2017 Football Roster
Roster
Chase McGrath
- Position:
- Placekicker
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Newport Beach
- High School:
- Mater Dei
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CAREER: He has hit 32-of-42 field goals, with a long of 52 yards, and 118-of-119 PATs in his career, and he has a tackle and a fumble recovery. He has appeared in 30 games in his career.
2020: The accurate McGrath will look to be USC’s placekicker for a third season as a 2020 junior.
2019: McGrath re-assumed his starting job as USC’s placekicker as a sophomore in 2019. Overall in 2019 while appearing in all 13 games, he hit 14-of-17 field goals and all 54 of his PAT tries. He made 2019 All-Pac-12 honorable mention and Phil Steele All-Pac-12 third team. He was USC’s Special Teams Player of the Year. He missed 2019 spring practice while recovering from a 2018 knee injury.
He hit a 38-yard field goal and all 4 of his PATs against Fresno State, all 6 of his PATs and had a 23-yard field goal against Stanford, both of his field goal tries (27 yards and a career-long 52 yards with 1:43 to play to send the game into overtime) and all 3 of his PATs at BYU, all 4 of his PATs against Utah and both of his PATs at Washington. He hit both of his field goals (40 and 27 yards) and all 3 of his PATs (he also tried an unsuccessful onside kick) at Notre Dame, a pair of field goals (31 and 38 yards) and all 5 of his PATs against Arizona and all 5 of his PATs but missed his first field goal of 2019 at Colorado. He hit a 24-yard field goal and all 3 of his PATs against Oregon, a 41-yard field goal and all 4 of his PATs at Arizona State, both field goal tries (41 and 32 yards) and all 5 PATs at California and all 7 of his PATs and was 1-of-2 on field goals (making a 31-yarder) against UCLA. He made 1 of his 2 field goals tries (32 yards) and all 3 of his PATs against Iowa.
2018: McGrath, a former walk-on who was awarded a scholarship after the 2017 season, returned as USC’s placekicker as a sophomore in 2018. He appeared in USC’s first 3 games before tearing a ligament in his right knee at Texas, which required surgery and sidelined him for the rest of the season, allowing him to redshirt. Overall in 2018, he hit 6-of-8 field goals and all 6 of his PAT tries.
He tied the USC game record with 5 field goals (46, 38, 29, 47 and 36 yards) without a miss and he added 4 PATs against UNLV to earn Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week honors. He scored USC’s only points on a 35-yard field goal (he also missed a 53-yarder) at Stanford. He hit both of his PATs at Texas before suffering a knee ligament injury on a blocked field goal.
2017: McGrath handled USC’s placekicking duties as a walk-on first-year freshman in 2017. He also kicked off in 10 games (all but Western Michigan, Arizona, Colorado, UCLA). Overall in 2017 while appearing in all 14 games, he was 12-of-17 on field goals and 58-of-59 on PATs. He also made a tackle (against Texas) and recovered a fumble (against Oregon State). He made 8 consecutive field goals after missing his first career kick (against Texas). Of his 57 kickoffs in 2017, 20 were touchbacks and 11 pinned opponents within the 20-yard line. He was hampered the second half of the season with a strained groin. He won USC’s Joe Collins Walk-on Award.
He hit all 7 of his PATs against Western Michigan. He hit all 6 of his PATs and took over the kickoff duties when Michael Brown was injured early in the Stanford game. He hit the first 2 field goals of his career in highlight fashion against Texas, the first a 31-yarder with no time remaining to send the game into overtime and the second the game winner from 43 yards in the second overtime (he missed a 46-yarder in the second quarter, his first ever attempt) as well as connecting on all 3 PATs, kicking off twice and making a tackle. At California, he hit all 3 of his field goal tries (37, 34 and a career-long 46 yards) and all 3 of his PATs, plus 2 of his 7 kickoffs were touchbacks (another pinned the Golden Bears within the 20). At Washington State, he hit both field goals (20 and 29 yards) and all 3 PATs and had touchbacks on 3 of 6 kickoffs. Against Oregon State, he hit a 29-yard field goal and all 5 of his PATs, had touchbacks on 3 of his 7 kickoffs (2 others pinned the Beavers within the 20) and he recovered a fumble. He hit all 4 of his PATs and 2 of his 5 kickoffs were touchbacks against Utah. At Notre Dame, he hit both of his PATs but missed a short field goal and he also had 2 of his 3 kickoffs pin the Irish within the 20. At Arizona State, he hit 2 of his 3 field goals (51 and 33 yards) and all 6 of his PATs and 5 of his 9 kickoffs were touchbacks (another pinned the Sun Devils within the 20). Against Arizona, he hit all 7 of his PATs and kicked off 4 times (with 1 pinning the Wildcats within the 20). He hit 1-of-2 field goals (a 26-yarder) and 3-of-4 PATs at Colorado, then hit all 4 of his PATs against UCLA. Against Stanford in the Pac-12 Championship Game, he hit a 24-yard field goal and all 4 of his PATs and 2 of his 6 kickoffs were touchbacks and another pinned the Cardinal within the 20. Against Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl, he hit his PAT kick but missed his field goal try and 1 of his 2 kickoffs was a touchback.
HIGH SCHOOL: He made 2016 Orange County Register All-Orange County first team and All-Trinity League Kicker of the Year as he hit 90-of-93 PATs and 3-of-5 field goals (with a 51-yarder), and had 84 touchbacks on 106 kickoffs, as a senior placekicker at Mater Dei High in Santa Ana (Calif.).
As a junior in 2015, he hit all 62 of his PAT attempts and 10-of-13 field goals, and had 51 touchbacks on 85 kickoffs. Current Trojans Frank Martin II, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Solomon Tuliaupupu, John Jackson III, Bru McCoy and Clyde Moore also prepped at Mater Dei.
PERSONAL: He is a communication major at USC.
