Joshua Karty Season 2023

Career Honors

• Jim Reynolds Award (2023)
• Irving S. Zeimer Award (2022)
• Two-time Phil Moffatt Award (2021, 2022)
• Lou Groza Award Finalist (2022)
• Pro Football Focus All-America First Team (2023)
  • First two-time First Team All-America selection by a Cardinal since David Yankey in 2012-13
• The Athetic All-America Second Team (2023)
• FWAA All-America Second Team (2022)
• AP All-America Third Team (2022)
• Sporting News All-America First Team (2022)
• Action News All-America Second Team (2022)
• Two-time College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2022, 2023)
• Two-time All Pac-12 first team - PFF, Coaches, AP (2022), PFF, Coaches, AP (2023)
• All Pac-12 third team - PFF (2021)
• Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week (Oct. 3, 2022)
• Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week (Oct. 17, 2022)
• Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week (Oct. 24, 2022)
• Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week (Nov. 21, 2022)
• Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week (Oct. 16, 2023)
• Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week (Nov. 6, 2023)
• Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week (Nov. 20, 2023)
• Senior Bowl Special Teams Player of the Week (Oct. 16, 2023)
• Two-time Lou Groza Star of the Week (Oct. 24, 2022, Nov. 21, 2022)
• Three-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023)

As a Senior (2023)

• Lou Groza Award Semifinalist
• Pro Football Focus All-America First Team (2023)
• The Athetic All-America Second Team (2023)
• College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
• All Pac-12 first team - PFF, Coaches, AP
• Preseason First Team All-Pac-12 PK (Media)
• Preseason First Team All-Pac-12 PK (Phil Steele)
• Preseason Special Teams Player of the Year (Phil Steele)
• Preseason First Team All-American PK (Phil Steele)
• Preseason First Team All-American K (Associated Press)
• Preseason First Team All-American K (The Sporting News)
• 2024 Senior Bowl Selection
• Three-time Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week (Oct. 16, Nov. 6, Nov. 20)
• Special Teams Player of the Week - Oct. 16 (Senior Bowl)
• Jim Reynolds Award
• Saw action in all 12 games as Stanford's primary place kicker and kickoff specialist
• Went 23-27 on field goals and did not miss an extra point, going 21-21
  • 23 field goals made is the most in a single season in Stanford football history
  • Finishes his Stanford career with 51 made field goals, good for fifth-most in program history
  • Holds the highest all-time field goal percentage as a Cardinal at 85.0% (51-60)
• Going back to 2022, had a streak of 26 consecutive made field goals that was snapped vs. Arizona (Sept. 23)
• 11 of his 23 makes were from 40+ yards
• Made multiple field goals in eight games
• Made three field goals in four different games, including the 126th Big Game, where he made multiple field goals from 50+ yards
• Also made three field goals, including the game-winner, in double overtime against Colorado (Oct. 13)
• Hit the game-winning 31-yard field goal to beat Washington State (Nov. 4)
• Nailed a 56-yard field goal in the season finale vs. No. 17 Notre Dame, the second-longest field goal inside Stanford Stadium ... was the longest field goal made in the Pac-12
• 44 of his 54 kickoffs were touchbacks, averaging a distance of 64.7 yards on his kickoffs

As a Junior (2022)

