Zane Gonzalez has kicked his way into the annals of college football history…
The Latino kicker for Arizona StateUniversity is the new NCAA record holder for field goals in a career.
Gonzalez hit from 35, 23 and 46 yards in Saturday night’s 23-20 win over UCLA to reach 89 career field goals, passing Florida State‘s Dustin Hopkins, who had 88 from 2009-12.
“Honestly it hasn’t really set in yet,” Gonzalez said afterwards, flanked by holder Matt Haack and snapper Mitchell Fraboni. “Any time you hold a national record it just speaks volumes. It’s a good way to go out senior year.”
The Sun Devils needed all of those 3-point tries after sputtering offensively in the first half and watching backup quarterback Brady White limp off with a right leg injury in the fourth quarter.
In Gonzalez’s career, he has connected on 89 of 111 attempts (80.2 percent).
“You’re talking about a monumental accomplishment there,” Arizona State coach Todd Graham said of Gonzalez. “I’m proud of Zane. That’s huge.”
He broke former UCLA kicker Kai Forbath‘s Pac-12 record (85) last week.
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