After Chase Lucas became the first defensive Sun Devil to join a positional preseason watch list, Brandon Ruiz becomes the first to do so for the special teams.
The Palm Beach Sports Commission announced Wednesday morning that Ruiz was one of its candidates for the Lou Groza award, which annually honors the best kicker in the nation.
Per the Palm Beach Sports Commission, sponsor of the Lou Groza award:
In 1992, The Palm Beach County Sports Commission established the Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker award. This award, presented for a number of years by the Orange Bowl Committee, is given annually to the nation’s top collegiate place-kicker as determined by a voting panel of Division 1 head coaches, sports writers and sportscasters from across the county, conference representatives, professional kickers and previous winners.