Lucas Carneiro

Florida

Sep 26 (Sat)

Flex (2:30-3:30 PM or 5-7 PM)

Class:
Fifth Year
Position:
K
Ht./Wt.:
5-11 / 195
Experience:
1L
Hometown:
Cornelius, N.C.
High School:
Community School of Davidson
Prev. College:
Western Kentucky
Major:
Intercollegiate Athletic Administration

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• 2026 Lou Groza Award Watch List
• 2026 Preseason All-America First Team (Phil Steele)
• 2026 Preseason All-America Second Team (Walter Camp, Athlon)
• 2026 Preseason All-SEC Second Team (Athlon, Phil Steele)
• 2025 All-SEC First Team (Coaches)
• 2025 Lou Groza Award Semifinalist

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS

• Chancellor's Honor Roll (Fall 2025)
• Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Spring 2025)
• SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll (2025-26)

2026 (Fifth Year): Lou Groza Award watch list ... Preseason All-America first team (Phil Steele) ... Preseason All-America second team (Walter Camp, Athlon) ... Preseason All-SEC second team (Athlon, Phil Steele).

2025 (SENIOR): Lou Groza Award semifinalist ... All-SEC fiirst team (Coaches) ... Appeared in all 15 games for the Rebels as the team’s primary placekicker ... Connected on 31-of-35 field goal attempts, which tied an FBS record for field goals in a season ... Set school record in points scored (149) ... Was a perfect 56-for-56 on PATs ... Knocked through a career-long 58-yard field goal ... Recorded 93 touchbacks on kickoffs ... vs. Georgia State (08/30/25): Went 4-of-4 on PATs and 2-of-2 on field goals, one from 33 and another from 42 yards out, also handled eight kickoffs that all went for touchbacks ... at Kentucky (09/06/25): Went 3-of-4 on field goals at 3-of-3 on PATs, with makes from 28, 36 and 43 and his first career miss from 50 yards on a 51-yard try that hit the left goalpost ... Also sent all seven kickoffs for touchbacks ... Named SEC Special Teams Player of the Week ... vs. Arkansas (09/13/25): Perfect 2-of-2 line on field goals and 5-of-5 on PATs, with makes from 23 and 36 yards; sent all seven kickoffs back for touchbacks ... vs. Tulane (09/20/25): Went 3-for-3 on field goals, including a career-long tying 54-yarder, as well as 4-of-4 on PATs while sending eight kickoffs an average 65.0 yards for seven touchbacks ... vs. #4 LSU (09/27/25): Converted a 25-yard field goal attempt and went 3-of-3 on PATs, also sent two of five kickoffs for touchbacks and an average of 64.4 per kickoff ... vs. Washington State (10/11/25): Went 1-of-2 on field goals with a make from 40 and a miss from 47, went 3-of-3 on PATs and sent all five of his kickoffs for touchbacks ... at #7 Georgia (10/18/25): Went 5-of-5 on PATs, sent all six kickoffs for touchbacks ... at #11 Oklahoma (10/25/25): Went 4-of-4 on field goals with a long of 45, was 2-of-2 on PATs and sent seven of his eight kickoffs into the endzone ... vs. South Carolina (11/01/25): Was 3-of-3 on field goals with a long of 34 and 3-of-3 on PATs, sent six of seven kickoffs for touchbacks and sent all seven 65 yards ... vs. The Citadel (11/08/25): Went 7-of-7 on PATs, sent all seven kickoffs for touchbacks ... vs. Florida (11/15/25): Went 2-of-2 on field goals and 4-of-4 on PATs, sent six of seven kickoffs for touchbacks ... at Mississippi State (11/28/25): Was 1-of-2 on field goals, making from 43 yards, went 5-of-5 on PATs and had five touchbacks on seven kickoffs ... vs. #11 Tulane (12/20/25; CFP First Round): Went 2-of-2 on field goals, both from beyond 40 yards with a long of 48, as well as 5-of-5 on PATs while sending seven of eight kickoffs for touchbacks ... vs. #3 Georgia (01/01/26; Sugar Bowl, CFP Quarterfinals): Hit three of the most consequential field goals in Ole Miss football history, two Sugar Bowl records of 55 and then 56 yards in the first quarter, and then a go-ahead 47-yard strike with six seconds remaining ... vs. #10 Miami (01/08/26; Fiesta Bowl, CFP Semifinals): Tied his season-high in made field goals with four ... went 2-of-2 on PATs ... Booted a career-long 58-yard field goal ... Lou Groza Award preseason watch list ... Preseason All-America third team (Phil Steele) ... Preseason All-SEC first team (Phil Steele) ... Preseason All-SEC second team (Media, Athlon) ... Preseason All-SEC third team (Coaches) ... Transfer who arrived on campus in January and participated in spring drills.

WESTERN KENTUCKY: Served as Western Kentucky’s primary placekicker in 2023 and 2024 ... Connected on field goals at an 87.1 percent clip in his career at WKU ... Was a Lou Groza Award semifinalist and first-team All-American in 2024 ... Earned 2024 CUSA Special Teams Player of the Year … Finished 2024 season 18-for-19 on field goal attempts and 41-for-41 on PATs ... His 94.7 percent field goal percentage was the best mark in a single season at WKU ... Was 6-for-6 from 50-plus yards, with two 54-yard makes ... Became the only CUSA kicker to go 6-for-6 on 50-plus yard field goals in a season since at least 1996 ... Earned honorable mention CUSA All-Conference accolades and to the CUSA All-Freshman team as a redshirt freshman in 2023 ... Made 9-of-12 on field goals and was a perfect 47-of-47 on PATs.

HIGH SCHOOL: Was a three-year varsity football letterwinner at Community School of Davidson ... Earned Player of the Year accolades as both a junior and senior ... Also lettered in soccer ... Coached by TJ Albert.

PERSONAL: Full name is Lucas Booth Carneiro ... Born May 25, 2004 ... Son of Jackson and Maren Carneiro ... Chancellor’s Honor Roll in fall 2025 ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in spring 2025 ... SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll in 2025-26 ... Graduated with a bachelor’s degree in general business from Ole Miss in May 2026 ... Pursuing graduate certificate in intercollegiate athletic administration.