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38 Ed Groth
Ed Groth
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Weight:
    180
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Shelton, CT
  • High School:
    Shelton
  • Position:
    K/P
  • fg
    10-16
  • pat
    20-24
  • pts
    50

Bio

2013:  Served as the Blue Devils’ kickoff specialist as a freshman, while also seeing time at punter…Kicked off 61 times for 3,413 yards and an average of 56.0 yards per kick…Recorded seven touchbacks…Punted 25 times for an average of 33.1 yards per punt…Placed 10 punts inside the opponents’ 20 and also forced seven fair catches.

Before Central:  Played football at Shelton High School…Was named All-SCC Conference…Also earned All-State honors from Walter Camp, New Haven Register and Connecticut Post...Played in the Connecticut All-Star Game.

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Oct 18 at Robert Morris L, 27-24
Oct 25 Wagner L, 20-10
Nov 1 at Bryant L, 31-3
Nov 8 Sacred Heart L, 35-27
Nov 15 Howard L, 28-25
Nov 22 at Saint Francis U. W, 22-17
  Total Conference
Field goals made 10 6
Field goal attempts 16 8
Field goal % 63% 75%
Field goal long 39 39
P-A-T made 20 10
P-A-T attempts 24 12
P-A-T % 83% 83%
Points 50 28

Game Log - Passing

Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Aug 30 at Towson W, 31-27 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 6 UAlbany L, 19-0 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 13 at Holy Cross L, 20-7 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 20 at Dartmouth L, 35-25 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 27 Rhode Island W, 38-14 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 11 Duquesne L, 28-20 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 18 at Robert Morris L, 27-24 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 25 Wagner L, 20-10 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 1 at Bryant L, 31-3 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 8 Sacred Heart L, 35-27 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 15 Howard L, 28-25 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 22 at Saint Francis U. W, 22-17 - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Rushing

Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Aug 30 at Towson W, 31-27 - - - - - - -
Sep 6 UAlbany L, 19-0 - - - - - - -
Sep 13 at Holy Cross L, 20-7 - - - - - - -
Sep 20 at Dartmouth L, 35-25 2 9 4.5 5 0 - -
Sep 27 Rhode Island W, 38-14 - - - - - - -
Oct 11 Duquesne L, 28-20 - - - - - - -
Oct 18 at Robert Morris L, 27-24 - - - - - - -
Oct 25 Wagner L, 20-10 - - - - - - -
Nov 1 at Bryant L, 31-3 - - - - - - -
Nov 8 Sacred Heart L, 35-27 - - - - - - -
Nov 15 Howard L, 28-25 - - - - - - -
Nov 22 at Saint Francis U. W, 22-17 - - - - - - -

Game Log - Receiving

Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Aug 30 at Towson W, 31-27 - - - - - - -
Sep 6 UAlbany L, 19-0 - - - - - - -
Sep 13 at Holy Cross L, 20-7 - - - - - - -
Sep 20 at Dartmouth L, 35-25 - - - - - - -
Sep 27 Rhode Island W, 38-14 - - - - - - -
Oct 11 Duquesne L, 28-20 - - - - - - -
Oct 18 at Robert Morris L, 27-24 - - - - - - -
Oct 25 Wagner L, 20-10 - - - - - - -
Nov 1 at Bryant L, 31-3 - - - - - - -
Nov 8 Sacred Heart L, 35-27 - - - - - - -
Nov 15 Howard L, 28-25 - - - - - - -
Nov 22 at Saint Francis U. W, 22-17 - - - - - - -

Game Log - Kicking

Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Aug 30 at Towson W, 31-27 1 2 27 2 2 5
Sep 6 UAlbany L, 19-0 - - - - - 0
Sep 13 at Holy Cross L, 20-7 0 2 0 1 1 1
Sep 20 at Dartmouth L, 35-25 0 1 0 1 2 1
Sep 27 Rhode Island W, 38-14 1 1 26 5 5 8
Oct 11 Duquesne L, 28-20 2 2 25 2 2 8
Oct 18 at Robert Morris L, 27-24 1 2 33 3 3 6
Oct 25 Wagner L, 20-10 1 1 31 1 1 4
Nov 1 at Bryant L, 31-3 1 1 21 - - 3
Nov 8 Sacred Heart L, 35-27 0 1 0 3 4 3
Nov 15 Howard L, 28-25 2 2 24 1 2 7
Nov 22 at Saint Francis U. W, 22-17 1 1 39 1 2 4

