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David Knowlden
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38 Taylor Groff

38 Taylor Groff

  • Height:
    6-0
  • Weight:
    210
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Manheim, Pa.
  • Highschool:
    Manheim Central

Summary

Biography

ESU Record Book

Senior (Game-by-Game): Set school record for career kicking points (303) and ranks 3rd in career points overall ... also holds records for field goals in a season (16, 2012), career field goals of 40+ yards (16) and season field goals of 40+ yards (6, 2011 and 2012) ... ranks 2nd at ESU in career field goals (49), field goal percentage (67.1 - 49-for-73) and PAT (156) ... also 2nd in season field goal percentage (78.6 - 11-for-14, 2011), season points by a kicker (93, 2012) and longest field goal (52, 3 times) ... only PSAC kicker with more than one career FG of 51+ yards (has 4 - 52, 52, 52, 51).

7-for-15 on field goals and 52-for-61 on extra points as a senior ... 32 touchbacks on 80 kickoffs ... 3-for-3 with season long of 38 at Kutztown ... hit for 37 vs. Kutztown ... 9-for-9 on PAT and made 33-yard FG at Seton Hill.

General (entering 2013): Leads active Division II kickers in career field goals made (1.4) and attempted (2.0) per game ... career field goal percentage of 72.4 (42-for-58) is the best in school history ... ranks 2nd at ESU in career field goals made (42), approaching record of 50 held by Ed Detwiler (1989-92) ... ranks 3rd in career points by kicker (230), approaching record of 287 held by Mark Brubaker (2002-05) ... ranks 6th in points overall ... has made ESU record 16 field goals of 40+ yards ... has made 4 of 5 longest field goals in school history (51, 52, 52, 52) ... ranks 2nd in career PAT percentage (96.3, 104-for-108) ... 3rd in career PAT ... takes streak of 58 conscutive made PAT into senior season ... 15-for-19 on game-tying or lead-changing field goals in career (7-for-9 over 40 yards) ... 7-for-7 in final minute of first half (2-for-2 over 40 yards) ... has made 4 field goals of 51+ yards - only PSAC kicker with more than one.

Junior (Game-by-Game): Daktronics All-Region and Football Gazette All-Region 1st team ... All-PSAC East 1st team ... honorable mention All-America by Football Gazette ... finalist for Fred Mitchell Award for top kicker in DII, DIII, NJCAA and NAIA (one of 10 finalists) ... went 15-for-23 on field goals and 48-for-48 on extra points ... led Division II kickers with 9.3 points per game (93 points in 10 games) ... ranked 17th in DII overall in scoring ... tied for 3rd in DII with 1.5 field goals per game ... 93 points are 2nd-most in school history ... one of two kickers in DII with 3 FG of 50+ yards ... made from 51 at Clarion, 52 at Bloomsburg and 52 at Millersville ... all 4 career FG from 50+ are on road ... opened season by going just 5-for-12 before hitting 10-of-11 to finish season ... streak including 9 straight (4 from 44+ yards) ... 1-for-2 vs. Lock Haven (made 37, missed 49) ... missed from 53 vs. Shippensburg ... 2-for-3 vs. Cheyney (made 41 and 39, missed 50) ... 2-for-3 at Clarion (made 51 and 24, missed 38) ... 0-for-2 vs. West Chester (missed 35, 38) in 35-28 win ... 2-for-3 at Bloomsburg (made 52 and 28, missed 41) ... two makes started streak of 9 straight ... 4-for-4 vs. Kutztown (20, 28, 32, 46) ... 1-for-1 at LIU Post (24) ... 2-for-2 at Millersville (44, 52) ... 1-for-2 at Mercyhurst (made 33, missed 37) ... most PAT makes (48) without a miss in school history ... had 23 touchbacks on 72 kickoffs (31.9 percent) ... helped ESU rank 3rd in PSAC in kickoff coverage (average start at 25-yard line).

Sophomore (Game-by-Game): Member of Mitchell Award Watch List throughout season after missing first three games due to injury ... 2nd team All-PSAC East ... 11-for-14 on field goals and 17-of-19 on extra points ... went 6-for-7 on field goals over 40 yards - rest of PSAC was 9-for-30 ... career field goal percentage of 77.1 (27-for-35) is the best in school history ... made 52-yarder at Kutztown, the second-longest field goal in school history ... hit two from 43 yards vs. Millersville, the first ESU kicker with two 40+ yard field goals in a game since Ed Detwiler in 1992 ... 10 career field goals of 40+ yards are already second-most in school history ... is 10-for-11 on field goals (5-for-6 over 40 yards) to tie game or give ESU lead in career ... 6-for-6 on field goals (2-for-2 over 40 yards) in the final minute of the first half in his career ... 2-for-2 (31, 48) at West Chester in season debut ... 2-for-3 (21, 22) vs. Bloomsburg ... 2-for-2 (37, 52) at Kutztown ... made from 43 vs. C.W. Post ... 2-for-3 vs. Edinboro in season finale, making from 44 and 27 and missing from 45 (only miss from 40+ yards) ... made game-winning extra point as time expired in 27-26 victory ... one of three misses was from 29 yards on muddy field in 10-6 win at Cheyney ... averaged 62.5 yards on 37 kickoffs with three touchbacks.

