (Madison)
Total Points: 1,380
Field Goals: 282