Game Log - Punting

Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Aug 30 at Towson W, 31-27 5 187 37.4 46 1 1 0 0
Sep 6 UAlbany L, 19-0 6 216 36.0 48 2 2 0 0
Sep 13 at Holy Cross L, 20-7 2 94 47.0 51 1 0 0 0
Sep 20 at Dartmouth L, 35-25 4 143 35.8 38 0 1 0 0
Sep 27 Rhode Island W, 38-14 5 186 37.2 48 2 2 1 0
Oct 11 Duquesne L, 28-20 5 155 31.0 39 2 1 0 0
Oct 18 at Robert Morris L, 27-24 1 35 35.0 35 0 0 0 0
Oct 25 Wagner L, 20-10 3 109 36.3 37 0 1 0 1
Nov 1 at Bryant L, 31-3 6 171 28.5 46 1 0 0 0
Nov 8 Sacred Heart L, 35-27 9 315 35.0 49 1 1 0 0
Nov 15 Howard L, 28-25 4 128 32.0 46 0 0 0 0
Nov 22 at Saint Francis U. W, 22-17 6 238 39.7 50 2 1 1 0

Game Log - Returns

Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Aug 30 at Towson W, 31-27 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 6 UAlbany L, 19-0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 13 at Holy Cross L, 20-7 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 20 at Dartmouth L, 35-25 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 27 Rhode Island W, 38-14 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 11 Duquesne L, 28-20 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 18 at Robert Morris L, 27-24 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 25 Wagner L, 20-10 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 1 at Bryant L, 31-3 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 8 Sacred Heart L, 35-27 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 15 Howard L, 28-25 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 22 at Saint Francis U. W, 22-17 - - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - All-Purpose

Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Aug 30 at Towson W, 31-27 1 - - - - 0
Sep 6 UAlbany L, 19-0 1 - - - - 0
Sep 13 at Holy Cross L, 20-7 1 - - - - 0
Sep 20 at Dartmouth L, 35-25 1 9 - - - 9
Sep 27 Rhode Island W, 38-14 1 - - - - 0
Oct 11 Duquesne L, 28-20 1 - - - - 0
Oct 18 at Robert Morris L, 27-24 1 - - - - 0
Oct 25 Wagner L, 20-10 1 - - - - 0
Nov 1 at Bryant L, 31-3 1 - - - - 0
Nov 8 Sacred Heart L, 35-27 1 - - - - 0
Nov 15 Howard L, 28-25 1 - - - - 0
Nov 22 at Saint Francis U. W, 22-17 1 - - - - 0

Game Log - Scoring

Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Aug 30 at Towson W, 31-27 5 - - - - - - 2 1 - 0 0
Sep 6 UAlbany L, 19-0 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 13 at Holy Cross L, 20-7 1 - - - - - - 1 0 - 0 0
Sep 20 at Dartmouth L, 35-25 1 0 - - - - - 1 0 - 0 0
Sep 27 Rhode Island W, 38-14 8 - - - - - - 5 1 - 0 0
Oct 11 Duquesne L, 28-20 8 - - - - - - 2 2 - 0 0
Oct 18 at Robert Morris L, 27-24 6 - - - - - - 3 1 - 0 0
Oct 25 Wagner L, 20-10 4 - - - - - - 1 1 - 0 0
Nov 1 at Bryant L, 31-3 3 - - - - - - - 1 - 0 -
Nov 8 Sacred Heart L, 35-27 3 - - - - - - 3 0 - 0 0
Nov 15 Howard L, 28-25 7 - - - - - - 1 2 - 0 0
Nov 22 at Saint Francis U. W, 22-17 4 - - - - - - 1 1 - 0 0

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Aug 30 at Towson W, 31-27 1 0 1.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 6 UAlbany L, 19-0 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 13 at Holy Cross L, 20-7 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 20 at Dartmouth L, 35-25 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 27 Rhode Island W, 38-14 1 0 1.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 11 Duquesne L, 28-20 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 18 at Robert Morris L, 27-24 0 1 1.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 25 Wagner L, 20-10 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 1 at Bryant L, 31-3 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 8 Sacred Heart L, 35-27 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 15 Howard L, 28-25 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 22 at Saint Francis U. W, 22-17 1 0 1.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2013-14 12 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2014-15 12 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2015-16 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2016-17 11 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Total 45 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Career Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2013-14 12 - - - - - - - -
2014-15 12 2 9 0.8 4.5 0 5 - -
2015-16 10 1 3 0.3 3.0 0 3 - -
2016-17 11 - - - - - - - -
Total 45 3 12 0.3 4.0 0 5 - -

Career Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2013-14 12 - - - - - - -
2014-15 12 - - - - - - -
2015-16 10 - - - - - - -
2016-17 11 - - - - - - -
Total 45 - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2013-14 12 - - - - - - - 0
2014-15 12 10 16 63% 39 20 24 83% 50
2015-16 10 4 6 67% 35 17 18 94% 29
2016-17 11 12 16 75% 43 25 25 100% 61
Total 45 26 38 68% 43 62 67 93% 140

Career Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2013-14 12 25 828 33.1 41 10 7 1 0
2014-15 12 56 1977 35.3 51 12 10 2 1
2015-16 10 63 2369 37.6 55 11 11 3 1
2016-17 11 30 1198 39.9 59 8 2 3 0
Total 45 174 6372 36.6 59 41 30 9 2

