DALLAS – The Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) has named Maryland kicker Brad Craddock a 2014 First Team All-American, the panel announced Wednesday evening.
Craddock, the recipient of the 23rd Lou Groza Award, is Maryland's first FWAA First Team All-American since 2002 when E.J. Henderson was selected to the team for the second consecutive year. Craddock is the 10th Maryland player all-time to be named a FWAA first-team selection.
This season, Craddock has converted 18 of his 19 field goals attempts and has made 11 field goals from 40-plus yards including a school-record 57-yard field goal against Ohio State on October 4. His conversion rate of 94.7 percent is a single-season school record and for his career he has made 81.7 percent of his kicks (49-60), which is also a program record.
Craddock also set a school record and tied a Big Ten record with 24 consecutive field goals made. The Big Ten record is shared with Ohio State's Mike Nugent who made 24 straight field goals from 2001-02.
Craddock was named the 2014 recipient of the Big Ten's Bakken-Andersen Kicker of the Year Award. He also was a first team All-Big Ten selection by the coaches and media, and a second team All-America selection by the Associated Press, Sporting News, USA Today and the Walter Camp Foundation.
To see the complete FWAA All-America Team, visit www.sportswriters.net.
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