AUGUSTA, Ga.--- Senior punter Drew Riggleman has been announced as one of 79 nominees for the 2015 Ray Guy Award, the Augusta Sports Council announced this week. The Ray Guy Award is awarded to the nation’s top collegiate punter.
Riggleman has emerged as one of the nation’s best punters for a second straight season, as he’s kicked the ball 34 times for 1,514 yards going 44.5 yards on average. The Tucson, Ariz. native has recorded five touchbacks, seven punts of 50-plus yards, while 12 have landed inside the 20-yard line. His longest punt of the season checks in at 66 yards, which is just four yards shy of his career high of 70 yards set last year at UCLA.
Riggleman’s average yards per punt (44.5) ranks 15th nationally, while the mark is second best in the Pac-12.
He was named Arizona’s Special Teams Player of the Week back on Oct. 11 after blasting three punts for a total of 161 yards, averaging 53.7 yards per boot, while placing two of the three kicks inside the 20 yard line.
Riggleman was named to the All-Pac-12 Second Team a year ago.
The list will be narrowed to ten semifinalists to be announced on Nov. 13. Following the semifinalists announcement, a national body of Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) sports information directors, coaches, media representatives and previous Ray Guy Award winners will vote for the top three finalists, who will be identified on Nov. 23. The voting body will then cast ballots to select the winner.
The presentation of the Ray Guy Award will be featured live on ESPN during The Home Depot College Football Awards, Thursday, Dec. 10, at 7 pm ET.
Arizona will play at Southern California next Saturday, Nov. 7 at 7:30 pm PT (8:30 pm MST). The game will be televised on ESPN and carried on the Arizona IMG Sports Radio Network.
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2015 Ray Guy Award Candidates:
- Zach Paul, Akron
- JK Scott, Alabama
- Bentlee Critcher, Appalachian State
- Drew Riggleman, Arizona
- Matthew Haack, Arizona State
- Toby Baker, Arkansas
- Luke Ferguson, Arkansas State
- Alex Tardieu, Army
- Kevin Phillips, Auburn
- Drew Galitz, Baylor
- Alex Howell, Boston College
- Joseph Davidson, Bowling Green
- Jonny Linehan, Brigham Young
- Sam Geraci, Cincinnati
- Hayden Hunt, Colorado State
- Will Monday, Duke
- Worth Gregory, East Carolina
- Austin Barnes, Eastern Michigan
- Johnny Townsend, Florida
- Dalton Schomp, Florida Atlantic
- Cason Beatty, Florida State
- Garrett Swanson, Fresno State
- Wil Lutz, Georgia State
- Rigoberto Sanchez, Hawai‘i at Manoa
- Logan Piper, Houston
- Austin Rehkow, Idaho
- Dillon Kidd, Iowa
- Colin Downing, Iowa State
- Nick Walsh, Kansas State
- Anthony Melchiori, Kent State
- Landon Foster, Kentucky
- Steven Coutts, Louisiana (at Lafayette)
- Jamie Keehn, LSU
- Tyler Williams, Marshall
- Logan Laurent, Massachusetts
- Spencer Smith, Memphis
- Justin Vogel, Miami
- Blake O'Neill, Michigan
- Peter Mortell, Minnesota
- Logan Cooke, Mississippi State
- Corey Fatony, Mizzou
- Sam Foltz, Nebraska
- Alex Boy, Nevada
- Eric Keena, North Texas
- Tyler Newsome, Notre Dame
- Cameron Johnston, Ohio State
- Austin Seibert, Oklahoma
- Zach Sinor, Oklahoma State
- Satchel Ziffer, Old Dominion
- Will Gleeson, Ole Miss
- Nick Porebski, Oregon State
- Ryan Winslow, Pittsburgh
- James Farrimond, Rice
- Joey Roth, Rutgers
- Tanner Blain, San Diego State
- Michael Carrizosa, San Jose State
- Sean Kelly, South Carolina
- Mattias Ciabatti, South Florida
- Kris Albarado, Southern California
- Tyler Sarrazin, Southern Miss
- Alex Robinson, Stanford
- Riley Dixon, Syracuse
- Trevor Daniel, Tennessee
- Drew Kaser, Texas A&M
- Lumi Kaba, Texas State
- Taylor Symmank, Texas Tech
- Dalton Parks, Tulsa
- Caleb Houston, UCF
- Logan Yunker, UNLV
- Tom Hackett, Utah
- Alan Luna, UTEP
- Nicholas Conte, Virginia
- A.J. Hughes, Virginia Tech
- Alex Kinal, Wake Forest
- Korey Durkee, Washington
- Nick O'Toole, West Virginia
- J. Schroeder, Western Michigan
- Jake Collins, WKU
- Ethan Wood, Wyoming
