Florida Gators kicker Evan McPherson has been named to the Lou Groza Award watch list.
McPherson has logged back-to-back 17-for-19 field goal seasons, giving him an 89.5% accuracy rating, highest in school history, and the second-best career mark by an active FBS kicker with multiple seasons. Among kickers with at least 7 FGs from 40+ yards last season, only one posted a better overall FG percentage.
McPherson has also led the SEC in field goal percentage each of the last two seasons. McPherson has connected on 97-of-98 (99%) of his extra-point attempts.
The Groza Award has been handed out annually since 1992. The only Florida Gator to win the award was Judd Davis (1993).
The complete watch list is below (alphabetically):
Matt Araiza – San Diego State
Gabe Brkic – Oklahoma
Brent Cimaglia – Tennessee
Brian Delaney – Virginia
Jonathan Doerer – Notre Dame
Keith Duncan – Iowa
Christopher Dunn – NC State
Blake Grupe – Arkansas State
Blake Haubeil – Ohio State
Peyton Henry – Washington
Brian Johnson – Virginia Tech
Blake Lynch – Kansas State
John Mayers – Baylor
Blake Mazza – Washington State
Evan McPherson – Florida
Matt Mercurio – San Jose State
Riley Patterson – Memphis
Jake Pinegar – Penn State
AJ Reed – Arkansas
Jared Sackett – USF
Nick Sciba – Wake Forest
Andre Szmyt – Syracuse
Brandon Talton – Nevada
Matthew Trickett – Kent State
Jake Verity – East Carolina
Parker White – South Carolina
Dalton Witherspoon – Houston
Trey Wolff – Texas Tech
Cade York – LSU
Cristian Zendejas – Arizona State