Craig Thomas | NCAA.com | July 9, 2015 2015 Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker award preseason watch list announced Share WEST PALM BEACH, Fla -- Maryland senior Brad Craddock headlines the 30-player watch list for the 2015 Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award. The preseason list was announced by the Palm Beach County Sports Commission on Thursday. The Terrapins kicker is looking to become the second repeat winner in the history of the award. Florida State junior Roberto Aguayo and West Virginia junior Josh Lambert also joining Craddock on the watch list. Both kickers were finalists for the Groza in 2014. Aguayo, who won the award as a freshman in 2013, leads the nation in field goals over the past two seasons, while Lambert last year became just the third kicker in FBS history to make 30 field goals in a single campaign. MORE: Preseason Watch List Central The three former finalists are joined on the watch list by a dozen other kickers who were named semifinalists last season, as well as by 15 new kickers. All ten FBS conferences are represented among the 30 kickers, led by the ACC with six, the Pac-12 with five, and the Big 12 with four. The Big Ten, MAC and SEC each placed three kickers, followed by a pair each from the American and Conference USA. The Mountain West and the Sun Belt each placed one kicker. The Award is named for National Football League Hall of Fame kicker Lou “The Toe” Groza, who played 21 seasons with the Cleveland Browns. Groza won four NFL championships with Cleveland and was named NFL Player of the Year in 1954. Although an All-Pro offensive lineman as well, Groza ushered in the notion that there should be a place on an NFL roster for a kicker. Player, School, Year Roberto Aguayo, Florida State, Junior Kyle Bullard, Houston, Senior Brad Craddock, Maryland, Senior Ka’imi Fairbairn, UCLA, Senior Elliott Fry, South Carolina, Junior Ian Frye, Virginia, Senior Rafaell Gaglianone, Wisconsin, Sophomore Andrew Gantz, Cincinnati, Sophomore Zane Gonzalez, Arizona State, Junior Paul Griggs, Purdue, Senior Ben Grogan, Oklahoma State, Junior Donny Hageman, San Diego State, Senior Andrew Haldeman, Western Michigan, Senior Ammon Lakip, Clemson, Senior Josh Lambert, West Virginia, Austin MacGinnis, Kentucky, Sophomore Ross Martin, Duke, Senior Jay Mattox, UTEP, Junior Matthew McCrane, Kansas State, Sophomore Trevor Moore, North Texas, Sophomore Marshall Morgan, Georgia, Senior Cole Murphy, Syracuse, Sophomore Jaden Oberkrom, TCU, Senior Andy Phillips, Utah, Junior Aidan Schneider, Oregon, Sophomore Robert Stein, Akron, Senior Aleem Sunanon, South Alabama, Junior Tyler Tate, Bowling Green, Senior Cameron Van Winkle, Washington, Junior John Wallace, Louisville, Senior 7 college football records *we think* will never be broken These records are so impressive (or the opposite) that we think they'll last forever. READ MORE Making sense of FCS conference realignment Here's a breakdown of the many changes to the FCS football landscape in the upcoming seasons amid major conference realignment. READ MORE 3 single-game FCS records that could be next to fall As the FCS evolves, once-untouchable records are now in reach. Here are three single-game FCS records that could be next to fall. READ MORE