College: 2009: Is Gannon’s returning punter ... enters his senior season with a 37.4 career average, 0.7 yard shy of Gannon’s best career average ... is also a member of the Gannon baseball team, producing the squad’s best earned run average as a sophomore and second-best as a junior.
2008: Played in every game ... averaged 36.2 yards on 50 punts, the ninth-highest single-season average in school history ... placed three punts inside the 20-yard line against Edinboro and Lock Haven ... averaged at least 40 yards per punt during three consecutive games in September.
2007: Saw action in 10 games … had at least one punt in every game except the home finale against Northern Michigan … broke the school’s single-season records for punts (65) and punt yardage (2,488) … tied a school single-game record with 10 punts at Indianapolis … set a new school record for longest punt (80) against Findlay … also boomed a 58-yard punt against the Oilers, the ninth-longest punt in school history … averaged 38.3 yards on 65 punts, the third-highest single-season average in school history … ranked eighth among GLIAC players in average … led the conference in punts and punt yardage … forced seven fair catches and placed 13 punts inside the opponent’s 20-yard line … punted three balls inside the 20-yard line against both Saginaw Valley State and Ferris State … recorded a 55-yard kickoff against Tiffin in his only attempt of the season.
2006: Saw action in every game ... ranked seventh among GLIAC punters with 37.4 yards per punt, the seventh-highest single-season average in school history ... would have ranked 40th among all NCAA Division II punters, but did not have enough attempts to qualify ... produced five punts that traveled over 50 yards ... recorded a season-high 63-yard punt against Michigan Tech, the third-longest punt in school history ... averaged 42.2 yards per punt in five of 11 games ... had two single-game averages that placed among the top eight in school history ... averaged 43.8 yards on five punts against Michigan Tech, ranking sixth ... averaged 42.4 yards on five punts against Wayne State, tying for eighth.
High School: Played for Jack McCurry at North Hills High School ... averaged 38.8 yards on 33 punts as a senior ... recorded a season-long 68-yard punt ... named Special Teams Player of the Year as a senior ... was a two-sport athlete, playing football and baseball ... was a two-year starter for football and three-year starter for baseball ... led North Hills in RBI and extra base hits as a sophomore & junior ... listed in “Who’s Who Among American High School Students.”
Personal: Business Administration major.
Career Highs
Punts: 10 at Indianapolis (9/15/07)
Yards: 369 at Indianapolis (9/15/07)
Long: 80 vs. Findlay (10/20/07)
50+ Punts: 2, three times, last vs. Findlay (10/20/07)
Inside 20: 3, four times, last at Lock Haven (10/25/08)
Career Punting Statistics
|
Year
|
No.
|
Yards
|
Avg.
|
Long
|
TB
|
50+
|
I20
|
|
2006
|
36
|
1345
|
37.4
|
63
|
1
|
5
|
3
|
|
2007
|
65
|
2488
|
38.3
|
80
|
3
|
5
|
13
|
|
2008
|
50
|
1809
|
36.2
|
55
|
0
|
1
|
9
|
|
Career
|
151
|
5642
|
37.4
|
80
|
4
|
11
|
25
|