Freshman (Game-by-Game): Set ESU record with 16 field goals, going 16-for-21 ... one of two kickers in Division II to make a field goal in every game of the 2010 season ... perfect 12-for-12 inside 40 yards ... led PSAC and ranked 9th in DII in points per game by a kicker (7.9) ... tied for 5th in DII with 1.45 field goals per game ... 87 points were second-most by a kicker in school history ... 39-for-41 on extra points ... helped ESU lead PSAC in kickoff coverage (average start at 26-yard line) ... had 11 touchbacks on 65 kickoffs (17 percent) - rest of PSAC averaged less than 5 percent ... opened season going 2-for-3 on field goals (29, 33, missed from 43 on bad hold) and 7-for-7 on PATs at Pace ... hit from 33 vs. IUP and was 2-for-2 (32, 45 at end of first half) at California ... 1-for-2 vs. West Chester (made from 31, missed from 46) ... 2-for-2 (41, 33) at Bloomsburg ... 1-for-2 vs. Kutztown (made from 48 at end of first half, missed from 42) ... 1-for-2 on windy day at C.W. Post (made from 37, missed from 58) ... made 42-yarder and was 8-for-9 on PATs at Millersville ... 3-for-4 vs. Cheyney, hitting from 28, 21 and 38 and missing from 46 ... also made all 7 extra points ... made 25-yarder vs. Shippensburg and 36-yarder at Edinboro to set the school record ... was 4-for-4 under 30 yards, 8-for-8 from 30-39, 4-for-8 from 40-49 and 0-for-1 over 50 yards.

Background: First team All-State and first team All-Lancaster-Lebanon kicker as a senior at Manheim Central ... made 11 field goals and 56 extra points ... member of 2009 PIAA state runner-up team that finished 15-1 and won Section and District 3 championships ... second team All-League as a junior ... team was District runner-up and Section champs ... earned two letters in football, three in soccer and two in track ... team captain as midfielder in soccer ... ran sprints and hurdles in track ... member of Investment Club ... received Scholar-Athlete Award ... Honor Roll student ... majoring in Exercise Science.



 

FGMade-Att Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Long Blkd 
201016-2176.20-04-48-84-80-1480
201111-1478.60-03-52-25-61-1520
201215-2365.20-05-54-83-53-5521
20137-1546.70-03-54-60-00-4380
TOTAL49-7367.10-015-1918-2412-194-11521
 
SCORING FGsPATsPoints
2010 16-2139-4187
201111-1417-1950
201215-2348-4893
20137-1552-6173
TOTAL49-73156-169303
 
KICKOFFS No. Yards    Avg  TB  OB 
201065403262.0112
201137231362.530
201272441961.4231
201380495161.9320
TOTAL25415,71561.9693


 
FG SEQUENCE  (2013)ESU Opponents 
American International 50,29,32-
Seton Hill(33)-
Shippensburg(25),50,5049
Cheyney 27 -
Clarion - 37
West Chester -(25),36,(23)
Bloomsburg 37,(31) (34)
Kutztown (28),(38),(24)(36)
Lock Haven(37)-
Millersville5733
Mercyhurst-(32),(40),(32)
 
FG SEQUENCE  (2012)ESU Opponents 
Lock Haven (37),49 44
Shippensburg5327
Cheyney (41),(39),50 -
Clarion 38,(24),(51) 21,(19)
West Chester 35,38 - 
Bloomsburg 41,(52),(28) -
Kutztown (20),(28),(32),(46)(39)
LIU Post(24)22
Millersville(44),(52)32
Mercyhurst37,(33)(27)
 
FG SEQUENCE  (2011)ESU Opponents 
West Chester (31),(48) (21),(20),(25)
Bloomsburg (21),21,(22) (26),(22),(20),(33)
Kutztown (37),(52) 45
C.W. Post (43) (21),(20)
Millersville (43),(43) 32,43,(26)
Cheyney 29 - 
Shippensburg - (29)
Edinboro (44),45,(27)(29),29,(38)
 
FG SEQUENCE  (2010)ESU Opponents 
Pace (29),43,(33) 35 
IUP (33) (31),(19),29,(21) 
California (Pa.) (32),(45) (19) 
West Chester 46,(31) - 
Bloomsburg (41),(33) 42,(26),(21),(30),(41) 
Kutztown (48),42 (27) 
C.W. Post 58,(37) 28,(39) 
Millersville (42) 33 
Cheyney (28),(21),46,(38) - 
Shippensburg (25) (35),(26) 
Edinboro (36) - 
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Historical Player Information

  • 38

    2010Freshman

    K
    6'0" 185 lbs
    38
  • 38

    2011Sophomore

    K
    6'0" 190 lbs
    38
  • 38

    2012Junior

    K
    6'0" 215 lbs
    38
  • 38

    2013Senior

    K
    6'0" 210 lbs
    38