TEMPE, Ariz. – Senior kicker Zane Gonzalez picked up another award for his record-setting three field goal performance Saturday, as he has now been named a Lou Groza Star of the Week.
Gonzalez rewrote the FBS record book by kicking three field goals in Arizona State's 23-20 win over UCLA on Saturday. With his 46-yarder in the fourth quarter, the two-time Groza Award semifinalist set a new NCAA mark for career field goals made at 89. The record-breaking kick also proved to be the difference in the game. The Deer Park, Texas, native also scored from 35 and 23 yards out and added a pair of extra points to finish Saturday's game with 11 total points. Gonzalez has made an FBS-best 16 of his 17 field goals this season, while his 72 points are the most by any kicker and second among all players in the country.
The Lou Groza award is named in honor of National Football League Hall of Fame kicker Lou "The Toe" Groza, who played 21 seasons with the Cleveland Browns. Groza won four NFL championships with Cleveland and was named NFL Player of the Year in 1954. Although an All-Pro offensive lineman as well, Groza ushered in the notion that there should be a place on an NFL roster for a kicker.
The Lou Groza Award will be presented as part of the ESPN Home Depot College Football Awards in Atlanta, GA on Thursday, December 8th. The three finalists will be honored at the Silver Anniversary Lou Groza Collegiate Place Kicker Award Banquet on Monday, December 5th at the Marriott Hotel in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
Gonzalez rewrote the FBS record book by kicking three field goals in Arizona State's 23-20 win over UCLA on Saturday. With his 46-yarder in the fourth quarter, the two-time Groza Award semifinalist set a new NCAA mark for career field goals made at 89. The record-breaking kick also proved to be the difference in the game. The Deer Park, Texas, native also scored from 35 and 23 yards out and added a pair of extra points to finish Saturday's game with 11 total points. Gonzalez has made an FBS-best 16 of his 17 field goals this season, while his 72 points are the most by any kicker and second among all players in the country.
The Lou Groza award is named in honor of National Football League Hall of Fame kicker Lou "The Toe" Groza, who played 21 seasons with the Cleveland Browns. Groza won four NFL championships with Cleveland and was named NFL Player of the Year in 1954. Although an All-Pro offensive lineman as well, Groza ushered in the notion that there should be a place on an NFL roster for a kicker.
The Lou Groza Award will be presented as part of the ESPN Home Depot College Football Awards in Atlanta, GA on Thursday, December 8th. The three finalists will be honored at the Silver Anniversary Lou Groza Collegiate Place Kicker Award Banquet on Monday, December 5th at the Marriott Hotel in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
