News release provided by Texas Tech Athletics – Texas Tech senior place-kicker Stone Harrington was one of 35 FBS kickers named to the 2026 Lou Groza Award Watch List, announced Friday by the Palm Beach County Sports Commission. The award honors the nation’s top place-kicker.
Harrington was one of Texas Tech’s biggest success stories during its 2025 Big 12 Championship season, winning the starting place-kicker job midway through the year. He went from not appearing on the 2025 preseason Lou Groza Award Watch List to earning semifinalist honors by season’s end.
Harrington took over the starting role for the final five games of the season and finished 22-for-28 on field goals and 41-for-42 on PATs, totaling 107 points. He earned first-team All-Big 12 honors from both the conference coaches and the Associated Press, becoming only the fourth Red Raider place-kicker selected first team by the league’s coaches, joining Jonathan Garibay (2021), Clayton Hatfield (2018) and Alex Trlica (2007)…