Dominic Zvada (born October 25, 2003) is an American football kicker for the Michigan Wolverines. He previously played for the Arkansas State Red Wolves.
| Michigan Wolverines – No. 96 | |
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| Position | Placekicker |
| Class | Junior |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | October 25, 2003 |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College |
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| High school | Valley Christian (Chandler, Arizona) |
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Early life and high school
editZvada attended Valley Christian High School located in Chandler, Arizona. Coming out of high school, Zvada was rated as a five-star kicker, where he decided to commit to play college football for the Arkansas State Red Wolves.[1][2]
College career
editArkansas State
editIn Zvada's first collegiate season in 2022, he made 17 of his 18 field goal attempts, while making 30 of his 31 extra point attempts with his only miss being blocked, where for his performance he finished the year as a Lou Groza Award semifinalist, and a freshman all-American.[3][4] During the 2023 season, Zvada converted on 17 of his 22 field goal attempts, while making all 41 of his extra points.[5] After the conclusion of the 2023 season, Zvada decided to enter his name into the NCAA transfer portal.[6][7]
Michigan
editZvada decided to transfer to play for the Michigan Wolverines.[8][9] Heading into the 2024 season, Zvada was named the Wolverines starting kicker.[10]
References
edit- ^ Hudgison, Chris. "Five-star kicker Dominic Zvada commits to Arkansas State". KAIT. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ Gladstone, Mitchell. "'It's that elite:' Inside the rise of Dominic Zvada, ASU's nearly perfect freshman kicking sensation". Arkansas Northwest Democrat-Gazette. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ Goldman, Lys. "Kicker Dominic Zvada transfers to Michigan from Arkansas State". The Michigan Daily. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ Balas, Chris. "Michigan football finds its portal kicker in Dominic Zvada". On3.com. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ Rutter, Eric. "Michigan Adds K Dominic Zvada From Transfer Portal". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ Fragoza, James. "5 Transfer Portal Landing Spots for Dominic Zvada: Alabama, Oregon State Options for the Arkansas State K?". College Football Network. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ "Red Wolves starters Keyron Crawford & Dominic Zvada enter transfer portal". KAIT. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ Garcia, Tony. "Michigan football lands kicker Dominic Zvada in transfer portal". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ McMann, Aaron. "Michigan football set to add a new kicker from the transfer portal". MLive.com. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ Zuke, Ryan. "Transfer named Michigan's starting kicker: 'Dude has a leg'". MLive.com. Retrieved 31 August 2024.