St Joseph's Santos wins Groza Award, 1st Team AP All American

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Tulane's Cairo Santos won the Lou Groza Collegiate Place Kicker Award and was named to the first team All America team by the Associated Press

Santos, a graduate of St. Augustine's St Joseph's Academy , beat out fellow finalists Dustin Hopkins from Florida State and  St. Augustine High's Caleb Sturgis from Florida.

The junior, originally from Brazil is the second kicker from Tulane to win the honor, joining Seth Marler in 2001.

Santos converted all 21 of his field-goal attempts this year, including 12 kicks of 40 yards or longer.