Lou Groza Award
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Lou Groza Award
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| Awarded for | America's best college football kicker |
| Loan location | Palm Beach County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Awarded by | Palm Beach County Sports Commission |
| First awarded | 1992 |
| Last award | Rodrigo Blankenship , Georgia Bulldogs |
| website | http://www.lougrozaaward.com/ |
The Lou Groza Award is an annual award from the Palm Beach County Sports Commission for the best kicker in college football . The prize is in honor of Lou Groza , a former American football player of the Cleveland Browns and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame awarded.
The current title holder is Rodrigo Blankenship from the University of Georgia . Most of the winners so far are Florida State (4), followed by Tulane and UCLA with two winners each.
Sebastian Janikowski is so far the only player who has won the trophy twice.
winner
| Year | Winner | School |
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| 1992 | Joe Allison | Memphis |
| 1993 | Judd Davis | Florida |
| 1994 | Steve McLaughlin | Arizona |
| 1995 | Michael Reeder | TCU |
| 1996 | Marc Primanti | North Carolina State |
| 1997 | Martin Gramatica | Kansas State |
| 1998 | Sebastian Janikowski | Florida State |
| 1999 | Sebastian Janikowski | Florida State |
| 2000 | Jonathan Ruffin | Cincinnati |
| 2001 | Seth Marler | Tulane |
| 2002 | Nate Kaeding | Iowa |
| 2003 | Jonathan Nichols | Ole Miss |
| 2004 | Mike Nugent | Ohio State |
| 2005 | Alexis Serna | Oregon State |
| 2006 | Kind of Carmody | Louisville |
| 2007 | Thomas Weber | Arizona State |
| 2008 | Graham Gano | Florida State |
| 2009 | Kai Forbath | UCLA |
| 2010 | Dan Bailey | Oklahoma State |
| 2011 | Randy Bullock | Texas A&M |
| 2012 | Cairo Santos | Tulane |
| 2013 | Roberto Aguayo | Florida State |
| 2014 | Brad Craddock | Maryland |
| 2015 | Ka'imi Fairbairn | UCLA |
| 2016 | Zane Gonzalez | Arizona State |
| 2017 | Matt Gay | Utah Utes |
| 2018 | Andre Szmyt | Syracuse |
| 2019 | Rodrigo Blankenship | Georgia |