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Jersey Number 40
Chase McGrath
- Position:
- PK
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 198
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Newport Beach, Calif.
- High School:
- Mater Dei
- Prev School:
- Southern Cal
Bio
CAREER HONORS
2022 Fall SEC Academic Honor RollSEC Special Teams Player of the Week (at #25 LSU, 10/8/22, vs. #3 Alabama, 10/15/22)
Lou Groza Award "Star of the Week" (at #25 LSU, 10/8/22)
2021-22 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
2019 All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
CAREER
Strong-legged graduate transfer placekicker who played two seasons with the Vols after transferring from Southern Cal … Kicked the infamous game-winning 40-yard field goal to defeat No. 3 Alabama on the Third Saturday in October in his final season of collegiate eligibility ... Hit two game-winning field goals in his career — a 40-yarder against No. 3 Alabama (10/15/22) while at Tennessee and a 43-yarder against Texas (9/16/17) while at USC ... Spent four seasons at USC and graduated in December 2020 … Enrolled at Tennessee in January 2021 … Was the starting kicker at USC for three seasons and overcame a knee injury sustained in 2018 … Including both his time at USC and UT, was 60-of-78 on field goals (76.9 percent) during his career with a career-long make of 52 yards (2019 at USC) … Was 3-of-7 (42.9 percent) from 50 yards or more … Owns two UT single-season records - made PATs with 70 in 2022 and PATs attempted with 72 in 2022 … Was 118-of-119 in PATs at USC and was 254-of-257 for his entire career ... Was 136-of-138 on PATs at UT and had made 98 in a row as a Vol before a miss ... Played in 56 games, including 30 at USC and 26 at Tennessee … His 220 points in two seasons as a Vol ranks tied for 11th in UT career annals.2022 – RS-SENIOR (SIXTH YEAR)
A clutch performer as Tennessee’s starting placekicker for the second straight year … Shattered his own school record for made PATs (70) and PATs attempted (72) … Was 16-of-20 (80 percent) on field goals for the year with a long of 51 ... Scored 118 points on the year, which tied for third in UT single-season annals with Aaron Medley (2015) … Accounted for seven points in his final collegiate game in helping the Vols defeat Clemson in the Orange Bowl (12/30) with four PATs and a 32-yard field goal late in the fourth quarter ... Drilled his only field goal attempt of the game on Senior Day against Missouri (11/12), splitting the uprights from 48 yards out and converting seven extra points ... Perfect at No. 3 Georgia (11/5), connecting from 47 and 36, both in the first half, and drilling his only PAT ... Drilled a 40-yard field goal in his 50th collegiate game and made seven PATs in win over UT Martin (10/22) ... Made the walk-off, game-winning field goal against No. 3 Alabama (10/15) to break the 15-game losing skid to the Crimson Tide, connecting from 40 yards out with no time remaining on the clock ... Hit 4-of-5 field goals at No. 25 LSU (10/8) to earn SEC Special Teams Player of the Week and Lou Groza Award "Star of the Week" honors ... Went 4-of-4 inside of 50 yards against the Tigers and had a 50-yard attempt late in the first half hit off the right upright, but bounced back 50 seconds later, drilling a 32-yarder as time expired ... Connected on his only field goal attempt against No. 20 Florida (9/24), a 32-yard try, and hit all five PATs ... Nailed seven extra points against Akron (9/17), but missed his only field goal try, a 47-yarder, wide left ... Drilled a pair of field goals in the win at No. 17 Pitt (9/10), including a clutch 51-yarder in the fourth quarter, his longest make at UT and the second-longest of his career ... Made his only field goal attempt in the season-opening win vs. Ball State (9/1), a 33-yarder in the first quarter, and put eight extra points through the uprights to tie a career high.2021 – RS-SENIOR
Tennessee’s starting placekicker in his first season in Knoxville … Shattered Aaron Medley’s (2016) school record for made (66) and attempted (66) PATs … His 102 points scored during the season ranked tied for eighth in UT single-season history … Was 12-of-16 (75.0) on field goal attempts with a long of 48 … Connected on 1-of-2 field goals in the Music City Bowl vs. Purdue (12/30), making a 30-yarder and missing a 56-yarder as time expired … Drilled his only field goal attempt vs. Vanderbilt (11/27), a 31-yarder, and made all six PATs ... Tied a career-high with eight made PATs against South Alabama (11/20) ... Connected on his only try of the game from 24 yards against #1 Georgia (11/13), added two PATs ... Hit from 43 yards as time expired in the first half for a crucial score at No. 18 Kentucky (11/6) and