The Oregonian/OregonLive is compiling a list of nominees for an Oregon Ducks All-Quarter-Century football team made up of players from 2000 through 2024. The final teams will be selected in August.
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Today:
Kicker (nominees detailed below in alphabetical order).
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KICKER NOMINEES
Matt Evensen
Years:
2005-2008
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Record books:
Out of Portland’s Franklin High School, Evensen made 16 field goals in 2007, tied for eighth in program history. His 32 career field goals rank tied for ninth.
Evensen kicked a 52-yard field goal in 2008 at Arizona State that ranks tied for the 10th longest.
Evensen led the Ducks with 102 points in 2007 and scored 204 points for his career while going 32 of 50 on field goal attempts.
Accolades/accomplishments:
Evensen was a semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award (nation’s top kicker) in 2007 when he helped the Ducks climb into national title contention before Heisman Trophy front-runner, quarterback Dennis Dixon, injured his knee late in the season.
NFL:
Evensen did not play in the NFL.
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Camden Lewis
Years:
2019-2023
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Record books:
A four-year starter, Lewis ended his career as the program’s all-time leading scorer with 408 points, connecting on 49 field goals and 261 PATs.
His 49 field goals rank tied for second with Jared Siegel. He holds the record for the most consecutive made PATs in a season (70) and a career (162).
Lewis’ career 72.1 field goal percentage (49 of 68) ranks seventh. He made 14 of 16 field goal attempts in 2022 for an 87.5% conversion rate, tied for fifth with current kicker Atticus Sappington (2024).
Accolades/accomplishments:
Lewis was named second-team All-Pac-12 as a sophomore in 2021 (AP and coaches) and honorable mention in 2022.
Lewis helped the 2023 Ducks go 12-2 and defeat Liberty in the Fiesta Bowl, where they defeated Liberty.
NFL:
Lewis did not play in the NFL.
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Paul Martinez
Years:
2003-2006
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Record books:
Martinez holds the record for most field goals in a game with six, which came in 2005 against Montana.
His 19 field goals that season rank sixth, and his 34 all-time rank seventh.
Martinez ended his career with a 73.9 field goal percentage (34 of 46), fifth best in program history.
Accolades/accomplishments:
Martinez scored a career high 83 points while helping the Ducks go 10-2 in 2005 and scored 82 points the following season.
NFL:
Martinez did not play in the NFL.
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Aidan Schneider
Years:
2014-17
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Records:
Schneider, out of Portland’s Grant High School, ranks third all-time in career scoring (365) and points in a season (133, 2015).
His 51 career field goals rank first, as does his career field goal percentage of 85% (51 of 60).
Schneider connected on 22 field goals in 2015, good for second most in a single season at UO. His field goal percentage that season of 91.7% (22 of 24), matching his 2014 percentage (11 of 12), ranks second only to Matt MacLeod, who went 8 of 8 in 1985.
In 2016, Schneider made 42 of 43 PATs, then followed up by going 63 of 63 in 2017. Schneider finished his college career 212/215 on PAT attempts (98.6%).
Accolades/accomplishments:
In 2015, Schneider won the Vlade Award, given to the most accurate kicker in college football, and was named first-team All-Pac-12.
Schneider helped the 2014 Ducks win the Pac-12 championship, which advanced them to the College Football Playoffs. There, Oregon defeated Florida State 59-20 in the Rose Bowl with Schneider scoring nine points.
NFL:
Schneider did not play in the NFL.
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Jared Siegel
Years:
2001-2004
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Record books:
Siegel shares the program record for most consecutive made field goals and PATs combined (54) with Nathan Villegas, and for career field goal attempts (69).
His 109 points in 2002 rank tied for eighth all-time and his 323 career points rank fifth.
Siegel made 20 field goals in 2002, tied for fourth. His 49 career field goals rank tied for second with Lewis.
He holds the record for three of the longest field goals in program history, including a program-record 59-yard boot at UCLA in 2002.
His career field goal percentage of 71% ranks eighth.
Accolades/accomplishments:
Siegel was named first-team All-Pac 12 in 2002 when he scored 109 points.
NFL:
Siegel did not play in the NFL.
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