Editing Drop kick (section)

=== Arena football ===
In the former [[Arena Football League]], a drop-kicked extra point was worth two points, rather than one point, while a drop-kicked field goal counted for four points rather than three, a rule that has survived into [[Arena Football One]].<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20141225033049/http://www.arenafootball.com/about/afl-rules.html Rules of the Game]}}</ref> The last conversion of a drop kick in the AFL was by Geoff Boyer of the [[Pittsburgh Power]] on June 16, 2012; it was the first successful conversion in the AFL since 1997.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thealbanyjournal.com/2011/06/a-drop-kick-into-history/ |title=A drop kick into history|first=Tom |last=Knighton|website=Thealbanyjournal.com|date=June 23, 2011}}</ref> 
In 2022, [[Salina Liberty]] kicker Jimmy Allen successfully converted three drop kick PAT attempts against the [[Topeka Tropics]] in a [[Champions Indoor Football]] game.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Champions Indoor Football|url=https://cif.prestosports.com/sports/fball/2021-22/players/jimmyallenvu8d?view=gamelog&pos=pts}}</ref> Allen also converted a drop kick PAT playing for the Iowa Barnstormers in the [[Indoor Football League]] during a game against the Colorado Crush during a 2016 game.<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://goifl.com/boxscore.aspx?id=ZFozhBpRGwrsYlUeG3xE1Hn95ESa6qIFhCkFwTqzTR9OinoGaQzCYUDu3digJMm7QtOLA8qf0N8BudxbpDhOXa7aXIIR4y6tDmMoqwTgJR%2BGmVcMwd%2BW8pKB%2FiTzo0jJAFIb58J0JrYy1Df522fLZ6pBu%2BJPgo1bt6qvwpc7mRepiOWewgqSJ0AYK8RDJr36zgUHuatNC%2FJ%2BG12yTL%2BKWA%3D%3D&path=football}}</ref> 

In 2018, [[Maine Mammoths]] kicker Henry Nell converted a drop kick as a PAT against the [[Massachusetts Pirates]] in the [[National Arena League]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Garven|first=Rich|url=https://www.telegram.com/news/20180513/massachusetts-pirates-savor-ot-win-over-maine-mammoths|title=Massachusetts Pirates savor OT win over Maine Mammoths|newspaper=[[Telegram & Gazette]]|date=May 13, 2018|access-date=February 28, 2019}}</ref> Nell went on to kick six drop-kicked PATs for AF1's [[Albany Firebirds (2024)|Albany Firebirds]] in [[2025 Arena Football One season|2025]], against the [[Corpus Christi Tritons]]; the Tritons, playing with a decimated roster of mostly [[replacement player]]s, were on the losing end of an exceptionally lopsided match, allowing Nell to experiment with the drop kick. Nell declined a seventh opportunity to drop kick a PAT, instead using a one-point placekick to round the Firebirds' point total to an even 100 points.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shindler |first=Adam |date=April 25, 2025 |title=Albany Firebirds put up 100 points in decimation of Corpus Christi Tritons |url=https://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/albany-firebirds-score-100-points-win-corpus-20287021.php |access-date=April 25, 2025 |website=Times Union}}</ref> Nell had learned the drop kick as a professional rugby union player in his native South Africa and came to the United States after having a vision of himself playing the American game, despite not knowing what the game was.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shinder |first=Adam |title=Albany Firebirds kicker Nell talks journey from rugby in South Africa to arena football in the United States |url=https://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/albany-firebirds-nell-talks-journey-south-africa-20250170.php |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250409141118/https://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/albany-firebirds-nell-talks-journey-south-africa-20250170.php |archive-date=2025-04-09 |access-date=2025-05-25 |work=Times Union |language=en}}</ref>