Infographics

Best and Worst Kickers in 2010
12/15/10


Following up on last week's Lou Groza Finalists infographic, the nation's best and worst place kicking teams according to field goal efficiency (FGE) are provided in the graphic above. Nebraska's Alex Henery was not named a Groza Award finalist, but did receive an Associated Press first-team All-American honor this week.

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Lou Groza Award Finalists 
12/8/10

A field goal is worth three points. But the value of each successful field goal is partially attributed to the offense that moves into field goal range as well as the player that kicks the ball through the uprights. A failed field goal attempt is a forfeiture of scoring value created by the offense. The value of a 47-yard field goal is equally earned by the offense and kicker, 50 percent each. 84 percent of the value of a 27-yard field goal is earned by the offense. 99 percent of the value of a 57-yard field goal is earned by the kicker.

The Lou Groza Award is given annually to the nation’s top collegiate place-kicker as determined by a voting panel of college football coaches and media members. The field goal statistics of the 2010 award finalists are visualized in the graphic above. For each kicker, the number of attempts and successful field goals are included, as well as the total scoring value gained and forfeited on those attempts. Field goal efficiency (FGE) is the average scoring value gained per attempted kick.

A graphic representation of each kick is plotted at the line of scrimmage of the given field goal attempt. The gray area represents the scoring value provided by the offense. The blue area represents the scoring value provided by the kicker. The red area represents the scoring value earned by the offense that was forfeited by the kicker on a failed attempt. Click here for a larger view of the graphic. For more information about the Lou Groza Award, visit http://www.lougrozaaward.com/.



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