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The eight misses are concerning, but he never missed three in a row, until now. Oldroyd was runner-up for the Lou Groza Award honoring the nation’s top collegiate kickers.Įven in 2019, his first year back after a two-year church mission, Oldroyd connected on 16 of 24, including 2 of 2 from 50 yards or more. In 2020, he was a perfect 13 of 13 and hit all three of his attempts of 50 yards or more. Last season he made 9 of 13 field goals, including 6 of 7 between 30 and 39 yards. Oldroyd is a redshirt junior with a history of consistency.

The redshirt freshman from Sandy connected on 14 of 15 point-after-tries and two of three field goal attempts - with his longest of 40 yards coming against Arizona. Smith filled in admirably last season when Oldroyd was out for four games with lower-back issues. Head coach Kalani Sitake has no choice but to give backup kicker Justen Smith additional reps in practice.

Oldroyd hit four straight field goals to begin the season, but two misses late in the game against Baylor and another miss last week at Oregon have him kicking on thin ice. If that’s the case, BYU kicker Jake Oldroyd should be in for a big night Saturday against Wyoming.įor the first time in a career that began by booting the game-winner against Arizona in 2016, Oldroyd has missed three consecutive field goal attempts, and while BYU reopened the kicking competition this week, this is not the time to give him the hook - but it’s getting close.

The superstitious believe bad things come in threes.

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