made all six PATs ... Drilled his only FG attempt of the game at No. 4 Alabama (10/23), a 32-yarder, while also tacking on three PATs ... Connected from 39 yards out at the end of the first half, and narrowly missed right from 49 vs. No. 13 Ole Miss (10/16) ... Made three extra points against the Rebels ... Drilled his only field goal of the game against South Carolina (10/9), a 25-yarder as the clock expired in the first half ... Also made six PATs vs. the Gamecocks ... Made two field goals from 25 and 27 yards out while drilling a career high eight PATs in the win over Mizzou (10/2), finishing with the second most points in his career with 14 ... Made seven PATs in win vs. Tennessee Tech (9/18) ... Was 2-of-2 on field goals against Pitt (9/11), making from both 37 and 48 yards while hitting all four PATs ... Made his lone field goal attempt of 43 yards and was 5-of-5 on PATs in season opener against Bowling Green (9/2).2020 – RS-JUNIOR (SOUTHERN CAL)
Did not play in any contests during the 2020 COVID-19 shortened season.2019 – RS-SOPHOMORE (SOUTHERN CAL)
Re-assumed his placekicking starting job in 2019 … While appearing in all 13 games, hit 14-of-17 field goals and all 54 of his PAT tries … Made 2019 All-Pac-12 honorable mention and Phil Steele All-Pac-12 third team … Named USC’s Special Teams Player of the Year … Missed 2019 spring practice while recovering from a 2018 knee injury … Hit both of his field goals (40 and 27 yards) and all three of his PATs at Notre Dame … Drilled a pair of field goals (31 and 38 yards) and all five of his PATs against Arizona … Made a 24-yard field goal and was 3-of-3 on PATs against Oregon … Connected on a 41-yard field goal and all four of his PATs at Arizona State … Converted both field goal tries (41 and 32 yards) and all five PATs at California.2018 – SOPHOMORE (SOUTHERN CAL)
Awarded a scholarship after the 2017 season … Appeared in the first three games before tearing a ligament in his right knee at Texas, which required surgery and sidelined him for the rest of the season, allowing him to redshirt … Connected on 6-of-8 field goals and 6-of-6 PATs … Tied the USC single-game record with five field goals and added four PATs against UNLV to earn Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week honors.2017 – FRESHMAN (SOUTHERN CAL)
Handled placekicking and kickoff duties in his debut season as a walk-on … Appeared in 14 games and was 12-of-17 on field goals and 58-of-59 on PATs … Averaged 61.53 yards per kickoff with 19 of his 57 kickoffs going for touchbacks … Also made a tackle (against Texas) and recovered a fumble (against Oregon State) … Drilled eight consecutive field goals after missing his first career kick (against Texas) … Of his 57 kickoffs, 20 were touchbacks and 11 pinned opponents within the 20-yard line … Won USC’s Joe Collins Walk-on Award … Connected on the first two field goals of his career in highlight fashion against Texas, the first a 31-yarder with no time remaining to send the game into overtime and the second the game winner from 43 yards in the second overtime (he missed a 46-yarder in the second quarter, his first ever attempt) as well as connecting on all three PATs, kicking off twice and making a tackle … At California, hit all three field goal tries (37, 34, 46) and all three of his PATs … At Washington State, made both field goals (20 and 29 yards) and all three PATs … Against Oregon State, hit a 29-yard field goal and all five of his PATs and he recovered a fumble … At Arizona State, connected on two of his three field goals (51 and 33 yards) and all six of his PATs … Against Stanford in the Pac-12 Championship Game, drilled a 24-yard field goal and all four of his PATs.HIGH SCHOOL
Named to the 2016 Orange County Register All-Orange County first team and tabbed All-Trinity League Kicker of the Year … Hit 90-of-93 PATs and 3-of-5 field goals (with a 51-yarder) and had 84 touchbacks on 106 kickoffs, as a senior placekicker at Mater Dei High in Santa Ana, California … As a junior in 2015, hit all 62 of his PAT attempts and 10-of-13 field goals, and had 51 touchbacks on 85 kickoffs.PERSONAL
Full name is Chase Greer McGrath … Born Sept. 13, 1998, in Long Beach, California … Parents are Jana and Greg McGrath … Has two sisters, Lauren and Faith … Earned his undergraduate degree in communications from USC's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism in December 2020 … Twitter and Instagram handle is @chasemcgrath.FB | Cinematic Recap vs. Syracuse (8.30.25)
Tuesday, September 02
FB | Willie Martinez Press Conference (9.2.25)
Tuesday, September 02
FB | Joey Halzle Press Conference (9.2.25)
Tuesday, September 02
FB | Josh Heupel Press Conference (9.1.25)
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