Player Career

Michael Kern Career Story

Career story, signature performances, transfer context, and season arc are grouped for biography-style searches.

Player Story

Michael Kern story

Michael Kern built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a punter from Fort Lauderdale, FL wearing No. 9, spending time with California and Texas. The clearest part of Michael Kern's career was his field-position work: 80 punts, 3,326 punting yards, and 22 punts inside the 20 across 25 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Texas. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Special-teams careers depend on repeatable opportunity, not just one highlight. With 25 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across California and Texas.

The arc is straightforward: Michael Kern moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Texas

    2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    California

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 PostseasonTexas0
2024 Regular SeasonTexas00
2025 PostseasonCalifornia00
2025 Regular SeasonCalifornia00

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2026California to New MexicoP4 to G5/FCS16.4Feb 2, 2026
2025Texas to CaliforniaP4 to P416.4Apr 24, 2025

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Ohio State

Week 1 · L 14-28 · Postseason

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

0 primary-metric impact.

#2

@ Arizona State

Week 1 · W 39-31 · Postseason

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#3

vs Clemson

Week 1 · W 38-24 · Postseason

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#4

vs Georgia

Week 15 · L 19-22 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#5

@ Texas A&M

Week 14 · W 17-7 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Postseason · Texas

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2024 Regular Season · Texas

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2025 Postseason · California

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

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Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games