Lou Groza Stars of the Week
Week One

College football's top kicking award, the Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award  sponsored by the Palm Beach County Sports Commission each week recognizes the three (3) top kickers from Division 1 schools who have made outstanding contributions during the past week.

The University of Utah, The University of Alabama and Ohio State University will be represented in the Lou Groza Award "Stars of the Week" for the opening week of the 2008 college football season.

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Lou Groza Award 2008
Pre-Season Watch List Unveiled

College football's top kicking award has released its pre-season watch list for 2008. comprised of 30 division 1-A kickers, each was deemed as a pre-season kicker to watch by the Lou Groza College Place-Kicker Award, sponsored by the Palm Beach County Sports Commission.

Kickers on the Lou Groza Watch List were chosen based on statistics from the 2007 season and 2008 preseason expectations. However, all Division 1-A kickers are eligible for the award. In recent years many of our finalists were not on the pre-season watch list.

During the season the Groza award's committee monitors the success of all kickers on a national level. Weekly, beginning September 8, 2008, the award recognizes the three (3) outstanding kickers of the week based on the previous week's play.

Click here for the Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award 2008 Preseason Watch List.

Thomas Weber Named 2007 Lou Groza Award Winner

Arizona State University place-kicker, Thomas Weber was named the 2007 Lou Groza Award recipient during the ESPN Home Depot College Football Awards show held Thursday, December 6. Click here for more details.

2007 Lou Groza Award High School Winners Announced

The Lou Groza High School Awards were presented on December 4, 2007 at the Lou Groza Award Banquet. Receiving the Player of the Year Award was Star Jackson of Palm Beach Lakes, Place-Kicker of the Year was presented to Daniel Riddle of William T. Dwyer, and Park Vista High School Coach, Brian Dodds was named the Sam Budnyk Coach of the Year Award. Click here for more details.

The Palm Beach County Sports Commission established the Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award in 1992. The award is presented each December to the nation's top Division I college place-kicker as determined by a national voting panel comprised of all Division I head coaches, sports writers and sportscasters from across the country, conference officials, various NFL kickers, and all previous Groza Award finalists.

The award is named in honor of Lou Groza, who was a long-time star of the Cleveland Browns. Groza, who was also a standout tackle before suffering a back injury, quickly earned the nickname of "The Toe" because of his kicking proficiency. As a result of his deadly field goal accuracy, he is regarded as the first kicker to be truly considered an offensive weapon. He transformed the art of kicking into the specialty it is today. Groza played 21 seasons for the Browns and led the NFL in field goals five times. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1974.