Garrison Rippa holds the PK · Starter spot in Jacksonville State Gamecocks’s kicker room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Garrison Rippa, a placekicker from Locust Grove, Georgia, attended Luella High School where he made 7 of 9 field goals as a senior. At Jacksonville State, Rippa earned 2024 Conference USA All-Freshman Team honors and was named 2025 First Team All-Conference USA. In 2025, he converted 21 of 28 field goal attempts and made all 40 extra points across 14 games, accumulating 103 points. Rippa connected on four 50-plus yard field goals, including two 52-yarders that matched the school record, with one serving as the game-winner against Sam Houston on October 9. He received Conference USA Special Teams Player of the Week twice during the 2025 season.