Michigan kicker Dominic Zvada returning for 2025 season
Michigan Wolverines junior kicker Dominic Zvada will return for the 2025 football season, he announced on social media on Tuesday afternoon. In his post, he cited the desire to return and compete for a national championship in the second season under head coach Sherrone Moore.
Zvada has one season of eligibility remaining.
“Let’s go win a national championship,” Zvada posted with a photo of former NBA star Vince Carter quoted as saying “I got one more in me.”
Zvada, who was snubbed from the Lou Groza Award group of finalists this season, was nearly automatic for the Michigan squad this year. He was a first-team All-Big Ten selection by both the coaches and media, finished the regular season 17-of-18 on field goal attempts and 7-for-7 on attempts from 50-plus yards, including one in Nov. 30’s 13-10 upset win over the second-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes. Zvada also made 25 of his 26 extra point attempts on the year after transferring in from Arkansas State.
Zvada was thought to be considering either declaring for the 2025 NFL Draft or returning to Michigan, which Moore hoped he would do after the win over Ohio State.
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“He’s the man. He’s an absolute animal,” Moore said on Nov. 30. “Just a great kicker, great dude. He’s been a great addition to the team. I hope I can keep him for another year. He might go to the NFL. But he’s really good. But we just have complete trust in him. It never fades him. In practice, we put him in the worst situations, and he just drills it and he just looks at you like, yeah, that’s what I’m supposed to do. The guy’s amazing. He’s awesome. Great teammate, great kid.”
Kicking in clutch situations was a defining trait for the Michigan kicker, which came with a ton of practice and simulated moments.
“That’s the biggest thing is you ultimately can’t simulate 110,000 people screaming at you or the people waving [towels] or things like that,” he said. “But what you can do is just get a big speaker and put it in your ear and start yelling at you. So that’s what we do, especially when we’re going on road games, we’ll just grab a big JBL and put it right behind me and blast crowd noise and stuff like that.”
