Draft:Colton Boomer

• Comment: This is not written in an encyclopedic fashion, and lists far too many random stats. The sections for seasons should be rewritten to not just be random stats in their own lines (vs a properly written paragraph). Also, disciple of Christ? That's not something that's worth mentioning in the very first sentence of the article unless a person is in a religious position (and even then, the phrasing is questionable). Hey man im josh (talk) 02:46, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

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Colton George Boomer (born August 27, 2003) an American amateur football player. Boomer began his collegiate football career at The University of Central Florida. He left the UCF football team in October 2024 and will be in the 2024 Fall Transfer Portal.

During the 2023 college football season he made the game winning 40-yard field goal versus Boise State as time expired. That same game he hit a 33, 50 and school record 55-yard field goal. He intends to continue his collegiate kicking career after completing his degree from the University of Central Florida in Real Estate (BSBA).

High school years

Boomer attended Lake Mary High School in Lake Mary, Florida. He was a 3-year starting Varsity Kicker and 2-year Varsity Punter. During his high school football career with the Rams, he converted 103 of 108 extra point attempts and 16 field goals, including a long of 44 yards. Boomer converted more than 70% of his kickoffs for touchbacks. He wore the number 35 jersey. During his Senior Season he was named First-Team All District, First-Team All-Conference and Second-Team All-State. Boomer also played soccer for The Rams on an LMHS team who went to the Florida State Final Playoffs in 2021.

College Career

Boomer graduated Lake Mary High School in December 2021 allowing him to early enroll (January 2022). He was rated a 5-Star Kicking and Punting prospect by Kornblue Kicking. He played college football for UCF from 2022 to 2024 and wore jersey number 35. He received offers from Rice, Pitt and BC but chose to walk-on and play for his hometown college, UCF. At the conclusion of the 2022 season he was awarded a full scholarship for his performance on the field.

2022 (Freshman)

Boomer began the season as the number 2 kicker on the depth chart. After games against S.C. St. and Louisville; Boomer became the starting placekicker, as a true freshman when UCF played at FAU.

In his second game played of the season, Boomer tied the all-time UCF single-game record with (4) FG's vs. Georgia Tech (21, 31, 37, 43). This was the 13th time a UCF kicker has hit 4 in a game .

In the annual "Space Game", he kicked (10) PAT's vs. Temple to tie the single-game record .

Boomer played in a total of (12) games for the season, including the 2022 Military Bowl versus Duke .

At the conclusion of the 2022 Season, he led the AAC and was eighth in the nation in FG% at 93.3%. He also was selected All-AAC 3rd Team by Pro Football Focus, All-AAC 3rd Team by Phil Steele and Honorable Mention All-Freshman Team by College Football News.

2023 (Sophmore)

Boomer began his sophmore year as the starting kicker. Head Coach Gus Malzahn added kickoff duties to his responsibilities for the 2023 season. This would be the UCF's first season in The Big 12 Conference. He received pre-season recognition landing on The Lou Groza Watch List, the Athlon All-Big 12 3rd Team and Phil Steele All-Big 12 3rd Team.

After beginning the season versus Kent State, UCF traveled to Boise, Idaho. During this game, Boomer tied the UCF record for the second time with (4) FG's vs Boise St including making FG's from 50 and 55 and then from 40 as time expired to win the game . For this performance, he was recognized by The Palm Beach County Sports Commission and Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award presented by Orange Bowl as 1 of 3 kickers named “Stars of the Week” for play vs. Boise St . He was also named Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week for play vs Boise St .

UCF next played Villanova, then began their Big 12 Conference schedule with games against Kansas State, Baylor and Kansas. The Knights next traveled to Oklahoma University and played the #6 ranked Sooners. Boomer went 3-for-3 hitting field goals of 21, 48 and 46 yards.

During the 11th game of the season vs Texas Tech, he hit his 84th straight PAT until a block (third-longest streak at UCF). Boomer also ran his first fake field goal attempt resulting in a 24-yard gain.

The Knights finished the 2023 season 6-6 and were selected to play in the Gaspirilla Bowl vs Georgia Tech.

At the conclusion of the 2023 season, he was recognized by Big 12 Coaches for Honorable Mention Placekicker on The All-Big 12 team.

2024 (Junior)

Boomer played in the first (4) games of the 2024 season as the starting kicker before making the decision to undergo surgery to repair ligament damage suffered from a 2023 Spring Training Drill . He intends to use his redshirt and have (2) years of collegiate eligibility left.

During the four 2024 games played, Boomer made a 50-yard FG versus SHSU and hit the game-winning PAT vs TCU . He went 3 for 6 in FG's with 2 attempts being blocked vs TCU, and 1 miss from 55 yards vs Colorado.

Statistics

As of

UCF Knights
Season	Games		Kicking
	GP	Record	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	FG	FG%	Long	PAT's	Points Scored
2022	12	8-4	0-0	7-7	4-4	3-3	0-1	14-15	93.3%	43	42-43	83
2023	13	6–7	0-0	5-6	2-5	4-6	2-4	13-21	63.2%	55	48-50	82
2024	4	3–1	0-0	1-2	0-0	1-2	1-2	3-6	50.0%	50	19-20	28
Career	29	17−12	0-0	13-15	6-9	8-11	3-7	30-42	71.4%	55	109-113	199
				1 block	1 block	1 block					2 blocks

Boomer historical performance at UCF:

Tied for longest FG in UCF History (55)

Tied for most 50+ FG's (2) in a single game (O'Brien)

Highest single-season FG accuracy 93.3%

Most FG's in a single-game (4) 2X (Tied with Prater, Moffitt, O'Brien)

Most PAT's All-time in a single game (10) - Temple 2022 (Tied with Wright)

1st UCF Athlete to earn Player Of The Week Honors in the Big XII - 2023 Wk 2