Joining Dan Titchener on the list are
four 2006 top-10 Ray Guy finalists, including one top-three finisher in Georgia
Tech’s Durante Brooks. Titchener was nominated for the award based on his
outstanding performance on the field last season, as well as his consistent
excellence in the classroom and in the community.
Titchener launched 66 punts for a
total of 2,592 yards in 2006, an average of nearly 40 yards per punt. In the
classroom, he is a six-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll and a
2006 first-team Academic All-Big 12 selection, while also giving to the
community as a volunteer for Dads of Kids with Disabilities, Village Manor
Retirement Center, while earning recognition as a two-time member of the Brook
Berringer Citizenship Team.
The Ray Guy Award watch list will be
narrowed to 10 semi finalists, to be announced in early November. The national
voting body will then vote for the top three finalists who will be announced at
the end of November. The award will be presented live on ESPN December 6, 2007,
during the Home Depot College Football Awards Show.
Nebraska has yet to
win a Ray Guy Award since its inception in 2000, but did have a finalist in Kyle
Larson in 2003.
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2007 Ray
Guy Award Watch List |
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Jared
Armstrong |
Purdue |
Senior |
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Johnny
Ayers |
Boston
College |
Senior |
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Britt
Barefoot |
Southern
Miss |
Junior |
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Justin
Brantly |
Texas A
& M |
Junior |
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Durant
Brooks |
Georgia
Tech |
Senior |
2006 top-3
finalist |
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Dave
Brytus |
Pittsburgh |
Junior |
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Britton
Colquitt |
Tennessee |
Junior |
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Jeremy
Davis |
Arkansas |
Junior |
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Ken
Debauche |
Wisconsin |
Senior |
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Matt
DiLallo |
Colorado |
Sophomore |
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Matt
Fodge |
Oklahoma
State |
Junior |
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Michael
Hughes |
San Siego
State |
Senior |
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Leon Jackson
III |
Utah
State |
Senior |
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Jonathan
Johnson |
Arizona
State |
Senior |
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Zach
Johnson |
Eastern
Michigan |
Sophomore |
2006 top-10
finalist |
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Jared
Kaufman |
New
Mexico State |
Senior |
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Jimmie
Kaylor |
Colorado
State |
Senior |
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Chris
Keagle |
Louisiana
Tech |
Junior |
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Brett
Kern |
Toledo |
Senior |
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Jim
Laney |
Western
Michigan |
Senior |
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Andrew
Larson |
California |
Senior |
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Zoltan
Mesko |
Michigan |
Sophomore |
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Chris
Miller |
Ball
State |
Junior |
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Thomas
Morstead |
SMU |
Junior |
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Brian
Pacheco |
UNLV |
Senior |
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Aaron
Perez |
UCLA |
Junior |
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Keegan
Peterson |
Florida
Atlantic |
Sophomore |
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Kyle
Petersen |
UTEP |
Freshman |
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Waylon
Prather |
San
Jose State |
Senior |
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Geoff
Price |
Notre
Dame |
Senior |
2006 top-10
finalist |
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Tim
Reyer |
Kansas
State |
Senior |
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Louie
Sakoda |
Utah
|
Junior |
2006 top-10
finalist |
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Truman
Spencer |
North
Texas |
Junior |
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Ryan
Succop |
South
Carolina |
Junior |
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Brent
Sutherland |
Memphis |
Junior |
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Sam
Swank |
Wake
Forest |
Junior |
2006 top-10
finalist |
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Dan
Titchener |
Nebraska |
Junior |
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Owen
Tolson |
Army |
Senior |
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AJ
Trapasso |
Ohio |
Junior |
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Greg
Woidneck |
Southern
Cal |
Junior |
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Ben
Woods |
Buffalo |
Senior |
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