Player Dossier

2011-2014

Notre Dame

Kyle Brindza

PK • 6'1" • Canton, MI, USA

Impact contributor

Kyle Brindza shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Usage / Role

Role sample still building

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Impact Production

Production sample still building

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

87

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2012 Postseason · Notre Dame

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Notre Dame
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Alabama

Player Story

Kyle Brindza built his college career from 2011 through 2014 as a placekicker from Canton, MI wearing No. 27, spending time with Notre Dame. The clearest part of Kyle Brindza's career was his special-teams scoring:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2011 · Rating 0.8344

Plymouth · Canton, MI

Committed To
Notre Dame
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2011

Kyle Brindza, PK. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2012 Postseason · Notre Dame. Kyle Brindza shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Quick Answers

Kyle Brindza quick answers

Latest team and position
Notre Dame · PK
Career Touchdowns
0
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 38 games
Best season
2012 Postseason · Notre Dame
Top game
Alabama
Recruit profile
3-star · Plymouth · Notre Dame
High school pipeline
Plymouth · 11 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 27 · Class 2014

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTDPrimaryOverall
2011 Regular SeasonNotre Dame000-
2012 PostseasonNotre Dame1200100
2012 Regular SeasonNotre Dame1200100
2013 PostseasonNotre Dame1300100
2013 Regular SeasonNotre Dame1300100
2014 PostseasonNotre Dame1300100
2014 Regular SeasonNotre Dame1300100

Related Context

Kyle Brindza is listed as a PK for Notre Dame. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2012 Postseason

Notre Dame paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2013 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with — efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2014 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Rutgers

Win with a strong all-around stat line. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2013 Postseason · Notre Dame

Games

13

Primary Metric / G

0

Efficiency

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Rutgers

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Rutgers: 0. Temple: 0. Michigan: 0. Purdue: 0. Michigan State: 0. Oklahoma: 0. Arizona State: 0. USC: 0. Air Force: 0. Navy: 0. Pittsburgh: 0. BYU: 0. Stanford: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Split Comparison

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Wins0 · Games = 9 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 4 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

13 games

Featured metric

Touchdowns

Top game by takeover score

Rutgers

Best efficiency game

— vs Rutgers

Result
Sat 12/28vs RutgersW 29-16
Sun 12/1@ StanfordL 20-27
Sat 11/23vs BYUW 23-13
Sun 11/10@ PittsburghL 21-28
Sat 11/2vs NavyW 38-34
Sat 10/26@ Air ForceW 45-10
Sat 10/19vs USCW 14-10
Sat 10/5vs Arizona StateW 37-34
Sat 9/28vs OklahomaL 21-35
Sat 9/21vs Michigan StateW 17-13
Sun 9/15@ PurdueW 31-24
Sun 9/8@ MichiganL 30-41
Sat 8/31vs TempleW 28-6

Player Story

Kyle Brindza story

Kyle Brindza built his college career from 2011 through 2014 as a placekicker from Canton, MI wearing No. 27, spending time with Notre Dame. The clearest part of Kyle Brindza's career was his special-teams scoring: 288 kicking points, 57 made field goals on 80 attempts, and 117 extra points across 38 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2014 with Notre Dame. 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 38 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Notre Dame.

The arc is straightforward: Kyle Brindza 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

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    Notre Dame

    2011-2014

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2011 Regular SeasonNotre Dame0
2012 PostseasonNotre Dame00
2012 Regular SeasonNotre Dame00
2013 PostseasonNotre Dame00
2013 Regular SeasonNotre Dame00
2014 PostseasonNotre Dame00
2014 Regular SeasonNotre Dame00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Alabama

Week 1 · L 14-42 · Postseason

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

0 primary-metric impact.

#2

@ USC

Week 13 · W 22-13

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#3

vs Wake Forest

Week 12 · W 38-0

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#4

@ Boston College

Week 11 · W 21-6

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#5

vs Pittsburgh

Week 10 · W 29-26

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2012 Postseason · Notre Dame

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2012 Regular Season · Notre Dame

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2013 Postseason · Notre Dame

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games