Kansas State University Athletics
2024 Football Roster
Tennant, Chris
Jersey Number 17
Chris Tennant
- Position:
- Kicker
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 226
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Shawnee, Kan.
- High School:
- Mill Valley
Bio
CAREER HONORS
2023: Served as the primary place kicker in every game, going 11-for-14 on field goals and 56-of-57 on extra points as he earned All-Big 12 Honorable Mention accolades... Tied for second in the Big 12 in extra points made, while he was seventh in the league in scoring among kickers (6.85 points per game) and 10th in scoring among all players... His 56 made extra points ranked fourth in school history while his 57 attempts ranked fifth... Connected on a 51-yard field goal in the 2023 opener against SEMO to tie his career long... Connected on all four of his field goal attempts from 40-49 yards... Was true on two field goals apiece against Troy, TCU and Iowa State... Set a new career high with eight extra points made against Baylor, which was tied for fifth in school history for a single game and one of just 13 games in school history where a player connected on at least eight extra points... Also kicked off for the first time in his career, averaging 60.6 yards on his 85 kickoffs with 34 touchbacks... Had a career-best six touchbacks in the season opener against SEMO, while he kicked off a career-high 10 times against Baylor... Earned Academic All-District honors from College Sports Communicators and First Team Academic All-Big 12 accolades, the latter of which he was nominated with a 4.0 GPA.
2022: Served as the primary place kicker over the first seven games of the season, going 9-of-14 on field goal attempts and 23-of-25 on extra point attempts... Was true on a career-high three field goal against Texas Tech and tied his career high with five extra points at Oklahoma... Also had two field goals against Missouri – including a season-long 37-yarder – and Oklahoma... A First Team Academic All-Big 12 performer who was nominated with a perfect 4.0 GPA.
2021: A true freshman place kicker that took over duties over the final five regular-season games... Made 5-of-8 field goal attempts and all 16 extra-point attempts... Was the first true freshman at K-State to make a field goal since Joe Rheem in 2001... Connected on a 51-yard field goal at Texas, which tied for the longest by a true freshman in school history (Jamie Rheem, 1996 vs. Nebraska)... It was tied for the seventh-longest field goal by a true freshman in the 2021 season.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Mill Valley under head coach Joel Applebee... Viewed as the 12th-best punter and the 50th-best kicker in the nation – and the tops in the state of Kansas in both categories – for the Class of 2021 by Kohl’s Kicking... Earned first team all-state honors as both a junior and senior from the Topeka Capital-Journal... Was a first team all-state member as a senior from the Wichita Eagle and an honorable mention pick by the organization as a junior... Was true on 26-of-36 field goal attempts during his three-year career, including a 14-of-17 mark (82.4%) as a junior... Career long was a 48-yarder as a senior... Connected on 109-of-112 extra point attempts during his career... Averaged 34.8 yards per punt on 58 attempts during his three-year prep career, including a long of 54 yards during his junior season and a long of 53 yards during his senior campaign... Kicked off 167 times for a 58.9-yard average with 112 touchbacks... Helped the Jaguars earn consecutive state titles his final two years... Prepped at the same high school as current Wildcat safety Mikey Bergeron, defensive end Truman Griffith, and offensive linemen Gus Hawkins and Sam Hecht.
PERSONAL: Chris Tennant was born May 7, 2003, in Fort Lewis, Washington... Son of Jim and Marie Tennant... Has four siblings, Nicole, Michelle, Heather and Jimmy... Majoring in finance.
• 2024 Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week (Kansas)
• 2024 Academic All-Big 12
• 2023 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (Coaches)
• 2023 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (Coaches)
• 2022-23 First Team Academic All-Big 12
• 2023 Academic All-District (College Sports Communicators)
CAREER: Played in 39 games over his four-year career, serving as the primary place kicker over parts of his final three seasons... Left K-State ranking third in school history in career extra points made (139) and attempted (143), fourth in career field goals made (42), field goals attempted (57) and kick scoring (265), fifth in 50-yard field goals made (3) and extra point percentage (97.2%), and sixth in overall scoring.
