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Utah's Joe Phillips Named Lou Groza Award Semifinalist
Junior one of 20 candidates for nation's top placekicker award
Nov. 9, 2009 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Utah junior Joe Phillips is one of 20 semifinalists for the 2009 Lou Groza Award, honoring the nation's top collegiate place kicker, announced today by the Palm Beach County Sports Commission. Phillips is 11-of-13 (.846) in field goal attempts and 25-of-26 (.962) in point-after tries this season. The Salt Lake City native currently leads the Utes and ranks fourth in the league in scoring, averaging 7.2 points per game. The Lou Groza Award is named in honor of one of the all-time great kickers in football history. Groza set numerous franchise records while playing 21 seasons for the Cleveland Browns, including most games played, most points scored, and an amazing 107 consecutive games in which he scored a point. The 1,608 career points he scored is still a Browns' franchise record, and he ranks third all-time in league. Groza was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1974. Past Groza finalists include current NFL kickers Nate Kaeding, Sebastian Janikowski, Mike Nugent, Martin Gramatica, Jason Elam and Mason Crosby. More than 300 media representatives, coaches, past recipients, conference and university officials make up the voting panel which selects the recipient of the Lou Groza Collegiate Place Kicking Award. The Award will be presented on Dec. 10, 2009, as part of the ESPN Home Depot College Football Awards program. The three finalists will be honored at the 18th annual Lou Groza Award Banquet to be held at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach, Florida on Tuesday Dec. 8.
2009 LOU GROZA AWARD SEMIFINALISTS
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