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Vito Calvaruso Season 2021-22

POSK
WT200 lbs
HT6-2
YRSo
HometownJefferson City, Mo.
2023 (SENIOR): Sat out during season due to multiple transfer rules after transferring back to Arkansas from Wisconsin.

At Wisconsin
2022 (JUNIOR):
Kicked in two games for Wisconsin in his lone year with the Badgers … Went a perfect 7-for-7 on extra points and 1-for-3 on field goal attempts.

At Arkansas
2021 (SOPHOMORE):
Played in 12 games as the team’s kickoff specialist, averaging 64.8 yards per kick – good for fifth in the nation … His 63 touchbacks ranked sixth in the FBS with his touchback percentage of 85.14% ranking fourth nationally (63-of-74).

2020 (FRESHMAN): Played in all 10 games, serving as the Razorbacks kickoff specialist ... Totaled 48 kickoffs for 3,087 yards (64.3 ypk) with 33 touchbacks and four kickoffs out of bounds ... Made two tackles on kickoffs, both in his first career game against Georgia (Sept. 26) ... According to Pro Football Focus, posted a season kickoff grade of 79.3 and earned a season-best 73.4 game grade against LSU (Nov. 21).

HIGH SCHOOL: Played four years of varsity football for head coach Chris Hentges at Helias High School … Two-time Missouri Class 4 All-State First Team selection in 2018 and 2019 … Three-time Missouri Central All-District selection … Tabbed to the Missouri Central All-District Team at both the kicker and punter positions as a senior … Named a Kicking World All-American as a junior …  Named Capital City Area Player of the Year by Sports Locker Magazine … Part of a Helias High School program that qualified for the Missouri Class 4 state playoffs in each of his four seasons … Rated a five-star kicker, four-star punter and No. 20 overall kicker in the nation by Kohl’s Kicking … Possesses a strong leg and excels at kickoffs … Competed at the Kicking World National Showcase in Austin, Texas and finished first in the kickoff competition … Attended the Kohl’s 2019 Midwest December Showcase and impressed during the kickoff charting phase … Connected on 25-of-31 field goal attempts and 122-of-129 extra point attempts during his high school career … Over his last two high school seasons, 80 percent of kickoffs resulted in touchbacks … Owns Helias High School records of 11 field goals in a single-season and 25 career field goals … Converted 11-of-15 field goals attempts and 42-of-43 extra point attempts as a senior … Averaged 39.4 yards per punt as a senior, registering a long of 67 yards … Also threw a 20-yard touchdown pass on a botched field goal try …  Drilled a Helias High School record 50-yard field goal in a 27-20 win against Rock Bridge … Member of a Crusaders squad that finished 9-2 and reached the district semifinal … As a junior in 2018, totaled 42 touchbacks on 56 kickoffs, made 9-of-11 field goal attempts and drilled 42-of-43 extra point attempts … Reached the district semifinal as a junior … As a sophomore part of an 8-4 team that qualified for the district championship … Was also a member of the Helias High School golf team … CHOSE ARKANSAS OVER: Mississippi State, Army, Iowa State, Memphis, Virginia Tech and others.

PERSONAL: Born March 11, 2002.
Vito Calvaruso

R-Sr
2024-25

K
6-3 / 206 lbs
Vito Calvaruso

Fr
2020-21

K
6-2 / 182 lbs