Enock Gota holds the PK · Starter spot in Rice Owls’s kicker room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Enock Gota is a placekicker for the Rice Owls from Houston, Texas, standing 6'0" and weighing 209 pounds. A redshirt senior, he joined Rice's program in 2022 but did not see action that year. He took over kickoff duties in 2023 and has since handled both kicking and extra-point responsibilities. In 2025, Gota scored 57 points while converting all 27 PAT attempts and making 10 of 13 field-goal attempts, including a career-long 49-yarder against Prairie View. His 76% field-goal conversion rate this season ranks 10th in program history. He has earned C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll and American Conference All-Academic honors multiple times.