Arizona senior kicker Tyler Loop was named a semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award on Tuesday. The annual award is given to the top college football kicker.
Loop is one of 20 semifinalists up for the Lou Groza Award — one of three kickers from the Big 12, along with Gino Garcia (Texas Tech) and Will Ferrin (BYU).
This season, Loop has made 16 of 20 (80%) field goals, including 5 of 7 from at least 50 yards. In the Wildcats' 27-3 win over Houston on Friday, Loop made a program-record 62-yard field goal, setting the record by 5 yards.
Arizona place kicker Tyler Loop (33) gets congratulated after hitting a 51-yard field goal in the third quarter against Houston.
Loop also set a record with five field goals in Arizona's loss to Texas Tech earlier this season, which earned him Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week honors.
Over his five-year career at Arizona, Loop has scored 312 points, which is tied with running back Ka'Deem Carey for the third-most in UA football history. The current record-holder for most points scored by a Wildcat is kicker Max Zendejas.
