Kenny Almendares path to being Lou Groza Award finalist began with dream and disappointment

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Like so many great achievements in sports, the determination responsible for the great news UL kicker Kenny Almendares received this week was stirred by disappointment and heartache.

On Tuesday, Almendares was named as one of three finalists for the Lou Groza Award recognizing the top kicker in the country.

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[Turbine]

"For his career, he’s made 85.7% of his field goal attempts and is 54 of 58 on extra points."

[BabbForHeisman]

"For his career, he’s made 85.7% of his field goal attempts and is 54 of 58 on extra points."

Around these parts, we round up. That’s at least a 99% success rate.

[R1Letterman]

Does this award come with a banner?

[Turbine]

Does this award come with a banner?

This award brings its own "banter"

[R1Letterman]

This award brings its own "banter"

That answer simply kicked the can down the road

[Turbine]

That answer simply kicked the can down the road

But through the uprights.

[R1Letterman]

Posting about posts on this post turkey day morning, where is all that is missing is the morning edition of the post, which will never come as its last days have arrived post haste

[Turbine]

Posting about posts on this post turkey day morning, where is all that is missing is the morning edition of the post, which will never come as its last days have arrived post haste

Don't forget... the uprights are actually "posts"

[R1Letterman]

Might be only post that was ever right

[Turbine]

Might be only post that was ever right

But not wide>> right.