Goudis Latest Hurricane on Award Watch List

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – Miami Hurricanes junior Matt Goudis is one of 40 FBS placekickers selected to the 2014 CFPA Placekicker Trophy Watch List.

“Congratulations to Miami’s Matt Goudis on earning a spot on the 2014 CFPA Watch List,” said CFPA Executive Director Brad Smith. “Goudis will be one of the nation’s top placekickers to watch this season.”

As a sophomore in 2013, the West Hills, Calif., product connected on 13-of-17 field goals and was a perfect 57-of-57 on point-after tries. His 96 points in 2013 are the eighth-most in a single season in school history, while his 57 point-after attempts are the second-most on Miami’s single-season chart.

Goudis is the sixth Miami player named to a 2014 CFPA Watch List, following Stacy Coley (WR), Duke Johnson (RB), Anthony Chickillo (DL), Denzel Perryman (LB), and Ladarius Gunter (DB).

Miami’s Leonard Hankerson won the 2010 CFPA Wide Receiver of the Year Award and Pat O’Donnell won the 2013 CFPA Punter of the Year Award.

For the latest information on the Miami Hurricanes, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, @CanesFootball, or visit our web site at HurricaneSports.com. 

About College Football Performance Awards
The goal of College Football Performance Awards is to provide the most scientifically rigorous conferments in college football. Recipients are selected exclusively based upon objective scientific rankings of the extent to which individual players increase the overall effectiveness of their teams. As prominent scholars from a wide variety of disciplines note, CFPA eliminates the politics and biases that vitiate balloting-based awards. Furthermore, CFPA has received praise from both Republican and Democratic White House officials for promoting objectivity and fairness in college football.

CFPA is now in its seventh season of player and team performance recognition. Twenty-eight CFPA winners have been first-round NFL Draft selections.