Jose Borregales

Jose Borregales is an American football placekicker who attends the University of Miami and plays for the Miami Hurricanes football team.

Jose Borregales
Miami Hurricanes – No. 30
PositionKicker
Class
Redshirt
Senior
Career history
College
  • FIU (2016–2019)
  • Miami (2020–present)
Bowl games
Personal information
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight205 lb (93 kg)
Career highlights and awards

High school career

Borregales attended Booker T. Washington Senior High School and was named a Florida Class 4A first-team selection. He also was named a First-Team All Dade selection and a 2015 Kohl's All-American honorable mention. During his high school career, Borregales coneverted 13 of 14 field goals and 48 of 51 extra points. He committed to Florida International University to play college football.[1]

College career

2016–2019

Borregales redshirted his first year at Florida International University. In 2017, he served as the team's starting kicker. During the 2017 season he connected on 15 of 18 field goals and went 40 for 40 on extra points. In 2018, he finished the season making 14 of 18 field goals and 54 of 55 extra points. Also in 2018, he was finalist for the Lou Groza Award as the nation's best college kicker.[2] However, he fell short to Andre Szmyt in voting. In his final season at FIU, he finished with 21 of 29 field goals and converted all 40 extra point attempts.

2020

In 2020, he transferred to the University of Miami.[3][4][5] At Miami, he went for 18 of 20 on field goal attempts and went for a perfect 35–35 on extra points. During a game with UAB, he kicked a field goal from 25 yards out. He was named ACC Specialist of the week after he went for 4 of 4 on field goals after win against the top 20 ranked Louisville Cardinals. During games against Florida State and Clemson he hit field goals from 30 and 42 yards out. In a game against Pittsburgh, he made a field goal from 37 yards out. Next week against Virginia he made both field goals from 32 and 20 yards. He drilled 3 field goals in a come from behind win against NC State and made 2 field goals which were from 40 and 42 yards in a win against Virginia. He hit field goals from 52 and 32 yards during a game against Duke. He also hit a 47-yard field goal in his lone attempt against North Carolina. He was named a finalist for the Lou Groza award on December 22, 2020.[6][7][8][9] Borregales was also invited to the 2021 Senior Bowl.[10][11] On December 23, 2020, Borregales announced he will declare for the 2021 NFL Draft and would still be able to play in his team's bowl game.[12]

Statistics
College statistics
Year School Conf Class Pos XPM XPA FGM FGA FG% Pts
2016 FIU CUSA FR K
2017 FIU CUSA SO K 40 40 15 18 83.3 85
2018 FIU CUSA JR K 54 55 14 19 73.7 96
2019 FIU CUSA SR K 37 39 21 29 72.4 100
2020 Miami ACC SR K 35 35 18 20 90 89

Personal life

Borregales was born in Venezuela and emigrated to the United States with his family at the age of six.[13]

References
  1. "FIU gets commitment from Booker T kicker Jose Borregales | High School Sports Blog". miamiherald.typepad.com. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  2. "Borregales Named Lou Groza Award Semifinalist - FIU Athletics". fiusports.com. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  3. "247sports.com/college/miami/Article/FIU-kicker-Jose-Borregales-transferring-to-Miami-Hurricanes-141842352/". 247sports.com. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  4. "FIU Kicker Jose Borregales transferring to Miami". 305Sports. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  5. "FIU Kicker Jose Borregales Joins Miami as Grad Transfer". State of The U. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  6. "Borregales Named Groza Award Finalist – University of Miami Athletics". miamihurricanes.com. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  7. "2020 Finalists | PB Sports Commission". Lou Groza. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  8. "Miami Hurricanes 2020 Senior Spotlight: Jose Borregales". State of The U. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  9. "Miami Hurricanes K Borregales, P Hedley finalists for National Awards". State of The U. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  10. "Accepted Invites". Senior Bowl.
  11. "K Jose Borregales earns Senior Bowl invitation". 247Sports.
  12. Furones, David. "Hurricanes' Jose Borregales declares for draft, will kick in bowl game". sun-sentinel.com.
  13. "Ex-FIU kicker Jose Borregales who taunted Miami transfers to school". USA Today. January 12, 2020. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
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