K Dominic Zvada is one of seven undrafted rookies on the roster and will enter a three-way competition with Jason Sanders and Ben Sauls when OTAs begin later this month. Zvada picked up numerous awards throughout his decorated career at Michigan. He was a first-team All-American in 2024, two-time All-Big Ten selection (2024-25), two-time Lou Groza Award semifinalist, and the 2024 Big Ten Kicker of the Year. Zvada is Michigan’s single-season and career record-holder for 50-plus yard field goals made (seven). In 2024, he converted 21 of 22 attempts for a single-season program record of 95.5 percent. Prior to Michigan, he made 34 field goals over two seasons at Arkansas State.
“Well, it’s going to be a competition, for sure, right out of the gate,” Harbaugh said. “It’s already started. You saw Zvada. That was his first iteration of that competition. We’re coming next week. We’ll be kicking field goals. We’ve go to OTAs, we’ll kick field goals I think every other practice, but we may be kicking them every practice because we have three guys to kick. We’ll just see how it shakes out.”
Harbaugh added: “Really talented. He’s big, tall, rangy kind of guy. Big for a kicker, you would say, and really strong leg. More than anything, it’s the consistency. He has a vertical swing pattern, we call it. He does a nice job of getting downfield through the kick. Because of that, he tends to kick a ball straight consistently. If you do that, you probably have a chance. It’s like your drive, right? When you hit it straight down the middle consistently, you have a good round.”