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

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

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 ... SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll in 2025-26 ... Chancellor’s Honor Roll in fall 2025 ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in spring 2025 ... Graduated with a bachelor’s degree in general business from Ole Miss in May 2026 ... Pursuing graduate certificate in intercollegiate athletic administration.