Anthony Cantele

Height:
5-10
Weight:
189
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Wichita, Kan.
High School:
Kapaun Mt. Carmel

-- Lou Groza Award Semifinalist
-- Second Team All-Big 12 (Coaches, Associated Press)

CAREER: A reliable kicker handled primary kicking responsibilities over his final two seasons... Made 37 career field goals to tie for fourth in school history, while his 118 career extra points made are fourth… Finished out his career with 96 consecutive field goals made to break the school’s career record… Finished career ranked seventh in school history with 235 career points.

2012 (Click Here for Game-by-Game Stats): A semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award, while he was a Second Team All-Big 12 performer by the league’s coaches and Associated Press... Also earned honorable mention All-America honors from Sports Illustrated... Made 19 field goals in 2012 to tie for third in school history, while his 64 extra points ranks third... Finished the regular season ranked fourth in the Big 12 and second among kickers with 9.7 points per game... Led the conference in field-goal percentage and was one of five Big 12 kickers to be perfect on every extra-point during the regular season… Was true on three field goals and six extra points against Missouri State… Connected on a 21-yarder and all seven extra points against Miami… Tied career-high with eight extra points against Kansas while seven of 10 kickoffs went for touchbacks… True from 41 and 25 yards at Iowa State… Connected on field goals of 33 and 42 yards and made all seven extra points at West Virginia… Made three field goals and five extra points against Oklahoma State… Connected on 3-of-4 field goals at TCU, including one from 41 yards out, en route to Lou Groza Star of the Week honors; Was true on all six extra-point attempts against Texas.

2011 (Click Here for Game-by-Game Stats): Earned Honorable Mention All-Big 12 accolades from the Associated Press... Had 17 field goals in 2011 to tie for fifth in school history... Also seventh in single-season extra points with 48... Was 6-for-7 inside 30 yards, while he was true on 4-of-8 from 40-plus yards... Made three field goals against Kent State, Baylor and Iowa State, which is eighth in school history... Hit a 31-yard game-winning field goal against No. 15 Baylor, which propelled him to Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week honors... Also earned the award after making a pair of game-tying field goals against Texas A&M and hitting field goals from 19, 37 and 47 against Iowa State... Connected on a 54-yarder against Oklahoma, the eighth-longest in school history and tied for the longest in the Big 12 during 2011... Was a perfect 8-for-8 on PAT attempts at Kansas, which tied for fourth in school history... Kicked off 76 times for a 62.2-yard average and 14 touchbacks.

2010 (Click Here for Game-by-Game Stats): Began the year as K-State's regular kicker, hitting a 35-yard field goal and booting four touchbacks against UCLA, earning Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week honors... His four touchbacks were the most by a Wildcat since 2008... Took a fake field goal in for a touchdown against Missouri State... Booted 15 touchbacks in 13 games played.

2009: Redshirted... A former soccer player at Missouri State who transfered to K-State prior to the 2009 season.

HIGH SCHOOL: A four-year letterwinner for Kapun Mt. Carmel, who was true on 20-of-23 career field goals, including a long of 50 yards... Connected on 145-of-147 PATs in his career... Was 10-of-12 in 2008... Named all-city four times, all-state three times and all-metro twice... Selected to the 2008 Kansas Shrine Bowl... Also lettered four years in soccer, leading his team to a state runner-up finish on two occasions... Was a three-time first team all-state, all-city and all-metro player, and the 2008 Kansas State Soccer Player of the Year.

PERSONAL: Anthony Mark Cantele was born January 15, 1990, in Atlanta, Ga... Son of John and Sue Cantele... Has one younger brother, Jack, who is also a kicker for the Wildcats... Majoring in kinesiology.