The official fan to fan ticket marketplace of Florida State Athletics. The StubHub Ticket Marketplace is another benefit to allow Season Ticket Holders to re-sell the best available seats for Seminole athletic events to Seminole Boosters and to the general public.
As part of an ongoing series of articles, Seminoles.com Senior Writer Brandon Mellor looks at each member of Florida State's vaunted 2012 recruiting class. Seventh on the list is kicker Roberto Aguayo.
Rookie Rashad Greene scores the go-ahead touchdown and the freshmen-heavy FSU football team scores 18 unanswered points to beat Notre Dame, 18-14, in the Champs Sports Bowl.
2011 OUTLOOK
One of the top kickers in the country and a leading candidate for the Lou Groza Award heading into his third season as a starter for the Seminoles. One of the strongest legs in the country which was evident with his walk-off game-winning 55-yard field goal against Clemson last season as well as his 60-yard missile in this past spring game. Also one of the top kickoff specialists in the nation having hit 47.7 percent of his kickoffs for touchbacks, which ranked second nationally a season ago. Recognized by the ACC and Florida State as a "Top 6 for Service" award recipient this past year and received the Dean of Students Award. Earned one of six community service awards given out at the end of spring practice.
2010 Sophomore kicker who was a semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award, which is presented to the nation's top placekicker...a two-year starter, who handled all of the kickoff, field goal and PAT kicks for the Seminoles...scored a career-high 119 points, which led the team and the ACC and was the third-most in a single-season in FSU history...became just the 10th kicker in FSU history to score 100 points in a season and the 12th player overall to eclipse the century mark...converted 22 of 28 field goal attempts and 53 of 53 PATs...will bring a streak of 86 consecutive successful PATs into the 2011 season...had at least one field goal in 13 of 14 games...his career-long field goal of 55 yards came as time expired in a 16-13 victory over Clemson, which is the longest walk-off winning kick in ACC history...Hopkins' game-winner - which was also the longest field goal in the ACC last season - came after he missed a potential game-winner a week earlier from 40 yards against North Carolina...earned ACC Specialist of the Week honors for his effort against the Tigers...was 6-of-6 on field goals inside the 30, and 17-of-19 inside the 40... also boomed a 52-yarder at Oklahoma, matching his previous career long...matched his career-high with four field goals in the Chick-fil-A Bowl which was a bowl record...had three field goals against Clemson and Maryland in consecutive games, one shy of his FSU bowl record four vs. West Virginia in the 2010 Gator Bowl...Hopkins' 41 touchbacks ranked second in the country and was the most by an FSU kicker since All-American Sebastian Janikowski in 1999 which makes him a valuable contributor in the field position game...he and the Seminoles led the ACC in net kickoffs with a 47.1 average and opponents starting on average just shy of the 22-yard line...in all 41 of his 86 kickoffs (47.7 percent) went unreturned...Hopkins' 216 career points rank 12th in Florida State history and eighth among all-time Seminole kickers...one of four Seminoles selected to the ACC All-Academic Football team...named the team's Co-Special Teams Most Valuable Player along with punter Shawn Powell and also received an academic award for one of the top GPAs in his class at the team's annual football banquet.
2009 True freshman who won starting job in preseason competition with James Esco and handled all of the kicking duties...led the Seminoles in scoring with 97 points; the most prolific freshman campaign by a kicker in program history...converted four of five field goal attempts to set an FSU bowl record in the 33-21 Gator Bowl win over West Virginia...converted his first collegiate field goal attempt from 52 yards against Miami...was successful on 19 of 27 field goal attempts, including 11 of 13 from inside 40 yards...finished the season with a streak of 33 consecutive successful PATs after struggling with his consistency early in the year...his 24 touchbacks led the ACC - nine ahead of his nearest competitor and ranked fourth nationally...opponents average starting point following a kickoff was its own 25...selected to Sporting News ACC All-Freshman squad...one of three Seminoles selected to the ACC All-Academic Football team.
PERSONAL
Was the consensus top-rated kicker in the country coming out of high school...two-time Texas 5A All-State selection...USA Today first team All-American as a senior...participated in the Under Armour All-America game...like former FSU standout kickers Scott Bentley and Sebastian Janikowski, is a gifted athlete who also contributed to his Clear Lake High School team as a starter in the secondary...an outstanding high school student who boasted better than a 4.0 weighted GPA...selected FSU over Notre Dame, Missouri and Kansas State...born October 1, 1990.
