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The Stevens Point, Wis., native is on pace to claim the school
record in career punting average with 42.1 yards per kick, which
would also rank No. 3 in the Gateway Football Conference. This
season, he leads the conference with a 42.1 average through three
games. In his career, Hoffman has 167 punts for 7,037 yards,
including 34 kicks of over 50 yards and 46 punts that have been
downed inside the 20-yard line.
In 2003, Hoffman keyed the Redbirds to a No. 1 national ranking
in net punting with a 39.2-yard average, and last season he finished
No. 3 in the nation with an average of 43.9 yards per kick.
The Ray Guy Award Watch List will be narrowed to 10 semifinalists
to be announced in early November. The national voting body will
then vote for the top three finalists, who will be announced at the
end of November. On Dec. 8, the top three finalists will be in
Orlando, Fla., for the "Home Depot College Football Awards Show."
The winner will be announced live on ESPN.
The Ray Guy Award -- named after former standout punter Ray Guy,
considered to be the greatest punter to ever play -- will be
presented to the nation's best collegiate punter as determined by a
national selection committee made up of sportswriters, college
football coaches and sports information directors, former punters,
and members designated by the Greater Augusta Sports Council.
Among the statistics used to identify the winner of the Ray Guy
Award are total yardage punted, number of times a punt is downed or
kicked out of bounds inside the opponents’ 20-yard line, net
average, average returned yardage, and percentage of punts not
returned. It is also of importance for the award winner to display
team leadership, self-discipline and to have a positive contribution
on the team's success.
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 2005 Ray Guy Award Watch List
- Troy Blankenship, Iowa State, senior
- Kody Bliss, Auburn University, junior
- Joshua Brazen, Kent State, senior
- Adam Brooks, Wyoming, senior
- Dave Brytus, Purdue University, sophomore
- Brendan Carney, Syracuse, senior
- Cole Chason, Clemson, junior
- Ken Debauche, Wisconsin, sophomore
- Ryan Dougherty, East Carolina, junior
- Gordon Ely-Kelso, University of Georgia, junior
- Brandon Fields, Michigan State, junior
- Nate Fry, Bowling Green, senior
- Tyler Gaus, New Mexico, senior
- Adam Graessle, Pittsburgh, junior
- Chris Hall, Florida State, senior
- Ryan Hoffman, Illinois State, senior
- Ryan Hotchkiss, UTEP, junior
- Luke Johnson, Southern Miss, senior
- Jeremy Kapinos, Penn State, junior
- Sam Koch, Nebraska, senior
- Mike Lingiua, Fresno State, junior
- Chris Macdonald, Arizona State, sophomore
- Tom Malone, University of Southern California, senior
- Ryan Mentzel, SMU, senior
- Matt Miller, Ohio, senior
- Kurt Milne, Hawaii, junior
- Brian Monroe, Miami, junior
- Parker Mullins, UAB, junior
- Thomas Olmsted, Troy University, senior
- Sam Paulescu, Oregon State, senior
- Ryan Plackemeier, Wake Forest, senior
- Adam Podlesh, Maryland, junior
- Tim Reyer, Kansas State, sophomore
- Alex Reyes, Texas Tech, junior
- Daniel Sepulveda, Baylor, junior
- Joel Stelly, Louisiana-Monroe, senior
- Billy Sullivan, University of Akron, senior
- John Torp, Colorado, senior
- Steve Weatherford, Illinois, senior
- Andrew Wellock, Eastern Michigan, junior
- Eric Wilbur, Florida, junior
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State University news release] |
