Was this this kicker recently cut and expelled, or his replacement?
Neither. You're thinking of Troy Van Blarcom, who kicked off and kicked extra-long field goals. His GPA was below 2.00 for the third straight semester, so he was "automatically dismissed from the university."
Mario Danelo was the regular placekicker, the son of NFL kicker Joe Danelo. Whether his two PAT misses in the Rose Bowl last week might have led to despondency is, probably, a possibility.