Drew Alleman up for Garza Award
By: Brandon Dunn
Updated: July 11, 2012
BATON ROUGE - LSU senior placekicker Drew Alleman is one of
30 players around the country who has been named to the watch list for the Lou
Groza Award, presented annually to college football's top placekicker, the Palm
Beach County Sports Commission announced Wednesday.
Alleman was a 2011 semifinalist for the Groza Award and was
named a Lou Groza Star of the Week twice last season after helping LSU secure
wins at Mississippi State and at Alabama.
The Lafayette, La., native enters the 2012 season as the
most accurate kicker in school history with a field goal percentage of .889,
making 16 of 18 field goals a year ago. Alleman also enters his senior campaign
with a streak of 10 straight made field goal attempts.
Alleman is coming off an outstanding 2011 season in which
he earned honorable mention All-America recognition by Sports Illustrated and
picked up Second-Team All-SEC honors. He led the SEC and ranked second
nationally in field goal percentage and was fourth in the conference in scoring
with 110 points, the fourth-largest total in LSU single season history.
A list of 20 semifinalists will be released on Nov. 5, and
three finalists will be announced on Nov. 19. A panel of more than 300 experts
will select the 2012 Lou Groza Award winner, who will be announced on Dec. 6
during the Home Depot College Football Awards on ESPN.
