Arizona State kicker Thomas Weber will miss the next five or six games after Monday’s MRI showed a serious groin injury, coach Dennis Erickson said on his KTAR radio show Tuesday.
Weber, the 2007 Lou Groza Award winner, didn’t play on Saturday against Louisiana-Monroe and now likely won’t be back until late October or early November.
True freshman walk-on Bobby Wenzig will take over field goal kicking duties, although Erickson might look for a more powerful leg on the team to do kickoffs. Punter Trevor Hankins and linebacker Mike Nixon - who was a kicker in high school - could be possibilities.
Wenzig was 5-for-5 on extra points and connected on his only field goal attempt from 24 yards in the game against the Warhawks.
