UCLA kicker Ka’imi Fairbairn named consensus All-American

UCLA kicker Ka'imi Fairbairn (left) has become the Bruins' second consensus All-American of the Jim Mora era. (Andy Holzman/Staff)

UCLA kicker Ka’imi Fairbairn (left) has become the Bruins’ second consensus All-American of the Jim Mora era. (Andy Holzman/Staff)

The postseason honors continue to roll in for UCLA’s Ka’imi Fairbairn.

After winning the Lou Groza Award last Thursday as the top kicker in college football, the senior can now call himself a consensus All-American. He is the first Bruin to qualify since linebacker Anthony Barr in 2013.

Consensus All-American status is achieved when a player makes at least three of the five major teams. Fairbairn was picked by the Walter Camp Football Foundation last week, the Associated Press on Sunday, and the FWAA on Monday.

If the Hawaii native also makes the Sporting News and AFCA lists, he’ll become UCLA’s first unanimous All-American since Maurice Jones-Drew in 2005. Only 10 Bruins have ever been named unanimously, with linebacker Jerry Robinson and safety Kenny Easley earning two nods apiece.