Brayden Zirkle is the young ODU kicker to watch
Brayden Zirkle enters 2026 as Old Dominion’s freshman place kicker, listed at 6-0, 190-195 pounds and wearing No. 49, with the kind of build coaches usually like for consistency and ball-striking in the kicking game. The big story is opportunity: he’s early in his college career, so his value is less about a long stat sheet and more about whether he can become a steady, reliable special-teams answer. There’s little public performance data yet, so he’s more of a projection play than a proven commodity—but if you need upside and a clean developmental profile, he’s worth monitoring.
