
Luke Stewart brings proven high-school kicker pedigree and kickoff value to Southern Miss
Stewart enters Southern Miss as a freshman place kicker from Oak Grove, where he helped win the 2022 Mississippi Class 7A title and earned second-team All-State honors, including a clutch 51-yard game-winner; his profile suggests a calm, high-leverage specialist with range and big-game composure rather than a high-volume stat producer. He also has college kickoff experience from 2024, starting eight games for Southern Miss as the kickoff specialist and averaging 60.7 yards on 30 kickoffs with 11 touchbacks, which makes him a useful fit if your team values field-position control and upside in pressure moments.[9][11]





