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.”
Ryan Coe kicked a school-record five field goals on six attempts in Cincinnati’s 29-27 victory over SMU on the road in Dallas on Saturday. The junior from McDonald, Pa. connected from 44, 31, 30, 25 and a season-long 52 yards out. It was the fourth field goal from 50 yards of his career. A blocked try is all that kept him from the first 6-FG game in FBS since 2019. He made both his extra point attempts for a 17-point game. Coe is 33-for-33 on PATs and his 60 points lead all Bearcats in scoring.
Boise State rode the strong leg of Jonah Dalmas to a 19-14 victory over Air Force in Mountain West Conference action in Colorado Springs, Colo. on Saturday. The junior from Meridian, Idaho scored 13 of the Broncos’ points on field goals of 42, 39, 29 and a 51 yarder that tied his career long. It’s his second straight 4-FG game and the fifth such performance of his career. He now ranks 3rd in school history with 47 career makes. He is 14-for-18 on field goals this season and has made all 20 of his extra point attempts for a team-leading 62 points.
Junior kicker Josh Karty was all the offense Stanford needed in a come-from-behind 15-14 defeat of Arizona State in Pac-12 action in Stanford, Calif. on Saturday. He scored all the Cardinal points with two field goals from 44 yards, two from 36 yards, and what proved to be the game-winner from 47 yards out. The five field goals tied the all-time single-game record for the Cardinal, who snapped a ten-game conference losing streak. The Burlington, N.C. native has yet to miss a kick of any kind this season, going 12-for-12 on field goals and 18-for-18 on extra points for a team-leading 54 points.
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.
