Time for some more preseason award news. Linebacker kicker extraordinaire Ryan Santoso was named to the Lou Graza Award list. The Graza award is given to the most outstanding college kicker each season. Santoso was one of ten semi-finalists for the award last season. Ryan joins Mitch Leidner and Brandon Lingen as the third Gopher named to a preseason watch list so far this summer.
What makes this announcement interesting is the placekicker news that came out in May:
Per the Star Tribune's Joe Christensen, head football coach Tracy Claeys said earlier this morning that redshirt junior kicker Ryan Santoso will take over Peter Mortell's responsibilities as starting punter.