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Miami Hurricanes K Michael Badgley named Semi-Finalist for Groza Award

On Thursday morning, Miami Hurricanes K Michael Badgley was named a semi-finalist for the Lou Groza Award.

Given annually to the Nation’s top kicker, the Groza award is the top honor for placekickers in college football. Here’s more from Miami Athletics:

CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- University of Miami senior Michael Badgley was named a semifinalist for the 2017 Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award presented by the Orange Bowl, the Palm Beach County Sports Commission announced Thursday.

Just one field goal away from tying the program's all-time record of 73, Badgley has connected on 12 of 14 field goal attempts in 2017 and is a perfect 26-for-26 on extra point attempts.