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The University of Utah Athletics
Tom Hackett's Road to the Ray Guy
11/25/2014 12:00 AM | Football
Nov. 25, 2014
? Second in the nation in punt average (47.0).
? Dropped 45.5% of his punts inside the 20 (35-of-77)
? Second in the Pac-12 in punts of 50+ yards (25)
? Second in the nation with 3,619 punt yards (school record)
? First-team All-Pac-12
? Three-time Ray Guy Award Player of the Week: Fresno State, UCLA, Stanford
? Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week vs. Colorado
? Utah ranks third in the nation in net punting (42.81).
? Came to Utah as a walk-on before being placed on scholarship
? Placed 43.3% of his punts inside the 20 (77-of 178)
? 37 career punts inside the 10-yard line and 16 inside the 5-yard line
? 45 career punts of 50+ yards
? Fourth among active FBS players in career punt average (44.3)
? 17 touchbacks in 178 punts
? Grew up playing Australian Rules football and had not played a down of American football before coming to Utah
2014
? Leads the nation in punts inside the 10 (19) and punts inside the 20 (35).? Second in the nation in punt average (47.0).
? Dropped 45.5% of his punts inside the 20 (35-of-77)
? Second in the Pac-12 in punts of 50+ yards (25)
? Second in the nation with 3,619 punt yards (school record)
? First-team All-Pac-12
? Three-time Ray Guy Award Player of the Week: Fresno State, UCLA, Stanford
? Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week vs. Colorado
? Utah ranks third in the nation in net punting (42.81).
Career
? Two-time first-team All-Pac-12 (2013, 2014)? Came to Utah as a walk-on before being placed on scholarship
? Placed 43.3% of his punts inside the 20 (77-of 178)
? 37 career punts inside the 10-yard line and 16 inside the 5-yard line
? 45 career punts of 50+ yards
? Fourth among active FBS players in career punt average (44.3)
? 17 touchbacks in 178 punts
? Grew up playing Australian Rules football and had not played a down of American football before coming to Utah
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