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University of Nebraska - Kearney Athletics

2025 UNK Football Roster

96 Kyle Failing

  • Hometown Port Orchard, WA
  • Highschool South Kitsap
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Major Pre-MIBA
  • Position Kicker
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 205

Biography

AS A SENIOR (2024)
MIAA Academic Honor Roll ... starter on kickoffs ... 52.yard average on 48 kickoffs ... 14 touchbacks (29%) ... hit a 33-yard walk-off field goal at Missouri Western to help the Lopers rally for a 24-23 win ... missed one other attempt ... 3 for 4 on PAT's ... had a 25-yard field goal in the 2025 spring game .... also made one PAT ... earned a BS in Sports & Recreation Management in May 2024

AS A JUNIOR (2023)
MIAA Academic Honor Roll ... starter on kickoffs and co-starter at place kicker ... 12 of 12 on PAT's and 4 of 5 on field goals ... long of 46 yards came vs. Missouri Western ... 55.9 kickoff average with six touchbacks ... 28 total attempts

AS A SOPHOMORE (2022)
MIAA Academic Honor Roll ... among MIAA kickoff leaders ... averaged 59.8 yards on 65 attempts ... 23 touchbacks (39%) ... five games with at least a 60.0 yards average ... 67.2 average (five KO's, 336 yards) in season-opener at Missouri Southern ... 450 yards on seven attempts vs. Central Missouri (64.3) ... five touchbacks in that game ... kicked one PAT in road win vs. Lincoln ... made a 33-yard field goal in the 2023 spring game

AS A FRESHMAN (2021)
Starter on kickoffs before suffering a season-ending injury in late September ... averaged 62.3 yards on 22 kickoffs (1,370 yards) ... nine touchbacks ... Loper Special Teams Player of the Week for the UCM game ... made a PAT in the season-opener vs. Missouri Southern ... made two field goals in the 2022 spring game (32 and 44 yards) ... MIAA Academic Honor Roll 

PRIOR TO UNK
Was a student at Olympic College (Bremerton, Wash.) 

HIGH SCHOOL
Home schooled and kicked for the South Kitsap Wolves ... made a school record 50-yard field goal in a 2017 game vs. Bellarmine Prep ... graduated in 2018 

Statistics

Season:
2025

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 96

    2021Redshirt Sophomore

    Kicker
    6'2" 190 lbs
    96
  • 96

    2022Sophomore

    Kicker
    6'2" 165 lbs
    96
  • 96

    2023Junior

    Kicker
    6'2" 165 lbs
    96
  • 96

    2024Graduate Student

    Kicker
    6'2" 200 lbs
    96
  • 96

    2025Graduate Student

    Kicker
    6'2" 205 lbs
    96