Major Exercise Science Height 1.78 m | Class Junior High school Greenwood (IN) Weight 93 kg | |
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Bowl games 2015 Pinstripe Bowl2016 Foster Farms Bowl Date of birth (1995-02-24) February 24, 1995 (age 22) Date joined 2013 (Indiana Hoosiers football) | ||
K griffin oakes big ten kicker of the year
Griffin Oakes (born February 24, 1995) is an American football placekicker for the Indiana Hoosiers.
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- K griffin oakes big ten kicker of the year
- Griffin oakes scores some deep field goals
- High School
- College career
- References
Griffin oakes scores some deep field goals
High School
Oakes was a one-year letterman in soccer and a three-year letterman for the Greenwood High School football team. Oakes received Indiana Football Coaches Association All-State accolades as a junior and Indiana honorable mention in the Associated Press Class 4A All-State in his junior and senior year.
College career
Oakes was a walk-on during the 2013 preaseason camp. Head Coach Kevin Wilson would designate Oakes as a redshirt for the 2013 season.
In 2014, Oakes was 23-23 in extra point attempts and 13-18 (72 percent) in Field Goals. During the season, he kicked for a season-high, career high and school-career high long 58 yard field goal and converted a total of 62 points in the season. Oakes was selected as the Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week, awarded IU special teams player of the week four times and Academic All-Big Ten honors at the end of the year.
In 2015, Oakes was 53-57 in Extra Point attempts and 24-29 (82.8 percent) in Field Goals. During the season, he kicked for a total of 125 points. At the end of the year, Oakes was selected by both the coaches and media as a first-team player on the 2015 All-Big Ten Conference football team.
Prior to the start of the 2016 season, Oakes was named to the 2016 preseason watch list for the Lou Groza Award.
