Midseason First and Second Team All-American Projections
By Zach Bigalke
K: Zane Gonzalez (Arizona State)
No coach in the country has as much confidence in his placekicker as Arizona State’s Todd Graham, who is blessed with one of the few college kickers that is pretty much automatic regardless of distance. Zane Gonzalez, a four-year starter in Tempe, has become the most consistent kicker in the game as a senior. No other kicking specialist has attempted, let alone made, as many long field goals as Gonzalez.
Through the first two-thirds of the Sun Devils’ season, Gonzalez is 20-of-21 on field goal attempts. Most of those attempts have come from 40 yards and beyond thanks to an Arizona State offense that has been unable to reach the red zone with any regularity. Gonzalez is 6-of-6 between 40 and 49 yards, and his only miss so far this year came when he tried a 53-yard shot against UTSA. Combined with 28 extra points, Gonzalez is the highest-scoring kicker in the FBS and looks like a consensus All-American this season.