Gardner-Webb University Athletics

All-Big South Conference candidate at punter … Enters fourth season as a starter … Has worked on consistency and accuracy during the offseason … Has plenty of power and has been among the league leaders in punting average over each of the last two seasons … At 6-foot-5, 263 pounds, remains the largest punter in the Football Championship Subdivision … Also returns as the holder on extra points and field goals and has been reliable in that role … Has pinned 56 punts inside the 20-yard line during his career … Has averaged 39.2 yards per punt in 31 career games played in Boiling Springs … Has boomed 21 career punts longer of 50 yards or longer.

2016 at Gardner-Webb: Started all 11 games at punter … Led the Big South Conference with an average of 41.1 yards per punt … Punted 60 times for 2,464 yards, with a long of 57 yards … Had 10 punts of 50 yards or longer on the season … Pinned 19 punts inside the 20-yard line … Had best game vs. No. 15 Citadel (9/17), averaging 48.0 yards on six attempts, with three punts longer than 50 yards … Had a long punt of 54 yards in that game … Booted three punts for an average of 44.7 yards and had a 63-yard free kick following a safety at Ohio (9/24) … Averaged at least 40 yards per punt in seven different games … Pinned a career-high five punts inside the 20-yard line vs. Benedict (10/1) … Had three punts land inside the 20-yard line at Western Carolina (9/10) … Averaged 43.0 yards per attempt on four punts vs. Monmouth (11/19) … Pinned two balls inside the 20-yard line and had a 53-yarder in that game … Hammered a 57-yarder vs. No. 15 Coastal Carolina (10/15), art of a busy day that saw 10 punts go for an average of 43.7 yards per attempt … Had three punts of 50+ yards vs. the Chanticleers. 2015 at Gardner-Webb: Punted in all 11 games … Got off 76 punts for 2,888 yards and an average of 38.0 yards per attempt … Ranked fourth in the Big South Conference in punting average … Ranked second in attempts … Had five punts go longer than 50 yards, with a long of 57 yards … Forced 16 fair catches and pinned opponents inside the 20-yard line 20 times … Had a 60-yard free kick after a safety vs. Virginia Union (9/19) … Punted six times for a season-best 42.3 average at Presbyterian (10/31) … Averaged 41.0 yards on seven punts at South Alabama (9/5) … Pinned four of his seven attempts inside the 20-yard line in that game … Averaged 40.8 yards on nine punts vs. Elon (9/12) … Had a 57-yarder at Wofford (9/26) … Pinned three punts inside the 20-yard line in games at Wofford, vs. No. 15 Liberty (10/10) and at Kennesaw State (10/17) … Did not have a kick blocked all season. 2014 at GWU: Punted in nine games … Ranked among the league leaders with an average of 38.8 yards per punt on 51 attempts (1,978 yards) … Pinned opposing offenses inside the 20-yard line 17 times, including 11 times in the final four games of the season … Averaged 48.0 yards on two punts at Liberty (10/25) … Had six kicks of 50+ yards on the season, with a long of 63 yards vs. #1 Coastal Carolina (11/1) … Averaged 40.1 yards on nine attempts vs. the Chanticleers … Averaged 41.0 yards on 10 attempts vs. Presbyterian (11/15), with three kicks of more than 50 yards, three inside the 20-yard line and one fair catch … Pinned four kicks inside the 20-yard line and averaged 40.8 yards on eight attempts at Monmouth (11/22). 2013 at South Carolina: Redshirted.

High School: Played football and basketball at Nations Ford (S.C.) High … Played tight end and defensive end in football under Coach Michael Allen … Caught 13 passes for 130 yards and a touchdown as a senior … Earned All-Region 4-AAA honors in basketball as a senior.