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Howell Picks Up Punting Honors
October 19, 2015 | Football
The senior averaged 45.2 yards per punt against the fifth-ranked Tigers
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - Senior Alex Howell was named the Ray Guy Award Player of the Week after his performance in Death Valley on Saturday night. It is the first time the punter earned the weekly award.
Howell tied a career high with 10 punts, totaling a season-high 452 yards, the second-most punt yards in his career. He had a season-long 58-yarder, landed six inside the 20-yard line and did not allow a touchback. In the third quarter, Howell punted from the Clemson 33-yard line and landed a perfectly placed ball at the two-yard line.
The Florence, S.C., native is averaging 42.6 yards per punt on the season, good for seventh in the Atlantic Coast Conference. He has recorded four touchbacks, 12 fair catches, 16 punts inside the 20 and 10 over 50 yards.
The Augusta Sports Council created the Ray Guy Award in 2000 to honor Thomson, Georgia, native and College Football Hall of Fame inductee Ray Guy. The award winner is determined by a national voting body of sports writers, college coaches, sports information directors and past Ray Guy Award winners. Among the statistics used to identify the winner is net punting average, number of times a punt is downed or kicked out of bounds inside the opponents 20-yard line, total yardage punted, average returned yardage and percentage of punts not returned. The winner must display team leadership, self-discipline, and have a positive impact on the team's success.
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Howell tied a career high with 10 punts, totaling a season-high 452 yards, the second-most punt yards in his career. He had a season-long 58-yarder, landed six inside the 20-yard line and did not allow a touchback. In the third quarter, Howell punted from the Clemson 33-yard line and landed a perfectly placed ball at the two-yard line.
The Florence, S.C., native is averaging 42.6 yards per punt on the season, good for seventh in the Atlantic Coast Conference. He has recorded four touchbacks, 12 fair catches, 16 punts inside the 20 and 10 over 50 yards.
The Augusta Sports Council created the Ray Guy Award in 2000 to honor Thomson, Georgia, native and College Football Hall of Fame inductee Ray Guy. The award winner is determined by a national voting body of sports writers, college coaches, sports information directors and past Ray Guy Award winners. Among the statistics used to identify the winner is net punting average, number of times a punt is downed or kicked out of bounds inside the opponents 20-yard line, total yardage punted, average returned yardage and percentage of punts not returned. The winner must display team leadership, self-discipline, and have a positive impact on the team's success.
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