LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas redshirt senior kicker
Laith Marjan was named to the 2025 Lou Groza Place-Kicker Award Preseason Watch List, the Palm Beach County Sports Commission introduced on Thursday.
Marjan is certainly one of 30 people named to the preseason watch listing and is certainly one of six representatives from the Big 12 Conference. Marjan was beforehand named to Phil Steele’s Preseason All-Big 12 workforce as a second workforce choice.
Marjan was a semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award in 2024 whereas at South Alabama, connecting on 16-of-17 on area objectives and 42-of-44 on further factors. Marjan hit a season-long 49-yard area purpose at No. 14 LSU on Sept. 28.
In 2024, Marjan was 6-of-6 from 40-49 yards, 6-of-6 from 30-39 yards and 4-of-4 from 20-29 yards, incomes Second Team All-Sun Belt honors whereas at South Alabama. Marjan started his profession at East Carolina from 2022-24.
Accomplishments are tabulated all through the season and the Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award will announce its 20 semifinalists on Tuesday, November 18
th. From this listing, a panel of greater than 100 FBS head coaches, SIDs, media members, former Groza finalists, and present NFL kickers selects the highest three finalists for the award, introduced on Tuesday, November 25
th. That similar group then selects the nationwide winner, who will probably be introduced on Friday, December 12
th through the Home Depot College Football Awards on ESPN.
The 34
th Annual Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award, offered by the Orange Bowl, acknowledges the three finalists throughout a celebration in Palm Beach County, culminating with a gala awards banquet on December 8
th in West Palm Beach, Florida.
The Award is known as for National Football League Hall of Fame kicker Lou “The Toe” Groza, who performed 21 seasons with the Cleveland Browns. Groza received 4 NFL championships with Cleveland and was named NFL Player of the Year in 1954. Although an All-Pro offensive lineman as nicely, Groza ushered within the notion that there ought to be a spot on an NFL roster for a kicker.
For extra data on the Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award and to see the “Stars of the Week” all through the season, please go to
www.lougrozaaward.com. For much more updates on the very best kicking performances all through the season, comply with
@LouGrozaAward on Twitter.
The Kansas Jayhawks will kick off the 2025 soccer season on August 23, 2025 as they debut the brand new David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium vs. Fresno State. The season-opener serves as the primary of seven video games coming to Lawrence in 2025, with a full schedule and tickets accessible right here.