Whitehead Named Ray Guy Award Semifinalist
12/7/2020 2:13:00 PM | Football
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Indiana punter Haydon Whitehead is one of 10 semifinalists for the Ray Guy Award, the Augusta Sports Council announced Monday afternoon. The semifinalists were chosen from a field of 69 nominated candidates.
Whitehead is averaging 42.4 yards on 36 punts with a long of 55, six 50-yarders and nine inside the 20-yard line. Opponents have only returned two punts for 14 yards.
The graduate student owns a 41.2 career average (223 punts), third in program history, with 25 50-yarders. He has pinned 81 punts inside the 20, 37 inside the 10 and 15 inside the 5.
The candidates were evaluated by the Ray Guy Award committee on their overall statistics and contribution to the team. Particular emphasis was placed on net punting average, number of times a punt was downed or kicked out-of-bounds inside the opponents 20-yard line, total yardage punted, average returned yardage and percentage of punts not returned. The winner must display team leadership, self-discipline and have a positive impact on the team's success.
A national voting body of Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) sports information directors, national media and previous Ray Guy Award winners will decide the three award finalists who will be announced on Tuesday, Dec. 22. Voters will then vote again to determine the winner who will be announced live on Thursday, Jan. 7, at The Home Depot College Football Awards Show on ESPN.
The Ray Guy Award will provide one additional vote as determined by football fans. The Fan Vote will be located on the Ray Guy Award website and is equivalent to one national selection committee member's vote. The vote will be included for the selection of the finalists and the winner.
Below is a list of the semifinalists:
Haydon Whitehead, Indiana
Jake Camarda, Georgia
Kirk Christodoulou, Pitt
Nik Constantinou, Texas A&M
Pressley Harvin, Georgia Tech
Tommy Heatherly, FIU
Lou Hedley, Miami
Tory Taylor, Iowa
Zach Von Rosenberg, LSU
Porter Wilson, Duke
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