CAREER NOTES & RECORDS
Career: Appeared in 13 career games for the Nittany Lions and 43 games overall...Finished his college career at Columbia and Penn State with five career games with at least three field goal makes...Had four career field goals of 50+ yards, 19 of 40+ yards, and was 123-of-127 on extra points...Closed his collegiate career with 287 career points.
Season: 2023: Finished with 47 extra points, ranking 10th all-time in a single season at Penn State.
2023 • REDSHIRT SENIOR SEASON
Awards: Earned second-team All-Big Ten honors from the media and third team from the coaches.
Season: Appeared in all 13 games, serving the last 12 games as Penn State's primary placekicker...Made 19-of-24 kicks, including going 47-for-47 on extra-point attempts...Named the coaching staff's Special Teams Player of the Week three times (Delaware, 9/9; Maryland, 11/4; Rutgers, 11/18).
Rankings: Finished second in the Big Ten in field goals (1.4; T-26th nationally) and scoring (8.0; T-29th), and was fifth in field goal percentage (79.2; T-45th).
West Virginia (9/2): Converted a 25-yard field goal in the fourth quarter and also hit three extra-points for his first points as a Nittany Lion. Delaware (9/9): Went 8-for-8 on PAT attempts, marking a career high for makes...Kicked off four times, knocking all four for touchbacks. at Illinois (9/16): Tied his career high with three field goal makes...Converted on a 20-yard and 45-yard field goal in the first quarter, a 45-yard field goal in the first quarter and a 28-yard field goal in the second quarter...Connected on all three extra-point attempts. Iowa (9/23): Made a 46-yard field goal in the first quarter...Was perfect on four extra-point attempts. at Northwestern (9/30): Converted on two field goal and five extra-point attempts...Connected on a 47-yard field goal in the third quarter...Also hit a 20-yarder in the first quarter. UMass (10/14): Made all six extra-point attempts. at Ohio State (10/21): Connected on a pair of field goals including a 40-yarder in the first quarter and a 41-yarder in the second quarter. Indiana (10/28): Drilled a 50-yard field goal to close out the first half, his longest field goal in a Penn State uniform...Converted on all five extra-point attempts. at Maryland (11/4): Hit three field goals on the day, including a 30-yard field goal in the third quarter and kicks of 35 and 39 yards in the fourth quarter. Michigan (11/11): Made a 20-yard field goal in the first quarter. Rutgers (11/18): Converted on two field goals from 48 and 21 yards...Kicked off twice with two touchbacks. at Michigan State (11/24): Made two field goals from 49 yards and 30 yards...Went 3-for-3 on extra-point attempts. vs. Ole Miss (12/30): Hit a 26-yard field goal on Penn State’s opening drive...Connected on both extra-point attempts.
2019-22 • COLUMBIA
Awards: 2022: Selected a first-team All-Ivy League honoree as a kicker...Picked up second-team All-Ivy League recognition from Phil Steele Magazine...Named Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week (Georgetown, 9/24). 2021: Earned second-team All-Ivy League honors as a kicker...Was a third-team All-Ivy League honoree by Phil Steele Magazine...Earned Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week honors (Marist, 9/20)...Named Columbia's Special Teams Player of the Year. 2020: Named a preseason first-team All-Ivy League honoree by Phil Steele Magazine. 2019: Earned third-team freshman All-America honors from Phil Steele Magazine...Was an All-Ivy League honorable mention selection...Picked up second-team All-Ivy League laurels from Phil Steele Magazine...Earned Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Saint Francis, 9/23) and Special Teams Player of the Week (Penn, 10/21)...Named the team’s co-Special Teams Player of the Year.
Season: 2022: Appeared in 10 games...Handled placekicking and kickoff duties...Was 11-for-16 on field goals with a long of 53 yards. 2021: Was Columbia’s primary field goal kicker and kickoff specialist for all 10 games...Connected on 16 of 24 field goal attempts with a long of 42 yards...Set Columbia season school records for most field goals (16), most field goal attempts (24), most points scored by a placekicker (73) and most touchbacks (38). 2020: Season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.2019: Kicked field goals and handled kickoffs in all 10 games for the Lions...Was 9-for-14 on field goals with a long of 51 yards...Became the first kicker in school history to convert two 50-yard field goals and just the fifth kicker in Ivy League history (since 1956) to convert two 50-yard field goals in a career.
