Stars of the Week 2022 Week 10

Each week, the Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award highlights the standout performances of three kickers from FBS division teams. These ‘Stars of the Week’ have showcased exemplary performances for their respective week and are potential candidates for the prestigious Lou Groza Award. 

Christopher Dunn
  • Winner: 2022
  • Finalist: 2022
  • Semi-finalist: 2022, 2019
  • Stars of the Week: 2022 Season, Week 6, 2022 Season, Week 10
Place Kicker
Hometown

Lexington, NC

Height & Weight
Class

Senior

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NC State Wolfpack

Christopher Dunn capped a record-setting career with his finest single season, going 24-for-25 on field goals. Both the total field goals and the 96% hit rate rank second in FBS this season, while his accuracy mark is the best by any kicker with at least 20 attempts. Dunn was perfect over his first 22 attempts, going all the way into the regular season’s final game without a miss, drawing comparisons to 1996 Groza Award winner Marc Primanti’s perfect season. He made multiple field goals in eight games this year, most notably in the Wolfpack’s 19-17 win over Florida State. In that game, he went 4-for-4 on field goals, scoring the last 9 points of the game to turn a four-point deficit into a two-point win. That game also featured his longest field goal of the season, a 53-yarder in the fourth quarter.

Long field goals were one of his hallmarks this year, tied for second in the country with 17 field goals from at least 30 yards out and one of just four FBS kickers with at least 10 kicks from 40 yards or more. The fifth-year starter entered the year already NC State’s program leader in field goals and points, but this year’s performance put him over the top in the ACC record books and among the top performers in FBS history. His 93 career field goals are second all-time only to 2016 Groza winner Zane Gonzalez, while his 479 career points are the fourth-most by any FBS kicker ever.

Rece Verhoff
  • Stars of the Week: 2022 Season, Week 10
Place Kicker
Hometown

Columbus Grove, OH

Height & Weight
Class

Sophomore

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Marshall Thundering Herd

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Will Reichard
  • Finalist: 2023, 2020
  • Semi-finalist: 2023, 2022, ...
  • Stars of the Week: 2023 Season, Week 5, 2022 Season, Week 11, ...
  • Watchlist: 2023
Place Kicker
Hometown

Hoover, AL

Height & Weight
Class

Senior

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Alabama Crimson Tide

Reichard, a graduate student from Hoover, Alabama, caps one of the great collegiate careers of all time by becoming just the 12th kicker in history to be voted a Groza finalist more than once. He has amassed 530 points in his career, tied for the most by any player in FBS history. This season, his 3-for-3 mark on kicks from at least 50 yards gives him the most by any kicker who didn’t miss from long distance, perhaps not surprising given his 8 career makes from 50+ are the most in Alabama history.

November 7, 2022

College football’s top kicking award, the Palm Beach County Sports Commission Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award presented by the Orange Bowl, recognizes top kickers each week from FBS division teams as the “Stars of the Week.”

NC State kicker Christopher Dunn continued his perfect season, kicking three field goals in the Wolfpack’s 30-21 defeat of Wake Forrest in ACC action in Raleigh, N.C. on Saturday. The Lexington, N.C. native connected from 33 and 25 yards, along with his second long-range kick of the year, this from 51 yards out. Of Dunn’s 18 makes this season, nine have been from 40 yards or longer, tied for the second highest total in the country. His 18 field goals are fourth in FBS and easily the most by anyone yet to miss. He also converted all three of his extra point tries to improve to 24-for-24 on PATs. He is one of only five kickers in the nation who have yet to miss a kick of any kind this season.

Senior Will Reichard kicked four field goals, including a 46 yarder with 21 seconds remaining to force overtime, but Alabama fell to LSU 32-31 in their SEC game under the lights in Baton Rouge, La. on Saturday. The Hoover, Ala. native also connected from 38, 36, and 29 yards out to improve to 16-for-20 on field goals for the season. He converted his extra point attempt and is perfect on 44 tries this year. His 92 points are tied for second in the nation among kickers and leads all Tide players in scoring.

Freshman Rece Verhoff’s four field goals provided all the scoring in Marshall’s 12-0 blanking of Old Dominion in Sun Belt Conference action on the road in Norfolk, Va. on Saturday. The native of Columbus Grove, Ohio scored from 33, 30, 26 and 23 yards to go to 12-for-17 on field goals for the season, with three of his five misses blocked attempts. It is his fourth multi-field goal game of the season. Verhoff’s 59 points are second among all Thundering Herd players.

The Award is named for 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.

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