THE FLATS – Fresh off being named a freshman all-American in 2023, Georgia Tech sophomore Aidan Birr (Kennedale, Texas/Kennedale H.S.) is one of 30 student-athletes on the official preseason watch list for the 2024 Lou Groza Award, which honors college football’s top place kicker.
Birr made 17-of-19 field goals as a redshirt freshman in 2023, good for a .895 percentage, which was the second-highest mark in Georgia Tech single-season history and the highest ever by a Tech freshman. The .895 field goal percentage also ranked ninth nationally in 2023 and third among all freshmen. He also set Georgia Tech freshman records for most field goals made (17 – fourth overall in Tech history) and kicking points (88 – sixth overall in Tech history).
Seven of Birr’s field goals in 2023 came from 40 yards or more, which were the most field goals of 40-plus yards by a Yellow Jacket since three-time Super Bowl champion Harrison Butker made eight from 40 or farther as a senior in 2016.
The winner of the 2024 Groza Award will be announced on Dec. 12 during the Home Depot College Football Awards show on ESPN. The three finalists for the award will be honored during the 33rd-annual Lou Groza Award celebration, presented by the Orange Bowl, on Dec. 9 in West Palm Beach, Fla.
Birr is one of five Yellow Jackets to be named to the preseason watch lists for national awards this week. He is joined by QB Haynes King and RB Jamal Haynes on the Maxwell Award watch list (national player of the year), OL Weston Franklin on the Outland Trophy watch list (interior lineman), Haynes on the Paul Hornung Award watch list (most versatile player) and DB Clayton Powell-Lee as an Allstate AFCA Good Works Team nominee and on the Wuerffel Trophy watch list (community service).
Georgia Tech opens the 2024 season on August 24 versus Florida State in the Aer Lingus College Football Classic at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland. Kickoff is set for noon ET and the game will be televised nationally on ESPN.
2024 GEORGIA TECH FOOTBALL TICKETS
Season Tickets
2024 Georgia Tech football season tickets are on sale now and include the best seats for the Yellow Jackets’ six-game home slate, which features Atlantic Coast Conference showdowns against Duke, NC State and Miami (Fla.) at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field and Tech’s highly anticipated matchup with Notre Dame at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Season ticket packages begin at just $225. Click HERE to become a season ticket member today.
Three-Game Mini-Plans
Three-game mini-ticket plans to catch the exciting action of Georgia Tech football in 2024 are on sale now. Mini-plans include a ticket to the Yellow Jackets’ highly anticipated showdown versus Notre Dame on Oct. 19 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, the Sept. 14 Military Appreciation Day home game versus VMI and the choice of either the Oct. 5 ACC matchup versus Duke or the Nov. 21 primetime ACC battle against NC State. Click HERE to purchase a three-game mini-plan.
Single-Game Tickets
Single-game tickets for Georgia Tech’s five home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field in 2024 – Aug. 31 vs. Georgia State, Sept. 14 vs. VMI, Oct. 5 vs. Duke, Nov. 9 vs. Miami (Fla.) and Nov. 21 vs. NC State – and a limited number of single-game tickets for the Notre Dame game on Oct. 19 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium are on sale now and can be purchased by clicking HERE.
Georgia Tech finished 7-6 overall and 5-3 in ACC play in 2023 (good for a tie for fourth place in the 14-team ACC), and claimed its first bowl win in seven seasons with a 30-17 victory over UCF in the Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl. The Yellow Jackets return 17 starters, including all-ACC honorees DL Zeek Biggers, OL Joe Fusile, RB Jamal Haynes, QB Haynes King, WR Eric Singleton, Jr. and OL Jordan Williams.
Alexander-Tharpe Fund
The Alexander-Tharpe Fund is the fundraising arm of Georgia Tech athletics, providing scholarship, operations and facilities support for Tech’s 400-plus student-athletes. Be a part of the development of Yellow Jackets that thrive academically at the Institute and compete for championships at the highest levels of college athletics by supporting the Annual Athletic Scholarship Fund, which directly provides scholarships for Georgia Tech student-athletes. To learn more about supporting the Yellow Jackets, visit atfund.org.
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