One of the premier kickers in the class, Miami’s Andres Borregales met with a long list of teams during Shrine week, including the following:
• Broncos
• Steelers
• Commanders
• Colts
• 49ers
• Saints
• Eagles
• Lions
• Seahawks
• Titans pic.twitter.com/6gqMULSewT— Ryan Fowler (@_RyanFowler_) January 28, 2025
The New Orleans Saints were one of the ten teams to meet with top kicking prospect Andres Borregales during the week leading up to the East-West Shrine Bowl, per The Draft Network’s Ryan Fowler. This is a huge opportunity for the Saints in the upcoming draft, as Borregales is a special player and one of the best kicking prospects in recent years.
Over the course of his four year career, Borregales has made 183 of his 184 PATs (99.5%), and 74 of his 86 field goal tries (86.0%), but what is so special about him is his development to kicking from range. In those four seasons he has made 7 of 10 field goal attempts from 50-plus yards, and 17 of 21 from 40 to 49 yards. Meaning on kicks of 40-plus yards he is making 77.4% of them in his collegiate career.
The development from range has grown over the years however, and in 2024 he was able to hit a field goal from 56 yards out, which may have been good from another five to seven yards out as well. He has led the ACC in PAT attempts and makes previously (2024) and field goal attempts and makes as well (2023). In his four collegiate seasons, he has accrued 405 total points, tied for 52nd all time in college football scoring.
Interestingly enough, his brother José Borregales was also a placekicker with Miami previously, and Andres was the one to come in and succeed him when he went on to the NFL in 2021. José would go undrafted in 2021 and sign with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for two seasons on the practice squad, before moving on to the XFL and CFL in ensuing seasons. He would end up 85th on the all-time college scoring list as well.
While the Saints do already have Blake Grupe and Charlie Smyth, you can never have enough kicking competition to try and improve everyone in the room. Borregales would absolutely be up to the task of competing for a starting spot, and potentially winning it.
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