Tyler Loop, Arizona Football News: Draft Scout Player News

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08/21/22 - K Tyler Loop, rSr/2025, Arizona

Tyler Loop didn't miss a kick last season. He went 12 for 12 on extra points and 12 for 12 on field goals. Loop didn't make every kick during spring practice, and he didn't handle it well. So dealing with failure became a primary focus during the offseason for the third-year Arizona Wildcat. "I was a little bit of a headcase in the spring," Loop said Thursday. "I'd miss a kick, and I'd trip out a little bit. That was something that he (special-teams coach Jordan Paopao) kept telling me: 'Hey, we gotta work on this. I know you haven't missed in a game, but this is still an area you gotta keep up.' "So this summer I spent a lot of time with our sports psychology team, working on seeing a kick objectively. Like, 'Hey, I made it or I missed it, but I got a next kick. I gotta go.' "One thing we talk about big time right now is, 'Play the next play.' Keeping that on the forefront of my mind has really helped." Expectations are high for Loop as he heads into his third season.

The kicking job is all his after he shared it with Lucas Havrisik last year. Loop made the watch list for the Lou Groza Award, among other preseason accolades. Loop knows that he's bound to miss a kick in a game at some point. How he approaches the next one will be the true test. "I was always super emotionally invested, played with a ton of passion growing up, and still do," Loop said. "Now it's all about, 'How do you keep that passion without letting it affect the next thing?' So that's what I've had to get a lot better at. We've seen big improvements there." - Arizona Star News

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