FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. --- Luke Drzewiecki, who is set to become the all-time kick scoring leader in Lobo history, is one of 79 players in the FBS named as a Burlsworth Trophy nominee.
The senior kicker improved to 10-for-11 on the season on field goals and 30-for-30 on extra points.
The Burlsworth Trophy is given to the most outstanding football player in the FBS who began his career as a walk-on and has shown exceptional performance on the field. Each nominee must have started his first season of participation with an FBS football program without financial aid of any kind from his university’s athletic department.
Drzewiecki on Saturday became the all-time career leader in extra points at UNM with his 112th successful kick, and he finished the day with 43 field goals and 243 career points. He is one point away from tying David Margolis for second on the all-time scoring list and first on the all-time kick-scoring list at UNM.
The extra point on Saturday broke the previous UNM career record of 111 by Jason Sanders, currently the kicker for the Miami Dolphins.
With UNM now bowl eligible, Drzewiecki has at a minimum four games remaining in his Lobo career. UNM is off this week but returns home looking for a 5-0 home start and a fourth straight win overall when the Lobos host Colorado State in the final matchup between the two teams as Mountain West opponents. That game will kick off on Saturday, November 15, at 1 p.m.