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ASU Football: Zane Gonzalez wins the 2016 Lou Groza Award

Arizona State senior kicker Zane Gonzalez was named the winner of the Lou Groza Award on Thursday. The honor is given to the nation’s top place-kicker.

Gonzalez, who became the highest-scoring kicker in FBS history earlier this year, won the award over Auburn’s Daniel Carlson and Georgia Southern’s Younghoe Koo.

The All-Pac-12 First-Teamer has already been recognized as an All-American by each Sports Illustrated, USA Today, Sporting News, Walter Camp and Pro Football Focus.

This season, he connected on 23 of 25 field-goal attempts (92 percent), including 7 of 9 from 50 yards or more.