• Irving S. Zeimer Award
• Phil Moffatt Award
• Lou Groza Award Finalist
• FWAA All-America Second Team
• AP All-America Third Team
• Sporting News All-America First Team
• Action News All-America Second Team
• College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
• All Pac-12 first team - PFF, Coaches, AP
• Four-time Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week (Oct. 3, Oct. 17, Oct. 24, Nov. 21, 2022)
  • First Stanford player to win the award since Thomas Booker in November 2020 and first Stanford kicker to be honored since Jet Toner since Week 5 of the 2019 season.
  • First Stanford player to win this award multiple times in the same season since KR Chris Owusu in 2009 and first Stanford place kicker to do it since Mike Biselli in 1999.
  • First Stanford player to win the award three times in a single season since the creation of the honor in 1987, first Pac-12 specialist to earn the honor three times in a single season since the 2018 campaign
• Two-time Lou Garza Star of the Week (Oct. 24, 2022, Nov. 21, 2022)
• Stanford Special Teams Player of the Game (Week 7, Notre Dame)
• Stanford Special Teams Player of the Game (Week 8, ASU)
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Saw action in 12 games as Stanford's primary place kicker and kickoff specialist
• Led the Cardinal in points scored (78), going a perfect 18-for-18 on FG and 24-for-25 on PAT
• Finished the 2022 season with 13 makes of 40+ yards, and his 18 makes tied for the fourth-most makes in a single season in program history
• Averaged 63.4 yards per kickoff, with 40 of his 55 kickoffs being for touchbacks
• Was 2-for-2 on field goals with makes from 23 and 53 yards at #13 Oregon (Oct. 1) ... His 53-yard make in 4th quarter was tied for ninth-longest field goal in school history, and the longest since Nate Whitaker made a 54-yarder in 2009
• Matched career high going 3-for-3 on field goal attempts (45-43-43) in Stanford's win at Notre Dame (Oct. 15)
• Scored a career-high five field goals, tying the school record (John Hopkins at Cal, 1990; Nate Whitaker at Notre Dame, 2010) in Stanford's win over ASU (Oct. 22) ... The five field goals made was tied for the most in the country this season (three times) and the five attempts was the most in the Pac-12 on the year 
• Went 2-for-2 on FGs and 1-for-1 on PATs in Stanford's game at UCLA (Oct. 29) ... Improved to 33-for-33 on all kicks this season
• Made 61-yard field goal as time expired in the 125th Big Game, setting a new school record (Nov. 19) ... Field goal was five yards longer than any other field goal made at the FBS level this season and second-longest field goal in Pac-12 history (Jason Hanson, WSU, 62 yards in 1991) and longest in a conference game

As a Sophomore (2021)

• All-Pac-12 third team - PFF 
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Phil Moffatt Award
• Stanford Special Teams Player of the Game (Week 3, Vanderbilt)
• Appeared in 11 games as Stanford's primary place kicker and kickoff specialist
• Scored 57 points, going 10-of-15 on field goals and a perfect 27-of-27 on PATs
• All five of his misses were from 40+ yards, with four being from 50+ yards
• Averaged 63.5 yards per kickoff, with 33 of his 44 kickoffs being for touchbacks
• Was 6-for-6 on PATs in the win at No. 14 USC (Sept. 11)
• Was 2-for-2 on field goals -- long of 46 -- at Vanderbilt for his first career field goal . . . went 5-for-5 on PATs (Sept. 18)
• Kicked a 45-yard field goal against No. 24 UCLA, adding five touchbacks on five kickoffs (Sept. 25)
• Scored seven points (1-1 FG; 3-3 PAT) including the game-tying PAT with 0:00 on the scoreboard to force overtime (Oct. 2)
• Made a career long 51-yard field goal at Washington State, finishing with a career high 11 points - 3-3 FG, 2-2 PAT (Oct. 16)

As a Freshman (2020)

• Played in one game
• Kicked off one time for 63 yards

Prior to Stanford

• Prepped at Western Alamance High School and played for head coach Jeffrey Snuffer
• Ranked as the consensus No. 1 kicker in the 2020 class
• Participated in the 2020 Under Armour All-America Game and the 2019 Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas
• Two-time all-state (2018-19)
• Three-time all-conference (2016, 2018-19)
• Totaled 219 touchbacks, the most in school history
• Made 24 consecutive field goals from 45 yards and in
• Set his school record with a 52-yard field goal
• Was 16-of-21 on field goals with a long of 45 yards, made 44-of-47 PATs, totaled 65 touchbacks on 70 kickoffs, punted 35 times with an average of 44.8 yards per attempt, including 14 inside the 20 during his senior season in 2019
• Made 12-of-14 field goals with a long of 52 yards, was 52-of-53 on PATs, recorded 78 touchbacks on 80 kickoffs as a junior in 2018
• Was 1-for-2 on field goals as a sophomore in 2017, while making 15-of-15 PATs and totaling 49 touchbacks on 74 kickoffs
• Connected on 3-of-5 field goals while making 26-of-27 PATs as a freshman in 2016 and totaled 27 touchbacks on 59 kickoff attempts
• Also competed in track, tennis and swimming
• Three-time all-conference academic (2017-19)
• Was Junior Marshall and earned honor roll every semester

Personal

• Son of Joel and Valerie Karty
• Father was a rower at Stanford and received his PhD in physical and organic chemistry from the university
• Mother broke news of being pregnant with Joshua to father at Stanford Stadium
• Has one brother, Jacob
• Brother is a State Champion in soccer and World Champion for robotics
• Founder and President of his high school’s ping pong club