With the 2024 college football campaign on our doorstep, another season is already upon us. It’s one that sets the table for the feast we’re about to consume, preparing us for the top players we will witness in action these coming fall Saturdays. That’s right, it’s award watch list season, and on Friday this week the Lou Groza Award watch list was released.
Which Players Are on the 2024 Lou Groza Award Watch List?
The Lou Groza Award has been honoring the top placekicker in college football since 1992. Named after the greatest kicker in the sport, it is presented by the Palm Beach County Sports Commission. Recent winners include Graham Nicholson, Christopher Dunn, and Jake Moody, but which players headline the kickers earmarked for appreciation this fall?
Headlined by last year’s recipient Nicholson (now at Alabama), 30 kickers have received preseason recognition with a spot on the Lou Groza watch list. While there is a heavy Power Four presence, several Group of Five teams place a kicker on the full list, which can be found below:
- Chase Allen, UTSA
- Bert Auburn, Texas
- Will Bettridge, Virginia
- Aidan Birr, Georgia Tech
- Randy Bond, Texas A&M
- Andres Borregales, Miami (FL)
- Noah Burnette, North Carolina
- Jonah Dalmas, Boise State
- Matthew Dapore, Air Force
- Caden Davis, Ole Miss
- Ryan Fitzgerald, Florida State
- Grady Gross, Washington
- John Hoyland, Wyoming
- Michael Hughes, Appalachian State
- Dragan Kesich, Minnesota
- Michael Lantz, Georgia Southern
- Tyler Loop, Arizona
- John Love, Virginia Tech
- Dylan Lynch, Fresno State
- Alex McPherson, Auburn
- Chase Meyer, Tulsa
- Graham Nicholson, Alabama
- Todd Pelino, Duke
- Mason Shipley, Texas State
- Matthew Shipley, Arkansas
- Trey Smack, Florida
- Drew Stevens, Iowa
- Nathanial Vakos, Wisconsin
- Peyton Woodring, Georgia
- Dominic Zvada, Michigan
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