2022 Football Roster
Jersey Number 37
Parker Grothaus
- Position:
- Kicker
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 216
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Indian Lake, Ohio
- High School:
- Indian Lake
- Prev School:
- Florida State
2021 (r-Jr.)
- Handled primary kickoff duties for all 12 games
- Averaged 60.6 yards on 63 kickoffs with 29 touchbacks
- Posted three touchbacks on four kickoffs in season finale at Florida
- Kicked off five times at Boston College
- Recorded four touchbacks on six kickoffs vs. Miami
- Kicked off five times at Clemson
- Averaged 62.8 yards on six kickoffs vs. Syracuse
- Kicked off five times with two touchbacks vs. Louisville
- Averaged 63.7 yards on three kickoffs with one touchback at Wake Forest
- Averaged 65.0 yards per kickoff on four kickoffs vs. Jacksonville State
- Kicked off seven times with three touchbacks in season opener vs. No. 9 Notre Dame
- Onside kick vs. Wolfpack was FSU’s first successful onside kick since 2009
- Opened second half vs. North Carolina State with onside kick that led to touchdown
- Kicked off career-high 10 times with five touchbacks vs. UMass
- Had career-high six touchbacks as all six kickoffs reached end zone at North Carolina
- Seminole Scholar
2020 (COVID)
- Handled primary kickoff duties for all 12 games
- Appeared in all nine games handling kickoff duties as well kicking field goals and PATs
- Registered 18 touchbacks on 45 kickoffs
- Perfect 14-of-14 on PAT attempts and 4-of-7 on field goals with long of 53
- Hit 53-yard field goal was tied for longest at FSU since 2012
- Scored career-high eight points, all PATs, kicked off nine times and made one tackle in 56-35 win vs. Duke
- Scored seven points in season opener vs. Georgia Tech courtesy of two field goals, including 53-yarder, and one PAT
- Recorded season-high four touchbacks in 41-24 win vs. Jacksonville State and 31-28 victory vs. No. 5 North Carolina
- Made two PATs at Louisville and vs. Pitt
- Added 47-yard field goal vs. Panthers
- Made 48-yard field goal and one PAT at North Carolina State
- Seminole Scholar
2019 (r-So.)
- Appeared in final 12 games as FSU’s primary kickoff specialist
- Averaged 62.3 yards on 60 kickoffs with 42 touchbacks
- Also was 5-of-6 on PAT attempts and made two tackles
- Ranked third in ACC with 70.0 touchback percentage
- Kicked off season-high eight times with five touchbacks in 49-12 win vs. Alabama State
- Made FSU debut in 45-44 win vs. ULM and kicked off six times with three touchbacks
- Had stretch of four straight games with all 19 kickoffs reaching end zone
- Perfect six-for-six in touchbacks and was 3-of-4 on PAT attempts in 35-17 victory vs. Syracuse
- Averaged 62.7 yards per kickoff vs. Miami
- Kicked off seven times in 38-31 victory at Boston College
- Was 2-of-2 on PAT attempts in 31-13 win vs. NC State
- ACC Honor Roll
2018 (r-Fr.) – Florida State
- Sat out to complete NCAA eligibility requirements
- Worked with the specialists on the scout team
- ACC Honor Roll
2017 (Fr.) – Incarnate Word
- Played for coach Larry Kennan
- Handled the team’s kickoffs, finishing with 27 kickoffs for 1,704 yards and eight touchbacks
- Kicked off six times for 389 yards and three touchbacks against Southeastern Louisiana
- Had six kickoffs for 354 yards and three touchbacks against Lamar
High School
- Played for coach Dave Coburn at Indian Lake High
- Earned first-team all-conference and all-district recognition at Indian Lake as a senior in his only season kicking
- Helped Lakers to Division IV regional semifinals and 12 victories his senior season
- Also played baseball
- Named Indian Lake’s Athletic Scholar after graduating in top 10 of his class
Personal
- Son of Steve and Janet Grothaus
- One of two children (1 sister)
- Graduated in May 2001 from Florida State with his bachelor’s degree in accounting
- Currently pursuing a master’s degree in sport management and should graduate in December
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
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