08-19-2026, 05:15 PM
(07-07-2026, 11:54 PM)BostonCard Wrote: We signed a kicker:
https://x.com/stanfordrivals/status/2074...14305?s=46
BC
LA Times article about Gabriel Goroyan.
https://www.latimes.com/sports/highschoo...ig-moments
An excerpt.
Quote:He is like most kickers — a former soccer player. He began in eighth grade when he was still playing soccer but beginning to like kicking.
At a camp, when he made a 54-yard field goal in a competition [in 8th grade], that’s the moment he realized, “I can do this.” “I started taking it more serious,” he said. “I was hungry for that No. 1 spot.”
He enters his senior season as No. 1 at his position in the Southland and committed to Stanford. The 5-foot-11, 180-pounder makes booming kickoffs, was 50 of 51 on PATs last season and made seven field goals. He also averaged 40.3 yards on punts. He kicks balls with his left foot, which requires long snappers to make an adjustment and change blocking schemes because most kickers use their right foot.
He’s never received a grade other than A on his report card at Westlake. His father is Armenian and his mother Bulgarian. He has an 8 handicap in golf and can drive a ball 300 yards from the tee, so if you need a ringer for a charity tournament, Goroyan will play the role.
"We have an unwritten rule around here not to do anything stupid."
-Casey Jacobsen, Feb 3, 2000