Stars of the Week 2024 Week 4

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. 

Collin Rogers
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Place Kicker
Hometown

Prattville, AL

Height & Weight
Class

Junior

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SMU Mustangs

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Emmet Kenney
  • Stars of the Week: 2024 Season, Week 4
Place Kicker
Hometown

Fargo, ND

Height & Weight
Class

Senior

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Stanford Cardinal

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Seth Morgan
  • Stars of the Week: 2024 Season, Week 4
Place Kicker
Hometown

Houston, TX

Height & Weight
Class

Senior

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Tulsa Golden Hurricane

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September 24, 2024

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.”

Emmet Kenney’s fourth field goal of the game gave Stanford its first ACC victory, a 26-24 road win over Syracuse. The senior from Fargo, N.D. connected from 39 yards out as time expired for his first career game-winner. It followed makes from 38, 35 and a new career-long of 51 yards. He added two PATs for a 14-point performance that accounted for more than half of Stanford’s scoring. Kenney has kicked multiple field goals in every game this season, and at 8-for-8 on the year, he’s one of just three FBS kickers still perfect on at least that many attempts.

Seth Morgan tied things up with 32 seconds left, and then knocked through an overtime road winner for Tulsa, 23-20 over Louisiana Tech. The senior from Houston, Texas hit from a season-long 45 yards out with just seconds left to force the extra period, and provided the exclamation point from 34 yards out. It’s the first time Tulsa won an overtime game on a field goal since 2009. Add in an early field goal from 32 and two PATs and the game gives Morgan a team-leading 29 points on the season.

Collin Rogers added to an early claim as the season’s best long-distance kicker with makes from 51, 49 and 45 yards in SMU’s 66-42 win over TCU. The junior from Prattville, Ala. now has an FBS-leading 4 field goals from over 50 yards, as well as a national-best 8 field goals from at least 40 yards out. That total in fact gives him more kicks from over 40 than all but a dozen other kickers have made from any distance this year. On a program level, his 3-FG,topAT performance moved him to the tops of the record books: he’s now SMU’s all-time career leader in both categories.

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.

For more information on the Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award and to see the “Stars of the Week” throughout the season, please go to www.lougrozaaward.com. For even more updates on the best kicking performances throughout the season, follow @LouGrozaAward on Twitter.

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