Karty is 40-for-40 on kick attempts this season, including a school-record 61-yard field goal on the final play of Stanford’s Big Game loss last week.
It was at Stanford Stadium that Valerie Karty told her husband Joel that she was pregnant with their first child. Two decades later, they will be in the stands on Saturday night as Joshua Karty concludes what may be the best season for a kicker in Stanford history when the Cardinal hosts BYU.
Warming up at Cal, Karty made a 58-yarder against the wind, so he told the coaches his range was 63-65 in the other direction, where Stanford would be going in the second half. The kick went through as time expired and Cal immediately started celebrating, so Karty initially thought he missed. Joshua’s origin story might make it seem like he was preordained to play football at Stanford. But growing up, his dream was to play soccer. Two weeks before entering Western Alamance High School in Burlington, North Carolina, he agreed to help train with a friend who wanted to try out for football.
A down year for the Cardinal would have been even worse without Karty, who kicked the winning field goal in the fourth quarter in both of Stanford’s wins against FBS opponents. The junior is one of two kickers nationally with 16 field goals without a miss, and that includes a nation-best 12 field goals of more than 40 yards.Joel was a rower at Stanford and was back on The Farm to receive his Ph.D. in physical and organic chemistry.
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