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TIM REYER

Punter

2008: NFL Draft Eligible
2007: Kansas State University

Awards:

·         Semi-finalists for the 2007 Ray Guy Award: Tim is the first K-State punter to be a nominated as a semi-finalist for the Ray Guy Award, the annual award given to the best college punter.

A native of Wamego, Kan., Tim's season average was 45.1 yards per punt, which was tops in the Big 12 and eighth nationally. Tim also has boomed 11 punts of 50 or more yards, including a season-long 61-yarder, and has downed 14 kicks this season inside the opponent's 20-yard line.

On the career front, Tim has averaged 42.1 yards a kick in four years, while his 201 punts for 8,464 yards rank among the best in school history. Currently, Tim ranks fourth in both career attempts and yardage at Kansas State and his 42.1-yard average ranks third in school history.

2007: Four-year starter who was the Big 12’s top punter... A 2007 Ray Guy Award semi-finalist... Earned numerous first team All-Big 12 honors, including from the Associated Press, the league’s coaches, Rivals.com, the Kansas City Star and the Waco Tribune-Herald... Season average of 44.5 yards is tops in the Big 12 and 10th nationally...  Finished season ranked second on the school’s single-season average list and third on the school’s career average list... Had 22 of his punts downed inside the opponents’ 20... Nailed four punts for a 48-yard average, including a long of 55, at Fresno State... Boomed 5 punts for a season-best 48.4-yard average, including 3 over 50 yards and 2 inside the 20 against Missouri... Had 4 punts for a 36.2 average at Iowa State... Dropped 2 of his punts inside the 20-yard line against the Cyclones, including 1 at the one-yard line... Attempted another 4 punts for a 47-yard average at Oklahoma State... Registered a then-season-high 47.2-yard average on 6 punts against Kansas, including a long of 61 and dropped 4 inside the 20, tying a season high... Boomed 5 punts for a 46.4 average against Texas, including a long of 58...  Averaged a combined 46.8 yards per punt during the Texas and Kansas games... Recorded a 45.0 average on 2 punts against Missouri State... Punted a season-high nine times at Auburn.

Year

G-GS

Punts 

Yards

Avg

Long

 2004

10-7

36

1,526

42.4

71 vs. Colorado

 2005

11-11

65

2,620

40.3

65 vs. Kansas

 2006

13-13

61

2,566

42.1

65 vs. Baylor

 2007

12-12

58

2,583

44.5

61 vs. Kansas

 Total

46-43

220

9,295

42.5

71 vs. Colorado

 

  

2007 Games

Punting

DATE

OPP

PUNTS

AVG

LNG

YDS

NET

9/1

@Auburn

9

44.7

56

402

44.7

9/8

San Jose State

3

44.0

52

132

44.0

9/15

Missouri State

2

45.0

51

90

45.0

9/29

@Texas

5

46.4

58

232

46.4

10/6

Kansas

6

47.2

61

283

47.2

10/13

Colorado

6

42.0

47

252

42.0

10/20

@Oklahoma State

4

47.0

54

188

47.0

10/27

Baylor

4

43.3

47

173

43.3

11/3

@Iowa State

4

36.3

45

145

36.3

11/10

@Nebraska

6

42.0

56

252

42.0

11/17

Missouri

5

48.4

56

242

48.4

11/24

@Fresno State

4

48.0

55

192

48.0


  





Tim Reyer