{"id":3574,"date":"2023-04-26T11:56:16","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T15:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.alumni.ncsu.edu\/?p=3574"},"modified":"2023-04-26T11:56:16","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T15:56:16","slug":"nailed-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.ncsu.edu\/2023\/nailed-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Nailed It!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">Whoever takes the place of Christopher Dunn \u201921 as the football team\u2019s next placekicker will have some pretty big cleats to fill. That\u2019s because Dunn, from Lexington, N.C., earned recognition as the best college kicker in the country in his final season with the Wolfpack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dunn won the 2022 Lou Groza Place-Kicker Award, and was named an All American by the Associated Press, CBS Sports and several other organizations. 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That\u2019s because Dunn, from Lexington, N.C., earned recognition as the best college kicker in the country in his final season with the Wolfpack.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dunn won the 2022 Lou Groza Place-Kicker Award, and was named an All American by the Associated Press, CBS Sports and several other organizations. 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