.png&width=22&height=22&type=webp)
Photo by: Paul Hokanson/UBBulls.com
McNulty Named Semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award
11/10/2022 9:51:00 AM | Football
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – University at Buffalo kicker Alex McNulty has been named a semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award, given annually to college football's top kicker. He is the first UB player named a semifinalist for the award.
UB's senior kicker is enjoying the best season of his career and one of the finest by any kicker in program history. McNulty has made 18 field goals this year, the most by any kicker in program history for a single season. He ranks third in program history in career field goals (43) and is UB's all-time leader in career points scored by a kicker (285) and career extra points (156).
A native of Caledonia, NY, McNulty was named All-MAC Third Team in 2020 and is a three-time Academic All-MAC selection.
He is one of 20 semifinalists for the award and the only kicker from the Mid-American Conference.
Semifinalists will be voted on by a panel of more than 100 FBS head coaches, SIDs, media members, former Groza finalists, and current NFL kickers to select the three finalists. These finalists will be announced on November 29th and honored at the 31st annual Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award Banquet on December 5th in Palm Beach County. The same panel then selects the winner, who will be announced live on ESPN during the Home Depot College Football Awards on Thursday, December 8th.
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.
Since the first Lou Groza Award was handed out in 1992, 28 finalists, including 16 winners, have gone on to appear in the NFL, earning 13 trips to the Pro Bowl and taking home 7 Super Bowls. That list includes 2022 NFL kickers Rodrigo Blankenship, Randy Bullock, Daniel Carlson Mason Crosby, Jake Elliott, Ka'imi Fairbairn, Graham Gano, Matt Gay, Zane Gonzalez, Dustin Hopkins, Younghoe Koo, and Cairo Santos.
For more information regarding the Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award, please visit LouGrozaAward.com, or follow @LouGrozaAward on Twitter.
UB's senior kicker is enjoying the best season of his career and one of the finest by any kicker in program history. McNulty has made 18 field goals this year, the most by any kicker in program history for a single season. He ranks third in program history in career field goals (43) and is UB's all-time leader in career points scored by a kicker (285) and career extra points (156).
A native of Caledonia, NY, McNulty was named All-MAC Third Team in 2020 and is a three-time Academic All-MAC selection.
He is one of 20 semifinalists for the award and the only kicker from the Mid-American Conference.
Semifinalists will be voted on by a panel of more than 100 FBS head coaches, SIDs, media members, former Groza finalists, and current NFL kickers to select the three finalists. These finalists will be announced on November 29th and honored at the 31st annual Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award Banquet on December 5th in Palm Beach County. The same panel then selects the winner, who will be announced live on ESPN during the Home Depot College Football Awards on Thursday, December 8th.
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.
Since the first Lou Groza Award was handed out in 1992, 28 finalists, including 16 winners, have gone on to appear in the NFL, earning 13 trips to the Pro Bowl and taking home 7 Super Bowls. That list includes 2022 NFL kickers Rodrigo Blankenship, Randy Bullock, Daniel Carlson Mason Crosby, Jake Elliott, Ka'imi Fairbairn, Graham Gano, Matt Gay, Zane Gonzalez, Dustin Hopkins, Younghoe Koo, and Cairo Santos.
For more information regarding the Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award, please visit LouGrozaAward.com, or follow @LouGrozaAward on Twitter.
Buffalo Football 2026 Schedule Release Video: Hot Horns Episode 3 - Miles Greer and Tyrone Davis
Friday, March 27
Buffalo Football '26 Schedule Release: Hot Horns Episode 1 - Terrance Shelton, Jr. and Cornell Evans
Friday, March 27
Buffalo Football 2026 Schedule Release Video: Hot Horns Episode 1 - Chance Morrow and SaVeon Brown
Friday, March 27
Coach Lembo First Spring Practice Press Conference
Wednesday, March 25
