Ryan Santoso named one of 20 semifinalists for Lou Groza Award

[BleedGopher]

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Go Gophers!!

 

[GophersInIowa]

Nice to have that position locked up for two more seasons. He's kicked very well this season.

 

[GoldenRodents]

Doesn't punting screw up place kicking mechanics? Very few do both in the real world.

 

[MNVCGUY]

Nice to have that position locked up for two more seasons. He's kicked very well this season.

He has definitely been solid and seems to be consistent from most distances. I was actually a little surprised to find that just a little over half his kickoffs (19 of 36) have gone for touchbacks this year as based on feel I would have expected that number to be higher. That being said, on the ones that don't go for touchbacks he seems to get enough air under them to really limit the return options for the other team and to give the coverage plenty of time to get downfield and make a play.

Always nice when you don't have to feel nervous about your kicker taking the field to attempt a field goal. We are 1 of only 5 teams in the conference hitting on over 80% of our field goal attempts at this point.

 

[Bad Gopher]

When he made that long one last Saturday, I turned to my wife and told her that he'll play in the NFL some day.