Fayetteville High School · Arkansas 7A Varsity · Class of 2029
A 6'3" placekicker with 52-for-53 PAT accuracy, playoff field goals, and touchback value already on film — earned as a freshman on Arkansas' top high school football stage.
Soccer-built striking mechanics. First Varsity season in the books. Now entering his sophomore season at Fayetteville High.
FHS 2025 Season Production · Arkansas 7A Varsity
2026 Kicking World Recruiting List · Class of 2029
Freshman on Fayetteville High School's Arkansas 7A Varsity in 2025
Two-time FHS Special Teams Player of the Game
On The Hill Media: “the man with the golden toe”
Ethan Farthing
Ethan Farthing did not grow up as a football specialist with years of private kicking instruction. He came over from high-level club soccer, discovered kicking in junior high, and immediately started playing above his age group.
Since then, the pattern has been consistent: step up a level, deliver in real games, and expand the role. He debuted as a 7th grader called up to Woodland's 8th-grade team, became a championship-game difference maker, and by 2025 was starting as a freshman for Fayetteville High's 7A Varsity squad.
The through line is simple: a soccer striker's leg, a specialist's calm, and a first season that already has Varsity film behind it.
Broadcast Tape
“You feel pretty good, anything 40 and in with this freshman kicker. Three more years of this young man, and I have a feeling his foot is going to play a major factor at some point during his career with these Fayetteville Bulldogs.”
Kickoff depth and hang time keep offenses on the back foot. Ethan adds end-zone kickoff distance to points on the scoreboard, forcing opponents to answer with a long field.
Special teams matter. Ethan's perfectly placed onside kicks gave FHS crucial momentum and a chance to come back against Rogers.
The formative pressure moment: clean strike, game-changing result, and a sideline eruption that explains why coaches keep trusting Ethan at the next level.
Mechanics & Body Control
2025 Arkansas 7A Varsity Season
Ethan's first year was not just promising for his age. It was productive on Fayetteville's 7A Varsity squad, competing in Arkansas high school football's top classification, where kickoff depth, clean points, and field-position leverage already change games.
Against Pulaski Academy in the playoffs, Ethan went 2-for-2 on field goals, including a 30-yarder that drew the broadcast line, “And the freshman makes it a 51-8 ball game with the 30-yard strike, down Main Street.”
He was twice named Fayetteville High School's Special Teams Player of the Game, and On The Hill Media introduced him as “the freshman sensation kicker, the man with the golden toe.”
Recognition
On The Hill Media
On The Hill Media reported what the field already showed during Ethan's freshman Varsity season.
Leveling Up
Kicking World · Class of 2029
Ethan enters his sophomore season at Fayetteville High with a 2026 Kicking World Recruiting List selection already in hand.
Fayetteville High School · Arkansas 7A Varsity
During summer practice, FHS Head Coach Casey Dick called Ethan up from freshman practice for a closer look and quickly saw kickoff value with end-zone potential. Ethan opened the season playing for the Varsity squad and handled kickoffs, field goals, and extra points for the entirety of the 2025 season.
Woodland championship game
Against a loaded Springdale Central team, Woodland fought back to tie the junior high title game late. Woodland Head Coach Bobby Crockett sent Ethan on for the all-or-nothing 29-yard attempt. Ethan drilled it cleanly to put Woodland ahead 17-14 with 40 seconds remaining, securing a second consecutive championship for Woodland.
Broadcast call: “AND IT'S GOOD FROM 29 YARDS OUT!!”
Woodland 7th grader, called up to the 8th grade squad.
Woodland called Ethan up after he impressed coaches immediately. In his first-ever football action, away at Lincoln Junior High on September 28, 2023, he finished 5-for-5 on extra points, then took a halftime request for his first-ever kickoff in a game, and finished the tackle himself.
Broadcast: “We think -- we think -- this is Ethan Farthing from the 7th-grade team.”
Recruiting Snapshot
Ethan Farthing already offers what coaches want to verify early: Arkansas 7A Varsity production, playoff field goals, and a growth curve that still has room to run. In this early recruiting snapshot, the case is already on film.
Late in the season, Ethan pushed for an “all-freshman kickoff” so teammates who had finished 9th-grade play could make Varsity debuts in the playoffs, a small but telling example of how he thinks about the team around him.
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