Zane Gonzalez on Thursday captured the Lou Groza Award, given to the nation’s top kicker, continuing the Arizona State senior’s historic final season.

Gonzalez beat out Auburn’s Daniel Carlson and Georgia Southern’s Younghoe Koo for the honor, given during The Home Depot College Football Awards Show in Atlanta. The Deer Park, Texas., native becomes the second ASU kicker to win the award in the past decade, joining Thomas Weber, who won in 2007.

Gonzalez this season was nearly automatic, making 23 of 25 field goals, including a run of 17 in a row. His only misses came from 53 yards. In a loss at Colorado, Gonzalez made a school-record 59-yard field goal, the longest in college football this season. Overall, Gonzalez made 7 of 9 from 50-plus yards.

Not to be overlooked, Gonzalez also excelled on kickoffs, posting touch backs on 75.64 of his opportunities, a rate that ranked fifth nationally.

Gonzalez finished his ASU career as the FBS career leader in both made field goals (96) and points by a kicker (494). He already has been named first-team All-America by The Sporting News, USA TODAY and Sports Illustrated.

PAC-12: Zane Gonzalez earns Pac-12 first-team honor

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Norvell off to Nevada

ASU receivers coach and passing-game coordinator Jay Norvell has accepted an offer to become the next coach at Nevada. Norvell worked on coach Todd Graham’s staff for just one season and was instrumental in the development of freshman receiver N’Keal Harry.

Offensive coordinator Chip Lindsey reportedly had talked with Georgia State about its open head-coaching position, but the Panthers reportedly will hire South Carolina assistant Shawn Elliott.

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