Patrick Durkin holds the PK · Starter spot in Florida Gators’s kicker room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Patrick Durkin is a placekicker from Chicago who played college football at Tulane before transferring to Florida. At Joliet Catholic Academy, he signed with the Green Wave. During the 2025 season at Tulane, Durkin made 25 of 28 field goal attempts (89.29%), including two 52-yard makes, while recording 80 kickoffs for 5,110 yards and 69 touchbacks. He went 4-of-6 from 50-plus yards and finished 41-of-42 on extra-point attempts. Durkin earned American Special Team Player of the Year and Phile Steele All-American Honorable Mention honors in 2025.

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