2024: Is a redshirt sophomore
2023: Returning starter at placekicker … Lou Groza Award semifinalist … did not miss a kick this season (13-13 FG, 40-40 PAT) … current string of 19 consecutive made FG is a school record … career-best 8 PAT vs. UMass, plus a 37-yard field goal … 2 PAT at Cal … 22-yard FG, 5 PAT vs. Samford … career long 53-yard FG at Texas A&M … 2 FG (27 and 42), 2 PAT vs. Georgia … 38-yard FG at LSU … FG of 39 and 49 yards vs. Mississippi State … 32-yard FG at Vanderbilt … 2 FG, 6 PAT made at Arkansas … FG, PAT vs. New Mexico State … Lou Groza Award star of week (Arkansas) … all-SEC (CFN 3rd tm; Phil Steele 4th tm) … SEC all-freshman team … Freshman All-America (The Athletic, 24/7, CFN)
2022: True freshman who won the backup job at placekicker and punter … 2-3 on field goals with makes from 34 and 26 in his first game as a starter vs. Texas A&M … FG of 51 and 28 yards vs. Western Kentucky … made FG of 32 and 39 yards at Alabama
High School: The top-ranked kicker in the country playing for Coach Chris Elmore at Fort Payne High … holds the state record 61-yard field goal vs. North Jackson … teammates voted him a team captain … won Kohl’s kicking national field goal competition and underclassman challenge … Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game record 58-yard field goal … Under Armour All-America Game … also ranked among top 10 punting prospects nationally … also a soccer letterman … No. 1-rated kicker by Rivals, PrepStar and 24/7
Personal: Birthday is August 29 ... son of Amber and LaDon McPherson ... both brothers, Logan and Evan, kicked in college and Evan is currently the kicker for the Cincinnati Bengals ... enjoys playing golf ... studying in the College of Liberal Arts