Remember when the New York Giants couldn’t find a kicker to save their lives, or their fans' sanity?
After cycling through four of them (five if you count trotting out punter Jamie Gillan) during a disastrous 2025 season, the Giants entered the offseason needing someone, anyone, to come in and steady a position that had become way more complicated than it ever needed to be. Fortunately, new head coach and longtime special teams enthusiast John Harbaugh agreed, making the position a priority almost immediately.
Three games into 2026, undrafted rookie Dominic Zvada has seemingly fixed the problem and is already flirting with Giants history.
It's early. There are still 14 games left to be played, but after Zvada accounted for every single point the G-Men have scored over the past two games, his pace through three games officially makes this worth keeping an eye on.
Dominic Zvada is already within striking distance of Giants rookie scoring record
Jay Feely owns Big Blue’s all-time single-season scoring record with 148 points (2005), when he sent 35 field goals and 43 extra points through the uprights. Ali Haji-Sheikh holds the rookie record with 127 points (1983), after making 35 field goals and 22 extra points, in a season that also earned him All-Pro and Pro Bowl honors.
Haji-Sheikh, Feely, and John Carney (2009) also share the Giants’ single-season record with 35 made field goals.
Through three games, Zvada is on pace for roughly 34 field goals and 23 extra points, which would give him 125 points. That’s two shy of Haji-Sheikh’s rookie record and close enough that I'll officially be tracking this thing every week.
Kicker | Season | Points through Week 3 | FGs through Week 3 | XPs through Week 3 | Final points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jay Feely | 2005 | 26 | 5 | 11 | 148 |
Ali Haji-Sheikh | 1983 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 127 |
Dominic Zvada | 2026 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 124.7 pace |
Zvada being anywhere near those guys would’ve sounded ridiculous just a few months ago.
The Michigan product went undrafted in April before signing a three-year, $3.125 million deal with New York and entering what initially looked like a crowded kicking competition. Jason Sanders was eventually released, leaving Zvada and incumbent Ben Sauls to battle it out over the summer.
Zvada quite literally kicked Sauls out of the competition.
He went 13-for-13 during mandatory minicamp, including makes from 53, 56, and 60 yards, and eventually won the job after drilling all three of his attempts in the preseason finale against the Jets.
He’s carried that hot streak into the regular season. Zvada is a perfect 6-for-6 on field goals and 4-for-4 on extra points, with his biggest performance coming Sunday in a literal nor’easter, making all four of his tries for 12 points and a Giants win.
Apparently, running back Cam Skattebo and pass rusher Abdul Carter deserve a tiny piece of the credit... according to Skatt, at least:
“Shout out Dom, man,” Skattebo told reporters after the game. “He’s been through the wringer in training camp. Me and Abdul give him a headache when he’s kicking field goals at practice.”
Of course they do. That’s about as on-brand for the human-sized fire hydrant as it gets.
Next up are the Arizona Cardinals, where Zvada-matic will look to keep his ridiculous start rolling and stay on pace with the best rookie kicking season in team history.
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