Stars of the Week 2023 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. 

Bert Auburn
  • Stars of the Week: 2023 Season, Week 10, 2022 Season, Week 2
  • Watchlist: 2024, 2023
Place Kicker
Hometown

Flower Mound, TX

Height & Weight
Class

Junior

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Cam Little
  • Semi-finalist: 2023
  • Stars of the Week: 2023 Season, Week 10
Place Kicker
Hometown

Moore, OK

Height & Weight
Class

Junior

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Arkansas Razorbacks

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Collin Rogers
  • Semi-finalist: 2024
  • Stars of the Week: 2024 Season, Week 4, 2024 Season, Week 2, ...
Place Kicker
Hometown

Prattville, AL

Height & Weight
Class

Junior

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SMU Mustangs

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November 7, 2023

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

Bert Auburn’s fourth field goal of the day was the winning score in Texas’ 33-30 overtime victory over Kansas State. The Longhorns moved to 8-1 for the first time since 2009 after a defensive stop backed up the 42-yard kick. The junior from Flower Mound, Texas also connected from 49, 34, and 32 yards out. He added three PATs for a 15-point performance that ties for the most by a kicker this week. Auburn has now made his last eight attempts and is tied for 6th in FBS with 17 field goals on the season.

Arkansas won in Gainesville for the first time thanks to four field goals from Cam Little, the last of which sent the game to overtime where the Razorbacks prevailed 39-36 over Florida. The junior from Moore, Okla. kicked a 49-yarder with under a minute to play to knot the game at 33, having already scored from 41, 37, and 22 yards. He now has 8 field goals from at least 40 yards out, tied for the most in the nation this season. With three PATs, he totaled 15 points in the game, tied for the most by a kicker this week.

Collin Rogers kicked a career-long 51-yarder field goal late to finish off SMU’s 36-31 victory over Rice. The Mustangs are off to a 5-0 start in conference play for the first time since 1982. In addition to the 51-yard capper, the sophomore from Prattville, Ala. also kicked it through from 41 and 37 yards out and added three extra points. Despite being in the midst of just his second season, Rogers already holds the 7th spot in career field goals at SMU and is just 100 points behind legends like Doak Walker and Eric Dickerson on the career scoring list.

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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