Joe McFadden holds the PK · Starter spot in Nevada Wolf Pack’s kicker room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Joe McFadden is a sixth-year kicker for the Nevada Wolf Pack from Grapevine, Texas. He played two seasons at UConn (2021, 2023), where he made 19 field goals and 39 PATs across 22 appearances and punted 61 times for a 39.8-yard average. In his 2025 season at Nevada, McFadden converted 19 of 25 field-goal attempts with a long of 50 yards and made all 20 PATs, totaling 77 points. His 19 field goals made rank tied for eighth on Nevada's single-season list. He had multiple games with multiple field goals, including a perfect 3-for-3 performance against Western Kentucky and New Mexico.