MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – Central Michigan place-kicker Marshall Meeder has been named to the 2021 Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award Watch List.
Meeder, a freshman from Eaton Rapids, is one of 30 place-kickers nationwide named to the list. He is the lone student-athlete from a Mid-American Conference school on the list.
The award goes to the top kicker in college football and is named in honor of Groza, a Pro Football Hall of Famer who played 21 seasons with the Cleveland Browns and was named the NFL Player of the Year in 1954.
Meeder made all eight of his field goal attempts and 16 of his 17 extra point tries in the 2020 season, ranking second on the team with 40 points.