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What is the college punting record? Ryan Plackemeier holds the yards per punt record

Submitted by Scholar Muchu on Tue, 2005-11-01 18:51.

Ryan Plackemeier was a soccer player all his life until an assistant Wake Forest football coach saw him kicking a soccer ball to the ceiling of the gym during a pick up game. Since that point Ryan Plackemeier has made a name for himself in the NCAA football world.

Ryan Plackemeier holds the record for average punt yardage in career yardage. Plackemeier's career average is 44.91, and he's averaged 46.4 yards this season. Early this year he kicked a record 82 yard punt.

The record punter's statistics:

Date Opponent Punt Punt Yards Yards/Punt
Sep. 04 Clemson 4 184 46.0
Sep. 11 East Carolina 2 97 48.5
Sep. 18 North Carolina A&T 2 88 44.0
Sep. 25 Boston College 6 270 45.0
Oct. 02 North Carolina State 8 375 46.9
Oct. 09 Virginia Tech 6 294 49.0
Oct. 23 Florida State 9 365 40.6
Oct. 30 Duke 4 179 44.8
Nov. 13 North Carolina 8 338 42.3
Nov. 20 Miami (FL) 7 274 39.1
Nov. 27 Maryland 8 345 43.1
Sep. 01 Vanderbilt 4 135 33.8
Sep. 10 Nebraska 8 375 46.9
Sep. 17 East Carolina 5 205 41.0
Sep. 24 Maryland 8 379 47.4
Oct. 01 Clemson 4 208 52.0
Oct. 08 Florida State 7 354 50.6
Oct. 15 Boston College 10 439 43.9
Oct. 22 North Carolina State 8 410 51.3
Oct. 29 Duke 3 149 49.7
TOTALS 57 2654 46.6

Since Plackemeier is deeply religious, he doesn't see his only option playing in the NFL.

His teammates love his ability. Chris Barclay, tailback, explains:

He wins games for us. Our coaches always tell us, if there's a chance we might have a turnover, if we're fighting for that extra yard but we might fumble, just fall down. We've got the best punter in the nation on the sidelines.

It looks like whatever direction Plackemeier takes he's going to be a success.