Rankings: 2021: Ranked first in the Ivy League in field goals per game (1.6; 8th nationally), second in kick scoring (73) and fourth in total scoring (73). 2019: Finished second in the Ivy League in field goals (9).
2022: at Marist (9/17): Made a career-long 53-yard field goal and connected on all five extra-point attempts. at Georgetown (9/24): Posted two field goal makes, including a long of 48 yards. Dartmouth (10/22): Had three field goals. Yale (10/28): Hit a 27-yard field goal. at Harvard (11/5): Was 2-for-3 on field goals, with a long of 44 yards. at Brown (11/12): Had a field goal from 41 yards out. Cornell (11/19): Connected on a 28-yard field goal...Had five touchbacks on kickoffs.
2021: Marist (9/18): Converted a career-high three field goals and went 4-for-4 on extra-point attempts. Georgetown (9/25): Made all five PAT attempts. at Central Connecticut State (10/9): Connected on a pair of field goals and extra points. Penn (10/16): Had three field goal makes, two extra points and six touchbacks on kickoffs. at Dartmouth (10/22): Made field goals from 41 and 34 yards. at Yale (10/30): Added another three-field goal game, which included a long of 40 yards...Had six touchbacks on kickoffs. Brown (9/13): Had a 42-yard make. at Cornell (11/20): Made two field goals, including a 41-yarder and was 4-for-4 on extra points.
2019: at Saint Francis (9/21): In first collegiate game, kicked a 50-yard field goal, the fourth-longest field goal in school history...Was 4-for-4 on point after attempts. at Princeton (10/5): Nailed a 51-yard field goal, which tied for the second-longest field goal in school history. Penn (10/19): Connected on a 43-yard field goal and tallied six touchbacks on seven kicks. Harvard (11/19): Had a 26-yard field goal and converted both PAT attempts. Brown (11/16): Kicked a 35-yard field goal and went 3-for-3 on extra points...Registered five touchbacks on six kickoffs.
HIGH SCHOOL
Was a four-year letterwinner for head coach Tag Gross at Holland Hall High School... Led the Dutchmen to three-straight district championships in 2016, 2017 and 2018...Named to the 2018 MaxPreps Small School All-American first team...Selected to kick in the 2019 All-American Bowl...Was a two-time Oklahoma Coaches Association Class 2A all-state selection (first-team in 2018 and honorable mention in 2017)...Named to the Class of 2019 Football University Top Gun Team...Earned first-team all-state by the Tulsa World...Two-time Tulsa World all-area team selection...Was a three-time district Special Teams Player of the Year award winner...Selected to play in the Oklahoma Coaches Association All-Star Game for the East Team...Served as the team’s placekicker, punter and handled all kickoffs...Concluded his career with 25 field goals with a long of 57 yards...Led the state with 15 field goals on 18 attempts with a long of 41 yards, averaged 38.9 yards on 30 punts and 42 of his 70 kickoffs went for touchbacks as a senior...Kicked three field goals, along with a 36-yard field goal in the closing seconds to give his team a 15-14 win over Vian in the district championship game...Kicked two field goals as a junior in 2017...Kicked seven field goals as a sophomore in 2016...Kicked a 40-yard field goal and 15 extra points as a freshman in 2015...Ranked the nation’s No. 2 kicker among the Class of 2019 prospects by Chris Sailer...Ranked the nation’s No. 6 prospect by Kohl’s Professional Camps...Also lettered in soccer for three years...Was a four-year honor roll student.
PERSONAL
Full name is Alexander Kent Felkins...Son of Inna and Kent Felkins...Has a sister, Anna Bezhan...Mother, Inna, is the head volleyball coach at Holland Hall High School and played professional volleyball for six years in the Soviet Union and Ukraine, and two years in Yugoslavia, in the 1980s and 1990s...Sister, Anna, was an an all-conference volleyball player at Stetson University (2015-19)...Mother is from the Soviet Union and sister was born in Ukraine...Trilingual as he speaks Russian, Ukrainian and English...Hobbies include watching movies and listening to music...Earned his degree in psychology at Columbia University.