Aug. 12, 2009

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Palm Beach County Sports Commission has announced that Purdue's Carson Wiggs is one of 30 players nationwide to be named to the initial Lou Groza Award watch list. The Groza Award is presented to the top Football Bowl Subdivision kicker upon conclusion of the regular season in December.

Wiggs, who took over the place kicking duties for the Boilermakers midway through the 2008 season, enters his second year at Purdue 8 for 11 on field goal attempts and 19 for 21 on extra points. His school-record 53-yard field goal at Ohio State last year was the first successful conversion of his collegiate career and was the longest in the nation by a true freshman.

The Boilermakers, who opened fall camp last Saturday, will kick off their first season under the direction of head coach Danny Hope against Toledo at Ross-Ade Stadium on Sept. 5.

2009 Lou Groza Award Watch List
Josh Arauco, Arkansas State
James Aho, New Mexico
Matt Bosher, Miami
Kyle Brotzman, Boise State
Josh Czajkowski, North Carolina State
Ross Evans, TCU
Clark Fangmeier, Rice
Kai Forbath, UCLA
Sam Glusman, Troy
Kevin Goessling, Fresno State
Ben Hartman, East Carolina
Alex Henery, Nebraska
Hunter Lawrence, Texas
Daniel Lincoln, Tennessee
Nick Maggio, Duke
Aaron Pettrey, Ohio State
Jonathan Phillips, Florida
Jake Rogers, Cincinnati
Mike Salerno, Northern Illinois
Joshua Shene, Ole Miss
Alex Steigerwald, Toledo
Jimmy Stevens, Oklahoma
Brett Swenson, Michigan State
Dave Teggart, Connecticut
Leigh Tiffin, Alabama
Brandon Walker, Notre Dame
Blair Walsh, Georgia
Thomas Weber, Arizona State
Philip Welch, Wisconsin
Carson Wiggs, Purdue

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