Today the Ray Guy Award watch list has been released honoring the nation’s top 25 collegiate punters. Although the award honoring punters isn’t the most known or respected amongst the other post season accolades, it still holds great value. As a former college football player I understand that good and bad punts can be game breakers. There is nothing worse than a punter shagging a punt, giving the defense a short field to work with. There is also nothing better than a booming punt causing the opposing team to start inside their 20-yard line with a long field to drive down.
Below is this year’s Ray Guy Award watch list —
Here is this year’s Ray Guy Award watch list:
Wil Baumann, N.C. State
Riley Dixon, Syracuse
James Farrimond, Rice
Tom Hackett, Utah
Thomas Hibbard, North Carolina
Taylor Hudson, Vanderbilt
A.J. Hughes, Virginia Tech
Sam Irwin-Hill, Arkansas
Cameron Johnston, Ohio State
Drew Kaser, Texas A&M
Sean Kelley, Florida Atlantic
Cole Leininger, California
Justin Manton, ULM
Anthony Melchiori, Kent State
Will Monday, Duke
Peter Mortell, Minnesota
Hunter Mullins, UAB
Nick O’Toole, West Virginia
Trevor Pardula, Kansas
Zach Paul, Akron
Austin Rehkow, Idaho
Spencer Roth, Baylor
Mike Sadler, Michigan State
Garrett Swanson, Fresno State
Tyler Williams, Marshall
