Jacob Kauwe holds the PK · Starter spot in Kentucky Wildcats’s kicker room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Jacob Kauwe is a placekicker for the Kentucky Wildcats. The Billings, Montana native was a three-star recruit and four-year letter winner at Billings West High School, where he set a single-season record with 13 made field goals. As a redshirt freshman in 2025, Kauwe appeared in 12 games, converting 13 of 17 field goal attempts and making all 32 extra points for 71 total points. He connected on a career-long 51-yarder against Eastern Michigan and made 7 of 9 attempts from beyond 40 yards. Kauwe made all six kicks in Kentucky's 38-7 victory over Florida.

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