The Lou Groza Award is presented annually to the top college football placekicker in the United States by the Palm Beach County Sports Commission. The award is named after former Ohio State Buckeyes and Cleveland Browns player Lou Groza. It has been presented since 1992, with Joe Allison of Memphis State receiving the inaugural award. The incumbent award holder is Tate Sandell of the University of Oklahoma. The award is part of the National College Football Awards Association coalition.
Winners
Year Winner School Ref. 1992 Joe Allison Memphis State 1993 Judd Davis Florida 1994 Steve McLaughlin Arizona 1995 Michael Reeder TCU 1996 Marc Primanti NC State 1997 Martín Gramática Kansas State 1998 Sebastian Janikowski (2) Florida State 1999 Florida State (2) 2000 Jonathan Ruffin Cincinnati 2001 Seth Marler Tulane 2002 Nate Kaeding Iowa 2003 Jonathan Nichols Ole Miss 2004 Mike Nugent Ohio State 2005 Alexis Serna Oregon State 2006 Art Carmody Louisville 2007 Thomas Weber Arizona State 2008 Graham Gano Florida State (3) 2009 Kai Forbath UCLA 2010 Dan Bailey Oklahoma State 2011 Randy Bullock Texas A&M 2012 Cairo Santos Tulane (2) 2013 Roberto Aguayo Florida State (4) 2014 Brad Craddock Maryland 2015 Kaʻimi Fairbairn UCLA (2) 2016 Zane Gonzalez Arizona State (2) 2017 Matt Gay Utah 2018 Andre Szmyt Syracuse 2019 Rodrigo Blankenship Georgia 2020 José Borregales Miami (FL) 2021 Jake Moody Michigan 2022 Christopher Dunn NC State (2) 2023 Graham Nicholson Miami (OH) 2024 Kenneth Almendares Louisiana 2025 Tate Sandell Oklahoma
References General
Footnotes
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