Blake Craig

Position:
Kicker
Ht./Wt.:
5-11 / 205
Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown:
Kansas City, Mo.
High School:
Liberty North

2025: Appeared in the season opener vs. Central Arkansas and made both field goal attempts, including a 55-yarder, and went 3-for-3 on PATs to finish with nine points ... The 55-yard kick was the seventh 50+ yard field goal of Craig’s career … Suffered a season-ending injury in the third quarter of the season opener.

2024: Associated Press All-Bowl Team selection ... SEC Academic Honor Roll recipient … started in all 13 games … led the team and ranked seventh in the SEC in scoring with 108 points on 24-of-34 (.706) FGs and 36-of-37 (.973) PATs ... became the first freshman in program history and 13th Tiger to eclipse the century mark in points for a single season … point total also ranked tied as the 11th most all-time for a single season … finished the year ranked tied for first in the league and tied for fourth nationally in FGs and FGs per game (1.85) … also ranked first in the country in FGs attempted ... FGs made set a Mizzou freshman record and tied with Tucker McCann (2018) and Harrison Mevis (2023) for second in program history for a single season … went 6-of-9 on FG attempts of 50+ yards to tie with Tom Whelihan for the second-most conversions from 50+ yards in a season in program history … converted on a season-long 56-yard FG twice against Boston College and Iowa in the TransPerfect Music City Bowl, which ranked tied for the fourth longest FG in program history … also posted a 50-yard FG against Buffalo (51), Vanderbilt (54), Auburn (51), and Iowa (51) … registered a year-high four made FGs against Boston College (38, 38, 56, & 31) … finished a perfect 6-of-6 on PATs against Murray State and Massachusetts ... earned a season-best 15 points on three FGs and six PATs against Murray State ... tallied 74 kickoffs for 4,589 yards (62.01) with 51 touchbacks and four kicks out of bounds … selected the SEC Special Teams Player of the Week on Sept. 16, after totaling 13 points from four FGs and one PAT against Boston College ... set a Music City Bowl and Mizzou bowl game record with a 56-yard FG ... added another 50+ yard FG (51 yards) against Iowa to become the third player in program lore to boot two FGs of 50+ yards in a single game, joining Andrew Baggett (vs. Arkansas, 2014) and Harrison Mervis (vs. Georgia, 2022) … on the field for 146 snaps.

2023: SEC Academic Honor Roll selection … saw action in three games against Memphis, Tennessee and Arkansas … recorded six kickoffs for 373 yards (62.17) … posted a season-high three kickoffs for 188 yards (62.67) against Tennessee … on the field for six snaps.

PRIOR TO MIZZOU: Lettered four seasons at Liberty North under head coach Andy Lierman … consensus three-star prospect by ESPN.com, 247Sports.com and Rivals.com ... charted as the No. 26 and No. 30 prospect from the state of Missouri according to ESPN.com and Rivals.com, respectively … listed as the No. 2 and No. 6 kicker nationally according to ESPN.com and 247Sports.com, respectively … converted 35-of-45 FG attempts (.778) and 146-of-150 PATs (.973) for 251 points throughout final three seasons … also registered 217 kickoffs for 11,352 yards (52.31) with 104 touchbacks … graduated holding the Missouri Sports High School Athletic Association (MSHSAA) record for career field goals (45) and points by a kicker (335) as well as field goals in a season (17; 2022) … helped the Eagles to a 43-7 overall record with four consecutive state playoff appearances, including two semifinal (2020 and 2022) and one championship game (2021) showing during final three seasons … two-time MFCA Class 6 first team all-state, all-district and all-conference selection … nominee for the 2022 Hawaii Tiki Bowl and 2022 Under Armour All-America Game … participated in the Kohl’s Kicking Camps.

PERSONAL: Born October 26, 2004 … son of Ernie and Angie Craig … majoring in business administration.