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Ray Guy Award
American college football award
American college football award
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Ray Guy Award |
| image | RayGuyAwardLogo.png |
| description | College football's top punter |
| presenter | Greater Augusta Sports Council |
| country | United States |
| year | 2000 |
| holder | Brett Thorson, Georgia |
| website | http://www.augustasportscouncil.org/ |
The Ray Guy Award is presented annually to college football's most outstanding punter as adjudged by the Augusta Sports Council. The award is named after punter Ray Guy, an All-American for Southern Mississippi and an All-Pro in the National Football League for the Oakland Raiders. The Ray Guy Award winner is determined by a national selection committee of football writers, FBS college coaches, sports information directors, and past Ray Guy Award winners.
Winners
| Year | Winner | School | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Wisconsin | ||
| 2001 | Purdue | ||
| 2002 | Colorado | ||
| 2003 | Ohio State | ||
| 2004 | Baylor | ||
| 2005 | Wake Forest | ||
| 2006 | (2) | Baylor | |
| 2007 | Georgia Tech | ||
| 2008 | Oklahoma State | ||
| 2009 | Georgia | ||
| 2010 | Florida | ||
| 2011 | (2) | Louisiana Tech | |
| 2012 | |||
| 2013 | Memphis | ||
| 2014 | (2) | Utah (3) | |
| 2015 | |||
| 2016 | |||
| 2017 | Texas | ||
| 2018 | Texas A&M | ||
| 2019 | Kentucky | ||
| 2020 | Georgia Tech (2) | ||
| 2021 | San Diego State | ||
| 2022 | Rutgers | ||
| 2023 | Iowa | ||
| 2024 | USC | ||
| 2025 | Georgia (2) |
FCS Punter of the Year
FCS Punter of the Year Award was created in 2019 to honor FCS punters with leadership qualities as well as outstanding statistics.
| Season | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Alex Pechin | Bucknell |
| 2020 | D. J. Arnson | Northern Arizona |
| 2021 | Brian Buschini | Montana |
| 2022 | Patrick Rohrbach | Montana |
| 2023 | Aidan Laros | UT Martin |
| 2024 | Brendon Kilpatrick | Youngstown State |
Footnotes
General references
References
- "Ray Guy Award information". Ray Guy Award.
- (December 31, 2000). "Champions 2000; From Sydney To the Bronx, the Winners". The New York Times.
- (December 7, 2001). "Dorsch wins Ray Guy Award". The Augusta Chronicle.
- (December 13, 2002). "Colorado punter wins award". The Augusta Chronicle.
- (December 11, 2003). "2003 Home Depot College Football Awards". ESPN.com.
- (December 10, 2004). "Sports Briefing". The New York Times.
- (December 8, 2005). "Plackemeier Wins Ray Guy Award". Scout.com.
- "Sepulveda Earns Second Guy Award". Baylor Athletics.
- (December 7, 2007). "College 2007 Award Winners". Indiana Gazette.
- (December 11, 2008). "Oklahoma State punter Matt Fodge wins Ray Guy Award". The Oklahoman.
- (December 11, 2009). "Butler named nation's top punter". Athens Banner-Herald.
- (December 10, 2010). "Florida Gators' Chas Henry wins Ray Guy Award". Tampa Bay Times.
- (December 8, 2011). "Louisiana Tech's Ryan Allen wins Ray Guy Award". USA Today.
- (December 6, 2012). "Louisiana Tech punter Ryan Allen wins Ray Guy Award". The Augusta Chronicle.
- (December 13, 2013). "Memphis punter Tom Hornsey wins Ray Guy Award". Boston Herald.
- (December 11, 2014). "Utah punter Tom Hackett wins Ray Guy award". Yahoo Sports.
- (December 10, 2015). "Utah punter Tom Hackett wins second consecutive Ray Guy Award". Fox News.
- (December 8, 2016). "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie: Utah's Wishnowsky wins Ray Guy Award". USA Today.
- (December 7, 2017). "Texas P Michael Dickson wins the Ray Guy Award". Burnt Orange Nation.
- (December 6, 2018). "Texas A&M's Braden Mann honored as nation's best punter, wins Ray Guy Award". Dallas Morning News.
- Franklin, Drew. (December 12, 2019). "Max Duffy wins Ray Guy Award for NCAA's best punter". Kentucky Sports Radio.
- Bonagura, Kyle. (January 8, 2021). "Bama players take home several major awards".
- Kenney, Kirk. (December 9, 2021). "Aztecs' Matt Araiza wins Ray Guy Award as nation's top punter". The San Diego Union-Tribune.
- Iseman, Chris. (December 2, 2022). "Rutgers' Adam Korsak named Ray Guy Award winner as college football's top punter". Ashbury Park Press.
- Illustrated, Sports. (December 8, 2023). "Tory Taylor Wins Ray Guy Award". Sports Illustrated.
- On Sports, Last Word. (December 12, 2024). "USC’s Eddie Czaplicki Wins 2024 Ray Guy Award". Last Word On Sports.
- "The FCS Punter of the Year".
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