University of Houston Athletics
Witherspoon Selected to Groza Award Watch List
7/22/2020 12:04:00 PM | Football
Senior made 20 field goals in 2019 season
HOUSTON – University of Houston football senior kicker Dalton Witherspoon was named to the 2020 Lou Groza Award Watch List on Wednesday.
Witherspoon finished the 2019 season with 20 made field goals on 24 attempts. The Moore, Okla., native set a UH single-season record with 15 consecutive field goals made during the 2019 season.
While the Watch List highlights 30 of the best returning kickers in the country, the Groza Committee will be watching all FBS kickers throughout the season, and releasing a weekly "Stars of the Week" feature on www.lougrozaaward.com. All FBS kickers remain eligible to be selected as semifinalists.
The 29th Annual Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award, presented by the Orange Bowl, recognizes the three finalists during a celebration in Palm Beach County, culminating with a gala awards banquet at West Palm Beach's Kravis Center for the Performing Arts on Dec. 7.
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.
DALTON WITHERSPOON | SENIOR | K
Witherspoon finished the 2019 season with 20 made field goals on 24 attempts. The Moore, Okla., native set a UH single-season record with 15 consecutive field goals made during the 2019 season.
While the Watch List highlights 30 of the best returning kickers in the country, the Groza Committee will be watching all FBS kickers throughout the season, and releasing a weekly "Stars of the Week" feature on www.lougrozaaward.com. All FBS kickers remain eligible to be selected as semifinalists.
The 29th Annual Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award, presented by the Orange Bowl, recognizes the three finalists during a celebration in Palm Beach County, culminating with a gala awards banquet at West Palm Beach's Kravis Center for the Performing Arts on Dec. 7.
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.
DALTON WITHERSPOON | SENIOR | K
- Set UH single-season record with 15 consecutive field goals made in 2019
- Finished with 20 made field goals in 2019 (tied for the second-most in UH single-season history)
- Made 83.3 percent of his field goals in 2019, tied for the third-best clip in school history
- Has logged 27 career made field goals, tied for eighth-most in program history
- Preseason Athlon Sports American Athletic Conference Third Team
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