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Marc Primanti
No. 10
Position	Placekicker
Major	Business management
Career history
College	NC State (1992–1996)
Bowl games	Gator (1992) Hall of Fame (1994) Peach (1995)
Career highlights and awards
Lou Groza Award (1996) Consensus All-American (1996) First-team All-ACC (1996)

Marc Primanti is an American former football placekicker who played college football for NC State Wolfpack. He won the Lou Groza Award and earned consensus All-American honors in 1996.

College career

After graduating from Coatesville Area High School in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, Primanti attended North Carolina State University and was invited to play for the NC State Wolfpack football team as a walk-on placekicker in 1992.^[1] He was redshirted in 1992 and saw no game action in 1993 and 1994. In 1995, Primanti became the starting kicker for the Wolfpack and earned a full athletic scholarship. He went 11-of-13 for field goals and 27-of-28 for extra points during the season.^[2] In 1996, he completed a perfect 20-of-20 field goal attempts, as well as a perfect 24-for-24 in extra points. He had a season-long 48-yard field goal in a game against Alabama. Primanti set an Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) record for consecutive field goals with 27, which spanned his two seasons as a starter. He won the Lou Groza Award following his perfect placekicking season, awarded to the top college football placekicker in the nation,^[3] also earned consensus first-team All-American recognition in 1996.

Life after football

Primanti earned a degree in business management at North Carolina State. He is currently a business partner for FS Series, an event production and timing company based in North Carolina.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "About FS Series". fsseries.com. Archived from the original on November 20, 2011. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
^ "Marc Primanti College Stats, School, Draft, Gamelog, Splits". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
^ "Previous Winners". tsdg.com. Archived from the original on September 15, 2008. Retrieved March 23, 2011.

v t e 1996 College Football All-America Team consensus selections
Offense	QB Danny Wuerffel RB Troy Davis RB Byron Hanspard WR Reidel Anthony WR Marcus Harris WR Ike Hilliard TE Tony Gonzalez OL Chris Naeole OL Dan Neil OL Benji Olson OL Orlando Pace OL Juan Roque C Aaron Taylor
Defense	DL Peter Boulware DL Derrick Rodgers DL Mike Vrabel DL Reinard Wilson DL Grant Wistrom LB Canute Curtis LB Pat Fitzgerald LB Jarrett Irons LB Matt Russell DB Dré Bly DB Chris Canty DB Kevin Jackson DB Shawn Springs
Special Teams	K Marc Primanti P Brad Maynard

Lou Groza Award winners

1992: Allison
1993: Davis
1994: McLaughlin
1995: Reeder
1996: Primanti
1997: Gramatica
1998: Janikowski
1999: Janikowski
2000: Ruffin
2001: Marler
2002: Kaeding
2003: Nichols
2004: Nugent
2005: Serna
2006: Carmody
2007: Weber
2008: Gano
2009: Forbath
2010: Bailey
2011: Bullock
2012: Santos
2013: Aguayo
2014: Craddock
2015: Fairbairn
2016: Gonzalez
2017: Gay
2018: Szmyt
2019: Blankenship
2020: Borregales
2021: Moody
2022: Dunn
2023: Nicholson

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