Fayetteville, Arkansas

Ethan Farthing

Kicker Class of 2029

Field goals, extra points, kickoffs. A Fayetteville Bulldog with a soccer background and a varsity role since freshman year.

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Height
6′3″
Weight
160 lbs
Program
AR 7A
Ethan Farthing, number 42, striking a kickoff for Fayetteville High School under the lights.
Fayetteville High School2025
Class of 2029 Kicking World2026 Recruiting List

01 / Highlights

Film

Latest game / 09.04.26

Fayetteville
at West Memphis

45–0 Fayetteville win

One field goal. Six extra points. Two standard kickoffs, both touchbacks. Two of six onside kicks recovered.

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01 / Field goals · 2025 playoffs

Thirty yards.

Two field goals against Pulaski Academy, including this 30-yard strike.

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02 / Kickoffs · Pulaski Academy

Into the end zone.

A varsity kickoff touchback against Pulaski Academy.

03 / Onside kicks · Rogers · 10.03.25

Another possession.

Recovered onside kicks gave Fayetteville another chance against Rogers.

04 / Junior high championship · 11.07.24

Forty seconds left.

A 29-yard field goal put Woodland ahead 17–14 against Central and secured the championship.

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02 / Season statistics

The varsity record.

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A closer look

Explore the flights behind the numbers.

View the measured kicks and explore the Flight Simulator.

03 / Form & repetition

At the strike.

Practice reps and Friday nights in Fayetteville.

Low-angle black-and-white photograph of Ethan approaching the ball during a tee drill.
01 Repetition on the practice field.
Ethan striking a varsity placekick with his holder in position.
02 The placekick, with the unit set.
Ethan kicking for Fayetteville under the stadium lights.
03 Under the lights.

04 / Awards

Recognition

Three Special Teams Player of the Week awards across two varsity seasons. Offensive Player of the Game in the 2026 season opener.

2026 / West Memphis Sept. 4

Special Teams Player of the Week.

Named Sept. 7, 2026.

Fayetteville Bulldogs graphic naming Ethan Offensive Player of the Game against Stillwater in 2026.

2026 / Stillwater

Offensive Player
of the Game.

Ethan’s 23-yard field goal accounted for Fayetteville’s points in the season opener.

FHS Football recognition
Ethan's Special Teams Player of the Week award for week seven.
2025 / Week 7
Ethan's Special Teams Player of the Week award for week eleven.
2025 / Week 11
Ethan with Catavion Taylor and CJ Bailey holding player-of-the-week belts.
With Catavion Taylor and CJ Bailey after the 52–28 win over Springdale, Oct. 23, 2025.

On The Hill Media / 2025

“The man with
the golden toe.”

Meet Ethan in his freshman-season interview.

05 / Progression

The Path

Ethan started in club soccer. He found football in junior high and has been building his kicking game ever since.

2026

Fayetteville / Sophomore

A place on the recruiting list.

Named to the 2026 Kicking World Recruiting List for the Class of 2029.

The recruiting list, captured Aug. 17, 2026.
2025

Fayetteville / Freshman

The varsity kicking job.

Ethan handled field goals, extra points, and kickoffs for Fayetteville’s 7A varsity team throughout his freshman season.

In the playoffs, he asked for an “all-freshman kickoff” so classmates could make their varsity debuts alongside him.

2024

Woodland / Championship game

The kick for the lead.

With 40 seconds left against Central, Ethan’s 29-yard field goal put Woodland ahead 17–14. Woodland won its second consecutive junior high championship.

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2023

Woodland / Seventh grade

Called up. Five for five.

In his first football game, Ethan played up with Woodland’s eighth-grade team and made all five extra points against Lincoln Junior High. He took on kickoffs that night, too.

Ethan walking the field in his number 42 uniform, with the Fayetteville crowd behind him.
Fayetteville, Arkansas / No. 42

06 / Recruiting contact

Get in touch for game film, references, measurements, and recruiting conversations.

Email for recruiting [email protected]

Ethan Farthing
Fayetteville High School · Class of 2029