Courtesy of UNLV
LAS VEGAS – UNLV’s Jose Pizano has become just the second Rebel to be named a member of the prestigious Walter Camp All-America Team as he was announced as the second team kicker during Friday night’s Home Depot College Football Awards Show on ESPN.
Pizano (piz-AH-no) is a Super Senior who joined the Rebels after transferring from FCS program Missouri State. The native of Lehi, Utah, has shattered the UNLV record book this fall, setting new marks for field goals in a game (six) and a season (25), kicking points in a game (19) and a season (127) while also breaking the Rebel record for consecutive field goals made with 19.
The 2023 Mountain West Special Teams Player of the Year currently sits 25-of-27 in field-goal attempts (with a long of 52) and 52-for-52 in extra points. Pizano has hit two game-winning field goals this season (vs. Vanderbilt and Colorado State) en route to earning Mountain West Special Teams Player of the Week three times. He was one of three finalists for the Lou Groza Award, which was awarded Friday to Miami (Ohio) University’s Graham Nicholson during the ESPN broadcast.
This is the 134th edition of the Walter Camp All-America team, the nation’s oldest college football
All-America team. Twenty-five players each were selected to first and second teams by the 131 FBS head coaches and sports information directors. The 2023 Walter Camp All-Americans will be honored at the Foundation’s annual Awards Weekend on March 15-16, 2024, in New Haven, Connecticut.
The only Rebel previously voted to the Walter Camp team was UNLV Hall of Famer Joe Kristosik, a Las Vegas product who as a senior became a consensus All-American after leading the nation in punting in 1998.
The Rebels (9-4) are preparing to play Kansas in the 2023 Guaranteed Rate Bowl in Phoenix on December 26. Ticket information is available at UNLVTickets.com.
2023 WALTER CAMP ALL-AMERICA TEAM
FIRST TEAM OFFENSE
WR Marvin Harrison, Jr., Ohio State
WR Malik Nabers, LSU
TE Brock Bowers, Georgia
OL Joe Alt, Notre Dame
OL Cooper Beebe, Kansas State
OL Zak Zinter, Michigan
OL Olumuyiwa Fashanu, Penn State
C Jackson Powers-Johnson, Oregon
QB Michael Penix, Jr., Washington
RB Ollie Gordon II, Oklahoma State
RB Omarion Hampton, North Carolina
PK Graham Nicholson, Miami University
FIRST TEAM DEFENSE
DL Laiatu Latu, UCLA
DL Jalen Green, James Madison
DL Jonah Elliss, Utah
DL T’Vondre Sweat, Texas
LB Edgerrin Cooper, Texas A&M
LB Payton Wilson, North Carolina State
LB Jason Henderson, Old Dominion
DB Xavier Watts, Notre Dame
DB Cooper DeJean, Iowa
DB Malaki Starks, Georgia
DB Beanie Bishop, West Virginia
P Tory Taylor, Iowa
KR Jayden Harrison, Marshall
SECOND TEAM OFFENSE
WR Rome Odunze, Washington
WR Malik Washington, Virginia
TE Dallin Holker, Colorado State
OL JC Latham, Alabama
OL Clay Webb, Jacksonville State
OL Taliese Fuaga, Oregon State
OL Luke Kandra, Louisville
C Sedrick Van Pran, Georgia
QB Jayden Daniels, LSU
RB Blake Corum, Michigan
RB Cody Schrader, Missouri
PK Jose Pizano, UNLV
SECOND TEAM DEFENSE
DL Jer’Zhan Newton, Illinois
DL Howard Cross III, Notre Dame
DL Ashton Gillotte, Louisville
DL Tyleik Williams, Ohio State
LB Jay Higgins, Iowa
LB Dallas Turner, Alabama
LB Danny Stutsman, Oklahoma
DB Kris Abrams-Draine, Missouri
DB Kool-Aid McKinstry, Alabama
DB Denzel Burke, Ohio State
DB Tyler Nubin, Minnesota
P Matt Hayball, Vanderbilt
KR Zachariah Branch, USC