#32 Spencer Shrader Football Roster

HONORS AND AWARDS

• 2023 Sun Bowl John H. Folmer Trophy (Special Teams Player of the Game)
• 2023 Notre Dame Special Teams Player of the Game – at NC State

AS A GRADUATE (2023)

• Saw action in all 13 games as the Notre Dame kicker … Connected on 15 field goals, and finished 61-for-62 on extra points … Finished second on the team with 106 points scored … Was 3-for-3 on field goals 29 yards and in, hit four kicks of 50 or more, including setting a program record with a 54-yard kick at NC State … Matched the program record for field goals of longer than 50 yards in a career in just one season
• NAVY (8/26): Made his Irish debut against the Midshipmen in Dublin, Ireland … Finished six-for-six in PAT attempts … Kicked off seven times, six were touchbacks
• TENNESSEE STATE (9/2): Kicked off eight times with six touchbacks … Finished 7-for-7 in point after touchdown attempts
• at NORTH CAROLINA STATE (9/9): Finished 1-for-2 on field goal attempts, hitting on a school record 54-yard field goal in the first quarter … Kicked off eight times, recording five touchbacks … 6-for-6 on PAT attempts
• CENTRAL MICHIGAN (9/16): Went 2-for-3 on field goals, connecting from 50 and 31, and missing from 59 … Added five PATs on five attempts
• OHIO STATE (9/23): Connected on both PATs … Kicked off three times, two going for touchbacks
• at DUKE (9/30): Hit 2-of-3 field goals in the victory … Connected from 35 and 45 yards out … Kicked off five times with two touchbacks
• at LOUISVILLE (10/7): Connected on field goal attempts from 53 and 54 yards, becoming the first kicker to hit two from 50+ in the same game in program history … Added four touchbacks on four kickoffs … Made both PATs
• USC (10/14): Finished 2-for-2 on field goal attempts, hitting from 36 and 23 yards out … Perfect on PATs, hitting on all six … Added six touchbacks on nine kickoffs
• PITTSBURGH (10/28): Hit a 23-yard field goal as time expired at the end of the first half … Finished 6-for-7 in extra points … Totaled 427 kick off yards, averaging 61.0 per kick … Hit two for touchbacks
• at CLEMSON (11/4): Hit a single-game best three field goal attempts against Clemson … His most as a member of the Irish, and second-most of his career after hitting four at USF in 2020 … True from 43, 30 and 23 yards out … Six kickoffs, recording four touchbacks
• WAKE FOREST (11/18): Finished 1-for-2 in field goals, hitting from 37 yards out … Connected on all five extra point attempts … Kicked off six times for three touchbacks
• at STANFORD (11/25): Took the field in the victory against the Cardinal … Finished 8-of-8 in extra point opportunities … Kicked off nine times, with six going for touchbacks
• OREGON STATE – TONY THE TIGER SUN BOWL (12/29): Named the games Most Outstanding Special Teams Player … Finished 1-for-2 on field goals, hitting from 44 yards out … Added five extra points on five attempts … Kicked off seven times, recording six touchbacks

Prior to Notre Dame

at USF

Honors and Awards

2022 Phil Steele Preseason All-AAC Third Team
2022 Athlon Preseason All-AAC Third Team 
2021 Lou Groza Award Semifinalist
AAC Special Teams Player of the Week (Nov. 9, 2020)
USF Record of four field goals of 40-plus yards in the same game (11/7/20)
9-Straight field goal makes rank third all-time at USF (2021)

As a Senior (2022):

• Was the Bulls primary placekicker and kickoff specialist during all 12 games on the year
• led the team scoring 64 points
• went 9-of-13 on field goals (69.2 %),  going 2-5 over 40 yards
  had a season-long 49-yard field goal at Florida (9/17), hitting two field goals in the game
• also made two field goals at Tulsa (11/18), 25 and 34 yards, in freezing conditions
• went 37-o-37 on point after attempts, hitting season-best 6-of-6 vs. Howard (9/10)
• kicked off 63 times, averaging 63.0 yards per kickoff with 50 touchbacks, just 11 returns and an average yard line of the 25.

As a Junior (2021):

• Saw action in all twelve games as the primary placekicker and kickoff specialist
• scored 68 points on the year (2nd on the team), 33 from field goals and 35 from extra points
• made all 35 extra-point attempts on the year
• went 11-of-13 in field goal attempts with misses from 51 and 48 yards
• made nine straight field goals (four of 40+ yards), the third longest string in program history
• made a career-long 52-yard field goal vs. Temple (10/23)
• recorded five touchbacks on six kickoffs in a 32-31 loss vs. Tulsa (10/16)
• averaged 62.1 yards on kickoffs with 35 touchbacks on 57 attempts
• opponents averaged 20.3 yards on returns.

As a Sophomore (2020):

• Saw action in eight of the Bulls’ nine games on the year
• was good on 4-of-6 field goal attempts (66.7%) with a season-long of 49 yards
• all of his field goal attempts on the year came from 40 yards or farther out as he split kicking duties with Jared Sackett
• scored 23 points on the year, also going 11-of-12 on PAT attempts
• was named the AAC Special Teams Player of the Week (Nov. 9) after a career-best game at Memphis (11/7) in which he went 4-for-4 on field goals, all over 40 yards, becoming the first USF player with four 40-plus yard field goals in the same game
• made a career-long 49-yard field goal in the game and added makes fro 47, 46 and 41 yards
• named to the Lou Groza Award national “Stars of the Week”
• his 49-yard field goal marked the longest for the Bulls since 2017
• handled kickoff duties, recording 16 touchbacks on the year, including five in eight kickoffs in a 56-48 loss to UCF
• recorded four touchbacks on four kickoffs at Houston and posted a 65.0 yards per kick average

As a Freshman (2019):

• Arrived as USF as a walk-on after pursuing a professional soccer career
• played in all 12 games…finished 4-for-9 in field goal attempts
• Finished 12-for-12 on PAT attempts
• led the team with 30 points scored
• rushed one time for 22 yards and a touchdown against UConn (10/5)
• averaged a career-best 42.0 yards per punt, including a career-long 51-yard punt, against UConn (10/5)
• connected on a career-long field goal of 34 yards against South Carolina State (9/14).

Prep and Personal

• Three-year letter winner in football, soccer and tennis
• was a first team all-state selection as a senior
• was a three-time soccer MVP and a four-time tennis MVP
• named first team Florida Class 8A all-state selection as a senior kicker in 2017
• he was home schooled, and after graduating in 2018 spent several months in Brazil and Canada pursuing a professional career in soccer.
• Born May 19, 1999 in Indianapolis, Ind
• son of Steve and Amber Shrader
• his sister, Sophie, is on the soccer team at the University of Tampa
• named to the  Athletics Spring Roll in fall 2020 and spring 2020 and 2021
• 2019, 2020 and 2021 AAC All-Academic Team.

SHRADER’S CAREER HIGHS
Field Goals 4, at Memphis (11/7/20)
Long Field Goal 52, vs Temple (10/23/21)
Points 12, at Memphis (11/7/20)
PAT 6-of-6, at East Carolina (11/26/19)
TD 1, at UConn (10/5/19)
Tackles 1, at UConn (10/5/19)
Receptions 1, vs Tulsa (10/16/21)
Receiving Yards 7, vs Tulsa (10/16/21)