2021 Football Roster
Charlie Kuhbander
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 195
- Position:
- K
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Springboro, Ohio
- High School:
- Springboro
2021: PFF Preseason All-Big Ten (Third Team) …Phil Steele Preseason All-Big Ten (Third Team) ... Nailed a career-long 47-yard field goal against Indiana State (9/11) ... Hit two field goals against Ohio (9/18).
2020: Connected on three field goals (two from 40+) during game against Maryland (10/24)...Also recorded his first career tackle...Converted a pivotal three PATs in the one-point victory over Iowa (10/31)...Connected on a career-long 46-yard field goal at Purdue (11/14)...32-yard field goal vs. Wisconsin (11/21) moved him into sole possession of eighth place in NU history with 34 career field goals, passing Amado Villarreal (2005-08)...Connected on multiple field goals for the third time in six games at Michigan State (11/28)...First field goal against Spartans moved him past Stefan Demos for seventh place all-time in program history with 35 career field goals...Made a career-long 47-yard field goal in Big Ten Championship against Ohio State (12/19).
2019: Started all 12 games as a junior, converting 10 field goals and 17 extra points ... Tied a career-high with three field goals, including a 44-yarder, while adding three extra points in a win over UNLV (9/14) ... Made a 39-yard field goal and an extra point against Michigan State (9/21) ... Was good from 40 yards out at Nebraska (10/5) ... Converted a field goal for the fifth straight game against Ohio State (10/18).
2018: Appeared in nine games in his sophomore season as a kicker, converting five field goals and 28 extra points … Handled kickoff duty in the Purdue game and converted a 34-yard field goal as well as four extra points (8/30) … Knocked in four extra points versus Akron (9/15) … Made a career-long 45-yard field goal against Michigan as well as two extra points (9/29) … Was good from 26 yards out against Wisconsin (10/27) … Chipped in a 21-yard field goal in the fourth quarter against Ohio State as well as three XPs (12/1) … Converted on a 24-yard field goal along with four extra points against No. 17 Utah in the Holiday Bowl (12/31).
2017: One of 13 true first year players to see action during the regular season ... Won the Wildcats' place kicker role during training camp ... Honorable Mention All-Big Ten ... Set the NU single-season record for most field goals (13) and points (82) by a rookie kicker ... Also set a NU single-game record for most field goals by a rookie, making three at Maryland and versus Purdue ... Ranked fifth in the Big Ten and 31st nationally in field goal percentage (81.3) ... Ranked 17th in the Big Ten in points responsible for (82) ... Ranked ninth in the Big Ten in scoring (6.3 points/game) ... Converted 13-of-16 field goals and 43-of-44 extra-point attempts ... Made at least one field goal in five-straight games from Oct. 14 to Nov. 11 ... Named Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week after going 3-for-3 with a long of 40 yards in the Wildcats' win at Maryland ... Also went 3-for-3 with a long of 36 in a win over Purdue ... Made a season-long 40-yard field goal at Duke and at Maryland ... Scored a season-high 13 points versus the Terrapins ... Made a 33-yard field goal in the first quarter of the Music City Bowl, extending his NU record for most makes by a first-year kicker.
High School: Verbally committed to Northwestern on June 13, 2016 ... Ranked as a three-star prospect by 247Sports, Scout and ESPN ... Ranked the No. 3 kicker in the nation for 2017 by Kohl’s Kicking ... Rated as the No. 5 kicker in the nation by both 247Sports and Scout, and the No. 10 kicker prospect in the country by ESPN ... Ranked the No. 1 kicker in the Midwest Region by Scout ... Piled up 79 points (11 FG, 46 PAT) and 56 touchbacks during his senior season ... Established an Ohio record with 305 career kicking points (36 FG, 197 PAT) ... Four-time All-Area honoree (2013, ’14, ’15, ’16) ... Three-time AP Southwest All-District (2014, ’15, ’16) ... 2016 Second Team All-State ... Two-time First Team All-Conference (2015, ’16) ... Helped lead the Panthers to the state playoffs in all four years of his high school career ... Played three seasons of soccer, where he was voted a team captain ... Paced the Greater Western Ohio Conference with 21 goals as a junior ... Student Council representative ... Class Treasurer.
