Tate Sandell

Tate Sandell watches a field goal go through the uprights in OU's game at Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on Nov. 15, 2025

Photo by: Morgan Givens/University of Oklahoma

Tate Sandell makes a place kick in OU's game against LSU at Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on Nov. 29, 2025

Photo by: Peyton Martin/University of Oklahoma

Tate Sandell kicks a field goal against Kent State at Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025

Photo by: Reghan Kyle/University of Oklahoma

Position:
K
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Height:
5-9
Weight:
182
Hometown:
Port Neches, Texas
Prev School:
UTSA

Season	GP-GS	FGM-FGA	Pct.	Blk	Long	PAT	Pct.
2022	4-0	0-0	—	0	—	0-0	—
2023	13-0	1-2	50.0	0	47	2-2	100.0
2024	13-0	19-23	82.6	0	54	35-36	97.2
Career	30-0	20-25	80.0	0	54	37-38	97.4

2025 (OKLAHOMA)
Lou Groza Award winner … All-America First Team by FWAA and Sporting News … All-America Second Team by AFCA, Associated Press and Walter Camp Foundation … SEC Special Teams Player of the Year … All-SEC First Team by coaches and Associated Press … served as primary kicker on placekicks and kickoffs in all 13 games … named SEC Special Teams Player of the Week three times (10/6, 11/3, 11/17) … set or tied eight career or single season school, conference, FBS or stadium records during the 2025 campaign … was 24 for 27 on field goal attempts (89%) with a long of 55 yards (made four times) … was 8 for 9 on field goal attempts from 50-plus yards and 16 for 18 from 40-plus yards (made first eight of 50-plus yards) … was 23 for 24 on field goal attempts during the regular season … set a school and single-season SEC record for consecutive made field goals (made 24 straight; previous school record was 18) … his eight FG makes of 50-plus yards led the nation (only two other players made as many as five), as did his 16 makes of 40-plus yards … his average-make distance of 42.1 yards (min. 15 conversions) led the nation … was also 35 for 35 on PAT attempts … through the regular season, he was one of just two kickers nationally since at least 1995 to make at least seven field goals of 50-plus yards without a miss … only kicker nationally since at least 1995 with eight makes of 50-plus yards in a single season … made a school-career-record four field goals of 55-plus yards … was one of two FBS kickers since at least 1995 with four makes of 55-plus yards in a season (the only one to do it in a five-game stretch) … made a nation-leading and OU-single-season-record 16 field goals of 40-plus yards (the previous program record was nine) … scored 107 of the team’s 341 points (31%) … made at least one field goal in each of the final 12 games and made at least three field goals in four of the final seven contests … was responsible for 26 of OU’s 56 points (46%) in November road wins over Tennessee (11/1) and Alabama (11/15), and for 36 of the Sooners’ 90 points over their four November victories … closed the regular season by making a 38-yard field goal vs. LSU (11/29) and a 45-yard field goal vs. Missouri (11/22) … made field goals from 25, 52 and 24 yards in OU’s 23-21 win at Alabama … the 24-yarder, which came with 13:41 remaining in the game, put the Sooners in front and represented the game’s final points … his performance at Tennessee was perhaps the greatest single-game kicking performance in school history, as he booted three field goals longer than 50 yards and four longer than 40 … tied a school-single-game record at Tennessee with his four field goals (55, 51, 40, 55 yards) and tied the Neyland Stadium record for longest field goal (55 yards; twice) … in that game, he became the first FBS kicker since 2021 to make three 50-plus-yard field goals in a game (tied the FBS record) and the first FBS kicker since 2011 to make two 55-plus-yard field goals in a road game … made two 42-yard field goals vs. Ole Miss (10/25) … converted from 55 yards at South Carolina (10/18) … made field goals of 42 and 41 yards vs. Texas (10/11) … hit from 49, 39 and 55 yards, with the 55-yarder marking a career long, vs. Kent State (10/4) … connected on three attempts (49, 32 and 28 yards) for the first time during the season vs. Auburn (9/20) … converted field goals of 52 and 29 at Temple (9/13) … missed his first field goal attempt of the season (from 42 yards) vs. Michigan (9/6) but made a 21-yard kick later in the game and did not miss through the end of the regular season … did not attempt a field goal in the season opener vs. Illinois State (8/30) but made all five of his extra-point attempts.

2024 (UTSA)
Earned honorable mention All-American Athletic Conference honors … played in all 13 games … converted 19 of 23 field goal attempts and 35 of 36 extra points … recorded 85 kickoffs with a school-record 62 touchbacks … hit a school-record 54-yard field goal as part of a three-field goal performance vs. Memphis (11/2) … went 4 for 4 on field goals with a long of 44 yards in a win over North Texas (11/15) … made all three field goal attempts in a victory against Florida Atlantic (10/19) … connected on two field goals (including a 52-yarder) at Rice (10/12) … was a perfect 3 for 3 on field goals vs. Coastal Carolina in Myrtle Beach Bowl (12/23).

2023 (UTSA)
Played in all 13 games … set a program single-season record with 42 touchbacks on 77 kickoffs … helped limit opponents to a 19.3-yard average on kickoff returns … went 1-for-2 on field goal attempts ... made his first career field goal from 47 yards against Rice (11/11) … named to American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.

2022 (UTSA)
Redshirted ... played in four games … kicked off 20 times and registered one touchback … successfully recovered his own onside kick at UAB (11/5) … also played in both victories vs. North Texas (5/22 at home and 12/2 in C-USA Championship Game) as well as vs. Troy in Cure Bowl (12/16).

HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Port Neches-Grove High School in Port Neches, Texas … handled kicking and punting duties … set school record with 67 career extra points … ranked in top 15 nationally among kickers in class of 2022 by 247Sports … also played soccer.

PERSONAL
Enrolled at OU in June 2025 … major is management ... last name pronounced san-DELL.