2024: Served as the primary place kicker in every game, going 17-of-21 on field goals and 44-of-45 on extra points... Finished the season ranked 41st nationally and sixth in the Big 12 in field goals per game (1.31), while he was 44th in the country and fifth in the Big 12 in field goal percentage (80.95%)... Also ranked fifth in the Big 12 in extra points made and attempted, sixth in scoring per game among kickers (7.31), field goals made and field goals attempted... His 21 field attempted tied for seventh in school history for a single season, while his 17 field goals made tied for ninth... Connected on the game-winning and career-long tying 51-yard field goal with 1:42 left against Kansas, sending K-State to a 29-27 win... It was the longest game-winning field goal with under two minutes remaining in regulation in school history, while it was the second longest in the Big 12 during the 2024 season... Earned Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week honors following the Kansas game... Tied his career high with three field goals made at BYU, while he had two apiece against UT Martin, Tulane, Kansas, Houston, Cincinnati and Iowa State... Connected on a season-high six extra points against Oklahoma State and West Virginia in addition to five against UT Martin and Cincinnati... Also kicked off 22 times over the first four games of the season, totaling 11 touchbacks.
2023: Served as the primary place kicker in every game, going 11-for-14 on field goals and 56-of-57 on extra points as he earned All-Big 12 Honorable Mention accolades... Tied for second in the Big 12 in extra points made, while he was seventh in the league in scoring among kickers (6.85 points per game) and 10th in scoring among all players... His 56 made extra points ranked fourth in school history while his 57 attempts ranked fifth... Connected on a 51-yard field goal in the 2023 opener against SEMO to tie his career long... Connected on all four of his field goal attempts from 40-49 yards... Was true on two field goals apiece against Troy, TCU and Iowa State... Set a new career high with eight extra points made against Baylor, which was tied for fifth in school history for a single game and one of just 13 games in school history where a player connected on at least eight extra points... Also kicked off for the first time in his career, averaging 60.6 yards on his 85 kickoffs with 34 touchbacks... Had a career-best six touchbacks in the season opener against SEMO, while he kicked off a career-high 10 times against Baylor... Earned Academic All-District honors from College Sports Communicators and First Team Academic All-Big 12 accolades, the latter of which he was nominated with a 4.0 GPA.
2022: Served as the primary place kicker over the first seven games of the season, going 9-of-14 on field goal attempts and 23-of-25 on extra point attempts... Was true on a career-high three field goal against Texas Tech and tied his career high with five extra points at Oklahoma... Also had two field goals against Missouri – including a season-long 37-yarder – and Oklahoma... A First Team Academic All-Big 12 performer who was nominated with a perfect 4.0 GPA.
2021: A true freshman place kicker that took over duties over the final five regular-season games... Made 5-of-8 field goal attempts and all 16 extra-point attempts... Was the first true freshman at K-State to make a field goal since Joe Rheem in 2001... Connected on a 51-yard field goal at Texas, which tied for the longest by a true freshman in school history (Jamie Rheem, 1996 vs. Nebraska)... It was tied for the seventh-longest field goal by a true freshman in the 2021 season.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Mill Valley under head coach Joel Applebee... Viewed as the 12th-best punter and the 50th-best kicker in the nation – and the tops in the state of Kansas in both categories – for the Class of 2021 by Kohl’s Kicking... Earned first team all-state honors as both a junior and senior from the Topeka Capital-Journal... Was a first team all-state member as a senior from the Wichita Eagle and an honorable mention pick by the organization as a junior... Was true on 26-of-36 field goal attempts during his three-year career, including a 14-of-17 mark (82.4%) as a junior... Career long was a 48-yarder as a senior... Connected on 109-of-112 extra point attempts during his career... Averaged 34.8 yards per punt on 58 attempts during his three-year prep career, including a long of 54 yards during his junior season and a long of 53 yards during his senior campaign... Kicked off 167 times for a 58.9-yard average with 112 touchbacks... Helped the Jaguars earn consecutive state titles his final two years... Prepped at the same high school as current Wildcat safety Mikey Bergeron, defensive end Truman Griffith, and offensive linemen Gus Hawkins and Sam Hecht.
PERSONAL: Chris Tennant was born May 7, 2003, in Fort Lewis, Washington... Son of Jim and Marie Tennant... Has four siblings, Nicole, Michelle, Heather and Jimmy... Majoring in finance.
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