Notre Dame Analytics Deep Dive: Is Jonathan Doerer Actually Better at Longer Kicks Than Shorter Ones?

With Notre Dame on a bye this week, we wanted to write a couple pieces on topics that we think are interesting and we hope you find worthwhile as well. Jack is working on an article analyzing Brian Kelly’s 4th Down decisions this year, which in the aftermath of Justin Fuente’s disastrous decision-making last week seems very pertinent. And I wanted to do some work looking into the question at the forefront of every Irish fan’s mind: Is Jonathan Doerer actually a better kicker from long range than short distance?

We have access to data going back to 2014, so let’s take a look at the three kickers from that time period: Kyle Brindza, Justin Yoon, and Doerer.