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2021 Football Roster

Travis Clayton | Arkansas State
Travis Clayton | Arkansas State
Travis Clayton | Arkansas State

0 Blake Grupe

  • Position K
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Highschool Smith-Cotton HS
  • Hometown Sedalia, Mo.

Biography

2021:  During A-State’s spring camp, earned the squad’s special teams’ “consistency in performance” award ... Athlon Sports Preseason Fourth Team All-Sun Belt Conference ... Enters the 2021 season with 263 career points scored for the fourth most in Arkansas State history among all players, but third most by a kicker ... Ranks seventh in Sun Belt Conference history for points by kicking ... 44 career field goals made are the third most ever by an A-State player. 

2020:  Academic All-District 6 selection ... Preseason First Team All-Sun Belt Conference ... Named the Sun Belt Special Teams Player of the Week on Sept. 7 ... Ranked fourth in the Sun Belt for points by kicking (6.9 pg) and sixth among all players in the league ... Ranked sixth in the Sun Belt in field goals made with 11 while posting the third most extra points made (43) ... Led A-State in scoring for the third consecutive season with 76 total points, which were the 45th most in the nation ... Made at least one field goal in all but two games and connected on multiple field goals in two outings ... Scored a season-high 12 points against ULM and finished A-State’s game against Georgia State with 11 ... 43 extra points made tied the sixth most in school history for a single season ... Athlon, Phil Steele’s and CFN Preseason First Team All-Sun Belt ... Arkansas State Athletics Director’s Honor Roll member.
 
2019:  First Team All-Sun Belt Conference selection . . . Lou Groza Award semifinalist . . . Burlsworth Trophy nominee . . . Two-time Sun Belt Special Teams Player of the Week . . . 110 points by kicking broke the single-season school record, were the second most in the Sun Belt and ranked 13th in the nation . . . His points total also ranked as the second most scored in school history by any player, regardless of position . . . Ranked second in the Sun Belt in points per game among all players, and his 8.5 average was the 26th highest in the country . . . Made 19-of-22 field goals for an .864 percentage that led the conference and ranked 16th in the FBS . . . His 19 field goals made were the second most in school history for a single season and just two shy of the school record, while also ranking second in the Sun Belt . . . Scored a career-high 13 points against UNLV, tying his career high for field goals made (3) and making four extra points . . . Also made a career-tying three field goals against South Alabama and connected on at least one attempt in 10 games . . . Named the Sun Belt Special Teams Player of the Week on after scoring 12 points (6-of-6 extra points, 2-of-2 field goals) against ULM . . . Also earned the same honor after A-State’s game versus South Alabama . . . Scored at least eight points in 10 games and poste a double-figure total in six outings . . . Athletics Director’s Honor Roll member.
2018: Played in the last 11 games of the season after taking over placekicking duties in the third game of the year against Tulsa . . . Burlsworth Trophy nominee . . . Made 14-of-21 field goals on the year for a .667 percentage . . . Led the team in scoring with 77 points while also ranking fi h in the Sun Belt with 7.0 points per game . . . 1.27 field goals per game was the third high- est average in the Sun Belt and his 66.7 field goal percentage ranked seventh . . . Made multiple field goals in four games, including a career-high three (3-of-3) against Appalachian State . . . Scored a season-high nine points against Tulsa, Appalachian State and Georgia State.

2017: Redshirted his true freshman season . . . Arkansas State Athletics Director’s Honor Roll member.

HIGH SCHOOL: Combined nine-time varsity letterman in the sports of football, soccer and baseball . . . 2016 Missouri high school all-state selection in both football and soccer . . . Holds the single-season and career records at Smith-Cotton High School for field goals . . . Rated as a 4.5 star kicker by Kohl’s Kicking Academy.

PERSONAL: Born Nov. 5, 1998 . . . Earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration in the spring of 2020 ... Currently pursuing his MBA.

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Historical Player Information

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    2017Freshman

    K
    5'8" 140 lbs
    25
  • 25

    2018Redshirt Freshman

    K
    5'8" 150 lbs
    25
  • 25

    2019Redshirt Sophomore

    K
    5'8" 150 lbs
    25
  • 0

    2020Redshirt Junior

    K
    5'8" 150 lbs
    0
  • 0

    2021Redshirt Junior

    K
    5'8" 148 lbs
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