Career Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2013-14 - - - - - - - - - -
2014-15 - - - - - - - - - -
2015-16 - - - - - - - - - -
2016-17 - - - - - - - - - -
Total - - - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2013-14 12 - - - - 0 .0
2014-15 12 9 - - - 9 .8
2015-16 10 3 - - - 3 .3
2016-17 11 - - - - 0 .0
Total 45 12 - - - 12 .3

Career Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2013-14 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
2014-15 50 4.2 0 - - - - - 20 10 0 0
2015-16 29 2.9 0 - - - - - 17 4 0 0
2016-17 61 5.5 - - - - - - 25 12 0 0
Total 140 3.1 0 - - - - - 62 26 0 0

Career Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2013-14 12 4 0 4.0 .3 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2014-15 12 3 1 4.0 .3 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2015-16 10 1 1 2.0 .2 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2016-17 11 2 1 3.0 .3 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Total 45 10 3 13.0 .3 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Event                      
Total 12 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Conference 6 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location                      
Home 6 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Away 6 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result                      
Wins 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Losses 9 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Month                      
August 1 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
September 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
October 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
November 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Splits Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event                  
Total 12 2 9 0.8 4.5 0 5 - -
Conference 6 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 6 - - - - - - - -
Away 6 2 9 1.5 4.5 0 5 - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 3 - - - - - - - -
Losses 9 2 9 1.0 4.5 0 5 - -
Month                  
August 1 - - - - - - - -
September 4 2 9 2.3 4.5 0 5 - -
October 3 - - - - - - - -
November 4 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event                
Total 12 - - - - - - -
Conference 6 - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 6 - - - - - - -
Away 6 - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 3 - - - - - - -
Losses 9 - - - - - - -
Month                
August 1 - - - - - - -
September 4 - - - - - - -
October 3 - - - - - - -
November 4 - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event                  
Total 12 10 16 63% 39 20 24 83% 50
Conference 6 6 8 75% 39 10 12 83% 28
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location                  
Home 6 6 7 86% 31 12 14 86% 30
Away 6 4 9 44% 39 8 10 80% 20
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
Result                  
Wins 3 3 4 75% 39 8 9 89% 17
Losses 9 7 12 58% 33 12 15 80% 33
Month                  
August 1 1 2 50% 27 2 2 100% 5
September 4 1 4 25% 26 7 8 88% 10
October 3 4 5 80% 33 6 6 100% 18
November 4 4 5 80% 39 5 8 63% 17

Splits Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event                  
Total 12 56 1977 35.3 51 12 10 2 1
Conference 6 30 1023 34.1 50 6 4 1 1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 6 32 1109 34.7 49 7 7 1 1
Away 6 24 868 36.2 51 5 3 1 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 3 16 611 38.2 50 5 4 2 0
Losses 9 40 1366 34.1 51 7 6 0 1
Month                  
August 1 5 187 37.4 46 1 1 0 0
September 4 17 639 37.6 51 5 5 1 0
October 3 9 299 33.2 39 2 2 0 1
November 4 25 852 34.1 50 4 2 1 0

Splits Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Event                    
Total - - - - - - - - - -
Conference - - - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
Location                    
Home - - - - - - - - - -
Away - - - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
Result                    
Wins - - - - - - - - - -
Losses - - - - - - - - - -
Month                    
August - - - - - - - - - -
September - - - - - - - - - -
October - - - - - - - - - -
November - - - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Event              
Total 12 9 - - - 9 .8
Conference 6 - - - - 0 .0
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location              
Home 6 - - - - 0 .0
Away 6 9 - - - 9 1.5
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
Result              
Wins 3 - - - - 0 .0
Losses 9 9 - - - 9 1.0
Month              
August 1 - - - - 0 .0
September 4 9 - - - 9 2.3
October 3 - - - - 0 .0
November 4 - - - - 0 .0

Splits Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event                        
Total 50 4.2 0 - - - - - 20 10 0 0
Conference 28 4.7 - - - - - - 10 6 0 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location                        
Home 30 5.0 - - - - - - 12 6 0 0
Away 20 3.3 0 - - - - - 8 4 0 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Result                        
Wins 17 5.7 - - - - - - 8 3 0 0
Losses 33 3.7 0 - - - - - 12 7 0 0
Month                        
August 5 5.0 - - - - - - 2 1 0 0
September 10 2.5 0 - - - - - 7 1 0 0
October 18 6.0 - - - - - - 6 4 0 0
November 17 4.3 - - - - - - 5 4 0 0

Splits Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Event                                
Total 12 3 1 4.0 .3 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Conference 6 1 1 2.0 .3 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location                                
Home 6 1 0 1.0 .2 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Away 6 2 1 3.0 .5 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result                                
Wins 3 3 0 3.0 1.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Losses 9 0 1 1.0 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Month                                
August 1 1 0 1.0 1.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
September 4 1 0 1.0 .3 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
October 3 0 1 1.0 .3 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
November 4 1 0 1.0 .3 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -