Reichard Named Finalist for Groza Award

Alabama’s Will Reichard was selected as a finalist for the Lou Groza Collegiate Placekicker Award, the Palm Beach County Sports Commission announced on Tuesday morning.

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The finalist list includes Reichard, Graham Nicholson (Miami (Ohio)) and Jose Pizano (UNLV). All three will be honored at the 32^nd annual Lou Groza Collegiate Placekicker Awards Banquet on Dec. 4. The 2023 winner of the Groza will be announced on Dec. 8 as part of the Home Depot College Football Awards on ESPN.

Alabama has never had a Groza Award winner in program history. By all logic, this makes Reichard the best kicker in UA program history, and he's on the verge of being the NCAA's all-time leading scorer.

More on Reichard:

• The Hoover native is one of the most reliable placekickers in college football history, with stats to prove it.
• He has scored 530 points on 80 field goals and 290 PATs.
• He owns the NCAA’s kicking points record and is tied for the all-time mark for career points entering the matchup with top-ranked Georgia. He's literally one PAT away from the crown.
• He holds the SEC record for both kicking and career points.
• He is the Alabama record holder for made PATs who ranks second on UA’s career field goals list.
• He has totaled 104 points in 2023 thanks to 18 field goals and 50 PATs in as many tries, though one boinked through after clipping the upright vs. Chattanooga. Still counts.
• As someone who began watching Reichard as a Hoover High sophomore, you could tell then he was going to be special. And he has been NFL prospect special.