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Michigan kicker placed on prestigious preseason watch list

Dominic Zvada is expected to be one of nation's best kickers again in 2025
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Michigan place kicker Dominic Zvada (96) attempts a field goal against Texas during the first half at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor on Saturday, September 7, 2024.
Michigan place kicker Dominic Zvada (96) attempts a field goal against Texas during the first half at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor on Saturday, September 7, 2024. | Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK

Michigan kicker Dominic Zvada, a unanimous first-team All-Big Ten selection and All-American in 2024, has been placed on the Lou Groza Award Preseason Watch List, which annually recognizes the best placekicker in college football.

Zvada, who transferred to Michigan from Arkansas State ahead of the 2024 season, converted on 21-of-22 field goals last year for the Wolverines for a program record 95.5% conversion percentage. He was 7-of-7 on field goal attempts from 50 yards or more and converted 26-of-27 PATs.

The senior came up clutch time and time again for the Wolverines in 2024, including knocking home field goals of 54 and 21 yards in the team's upset victory over Ohio State in the final week of the regular season. His seven makes from 50 or more yards was the most by any kicker in Michigan football history in a single season.

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Michigan Wolverines place kicker Dominic Zvada (96) makes the game winning field goal against Ohio State Buckeyes during the fourth quarter of the NCAA football game at Ohio Stadium in Columbus on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. | Kyle Robertson/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

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Seth Berry
SETH BERRY

Seth began writing on Michigan athletics in 2015 and has remained in the U-M media space ever since, which includes stops at Maize N Brew and Rivals before coming onto Michigan On SI in June of 2025. Seth has covered various angles of Michigan football and basketball, including recruiting, overall team coverage and feature/analysis stories relating to the Wolverines. His passion for Michigan sports and desire to tell stories led him to the sports journalism world. He is a 2020 graduate of Western Michigan University and is the former sports editor of the Western Herald, WMU's student newspaper.

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