Pitt kicker Alex Kessman was placed on the Lou Groza Award watch list on Wednesday afternoon. The award has been given to the top placekicker in college football every year since 1992. No player from Pitt has won the honor.
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Best Kicker#H2P pic.twitter.com/pG9RWI1eoZ— Pitt Football (@Pitt_FB) July 24, 2019Kessman is one 30 nominees on the watch list and just nine returning placekickers who made at least eight kicks of 40 yards or more in 2018.