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K Collin Larsh will Leave Wisconsin Football to Pursue NFL

By Paul Bretl

Oct 23, 2021; West Lafayette, Indiana, USA; Wisconsin Badgers place kicker Collin Larsh (19) makes a field goal during the game at Ross-Ade Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Robert Goddin-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 23, 2021; West Lafayette, Indiana, USA; Wisconsin Badgers place kicker Collin Larsh (19) makes a field goal during the game at Ross-Ade Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Robert Goddin-USA TODAY Sports /
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Kicker Collin Larsh was expected to return to the Wisconsin Football program for the 2022 season. However, he recently announced via his Twitter that he will be pursuing his dream of an NFL career, and he has signed with Perla Sports Management.

https://twitter.com/cjlarsh/status/1495892703615270914?s=21

Larsh has been the Wisconsin Football program’s primary field goal kicker for the last three seasons.

According to PFF ($$), Larsh would make 50 of his 51 extra-point attempts in 2019 and hit 10 of his 15 field goal attempts. He would finish 3 of 6 from 30-39 yards and 1 for 3 from 40-plus yards.

During the shortened 2020 season, Larsh would make all 17 extra-point attempts and he went 5 of 7 on field goals—both misses were from over 40 yards.

This past year was Larsh’s best as a kicker. He was 37 of 38 on extra points attempts, and he would make a career-high 75 percent of his field goal attempts, knocking 15 of the 20 through the uprights. Larsh finished 7 of 8 from 20-29 yards, 6 of 8 from 30-39, and 2 of 4 from more than 40 yards.

For his career, Larsh would go 0 for 2 from over 50 yards and hit 3 of 7 from 40-49 yards. He also didn’t have any kickoff attempts while with Wisconsin—he was strictly the field goal kicker.

Kickers still on the Wisconsin Football roster include Jack Van Dyke, who has primarily handled kickoffs during his career.

The program also added Vito Calvaruso from the transfer portal this offseason. Calvaruso was a kickoff specialist as well during his time at Arkansas, where he was PFF’s top-graded kicker in 2021, and 63 of his 74 kickoff attempts ended as touchbacks.

One other option includes Nate Van Zelst, who is a walk-on and red-shirted during the 2021 season.

As is the case with many kickers, Larsh likely won’t hear his name called during the NFL draft, but he could sign on with a team as part of their 90-man roster and compete for a roster spot or a spot on the practice squad during training camp and the preseason for the upcoming 2022 season.

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