Indiana University Athletics
Justus, Whitehead Earn Week One Honors
9/3/2019 4:28:00 PM | Football
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana fifth-year senior kicker Logan Justus and fifth-year punter Haydon Whitehead earned honors from the Lou Groza Award and the Ray Guy Award, respectively, it was announced on Tuesday afternoon.
Justus, the reigning Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week, is one of four Groza Stars of the Week for the second time in his career.
In the Hoosiers 34-24 season-opening win over Ball State at Lucas Oil Stadium on Saturday, the Groza Award Watch Lister matched a program record with a career-high four field goals, in four attempts, and three times bested his career-long with 48-, 49- and 50-yarders. Justus became the 11th Hoosier (22nd time) to record a 50-yarder.
The McCordsville, Ind., native collected his second game with at least three field goals, and is now 19-of-22 in his career (86.3 percent). Justus recorded his sixth-career multi-FG game, his fourth in five games, and he has hit 12 of his last 13 attempts.
Whitehead, a three-time Ray Guy Award Watch List member, only punted three times in the opener, but he made the most of them. He averaged 51.7 yards, recorded a career-best 63-yarder in the fourth quarter and had two downed inside the 10-yard line en route to being named one of the Ray Guy Award's Ray's 8.
Fans can vote here for the week one Ray Guy Award Punter of the Week.
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