WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Arizona Football kicker Tyler Loop has been named a semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award, as announced today by the Palm Beach County Sports Commission.
 
Tyler Loop has been named one of 20 semifinalists for the Lou Groza Award, which honors the nation's best kicker. Loop earned this honor for the first time in his collegiate career. He joins a group of kickers that are mostly new with only six of the 20 names making a return appearance on the list.
 
The junior from Lucas, Texas, has made 13-of-15 field goal attempts this season for an 86.7 field goal percentage. Loop booted a career-long 51-yard field goal against No. 11 Oregon State and a 40-yarder at No. 19 Washington State.
 
Loop is a perfect 11-for-11 from inside 39 yards this season to move to 35-for-35 for his collegiate career from inside 39 yards. He has made 32-of-32 extra-point attempts this season and 82-of-82 PATs for his career.   
 
For his career, Loop is 43-for-48 on field goal attempts boasting an 89.58 field goal percentage. He's two field goal attempts shy of sitting atop the active player list in career-field goal percentage with a minimum of 50 attempts being the threshold.
 
Currently, Loop is tied for 27th in the nation and fourth in the Pac-12 in field goal percentage. He is second in the Pac-12 in field goals made (13).
 
Arizona is back in action at Colorado on Saturday, Nov. 11. Kickoff is scheduled for 12 p.m. MST and Pac-12 Networks will have the broadcast.

Lou Groza Award Semifinalists
Andres Borregales – Miami (FL)
Charles Campbell – Tennessee
Chase Contreraz – Iowa State
Ryan Fitzgerald – Florida State
Alex Hale – Oklahoma State
Joshua Karty – Stanford
Dragan Kesich – Minnesota
Cam Little – Arkansas
Tyler Loop – Arizona
Dylan Lynch – Fresno State
Alex McPherson – Auburn
Graham Nicholson – Miami (OH)
Jose Pizano – UNLV
Will Reichard – Alabama
Mason Shipley – Texas State
Matthew Shipley – Hawaii
Trey Smack – Florida
Drew Stevens – Iowa
Nathanial Vakos – Wisconsin
Peyton Woodring – Georgia

About The Lou Groza Award
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 28^th and honored at the 32^nd annual Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Awards Banquet on December 4^th 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 Friday, December 8^th. 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 2023 NFL kickers Randy Bullock, Daniel Carlson Jake Elliott, Ka'imi Fairbairn, Graham Gano, Matt Gay, Dustin Hopkins, Younghoe Koo, Jake Moody, and Cairo Santos.
 
For more information regarding the Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award, please visit LouGrozaAward.com, or follow @LouGrozaAward on X for updates as they happen.  Additional information can be obtained by contacting Jared Fleet, Director of Event Operations at the Palm Beach County Sports Commission at (561) 233-3120 or jfleet@palmbeachsports.com.
 
National College Football Awards Association
The Lou Groza Award is a member of the National College Football Awards Association. Founded in 1997, the NCFAA includes college football's most prestigious awards and its 24 awards have honored more than 900 recipients dating back to 1935. This season, 12 NCFAA awards honor national players of the week each Tuesday.
 
For more information about the NCFAA and its award programs, visit the redesigned NCFAA.org or follow on X at @NCFAA.
 
About the Palm Beach County Sports Commission
The Palm Beach County Sports Commission is a private, not-for-profit organization contracted by Palm Beach County to promote and market the County as a sports and sports tourism destination. The Commission brings sporting events and activities to the County, enhances economic impact, stimulates bed tax revenues (primarily in the off-season), and maximizes utilization of County facilities. The Commission offers a full range of event service support, corporate partnerships, sponsorships, and a local membership program that supports its goals. Local, regional, national, and international marketing efforts are ongoing by the Commission with sports organizations and event owners. The Commission also produces sports-related programs for the residents of Palm Beach County including the annual Lou Groza Award program, the Palm Beach County Sports Hall of Fame, and the Kids Fitness Festival of the Palm Beaches. For more information on the Palm Beach County Sports Commission, go to www.palmbeachsports.com.