Ranking 2010 ACC Football: Kickers/Punters

Posted by Brandon Rink on August 9, 2010 under ACC Football | Comments are off for this article

Breaking the ACC unit by unit as we approach football season, today, we examine the kickers, and the best of the best are great – the rest will be working the nerves of ACC fans everywhere.

1) Miami

Talent/Performance Grade (out of 10): 9.7
Top K (2009 Stats): Matt Bosher (14/16 on FGs)
Top P (2009 Stats): Matt Bosher (42.5 avg per punt, 23 punts inside 20)
Stat: Bosher was 9/10 from 30+ yards.

2) North Carolina

Talent/Performance Grade (out of 10): 9.1
Top K (2009 Stats): Casey  Barth (21/25 on FGs)
Top P (2009 Stats): Grant Schallock (40.3 avg. per punt, 13 punts inside 20)
Stat: 4/5 from 40+.

3) NC State

Talent/Performance Grade (out of 10): 8.5
Top K (2009 Stats): Josh Czajkowski (10/12 on FGs)
Top P (2009 Stats): Jeff Ruiz (37.9 avg. per punt, 13 punts inside 20)
Stat: Czajkowski was 4 for 4 on 40+ yard kicks in 2009.

4) Duke

Talent/Performance Grade (out of 10): 8.5
Top K (2009 Stats): Will Snyderwine (17/20 on FGs)
Top P (2009 Stats): Kevin Jones (39.3 avg. per punt, 13 punts inside the 20)
Stat: Snyderwine is 12/14 from 30+.

5) Maryland

Talent/Performance Grade (out of 10): 8.5
Top K (2009 Stats): Nick Ferrara (18/25 on FGs)
Top P (2009 Stats): Travis Baltz (40.7 average per punt, 14 punts inside the 20)
Stat: Ferrrara was 14/20 from 30+ yards.

6) Georgia Tech

Talent/Performance Grade (out of 10): 8.4
Top K (2009 Stats): Scott Blair (14/20 on FGs)
Top P (2009 Stats): Chandler Anderson (42.3 average and 12 punts inside the 20)
Stat: 5/6 from the 20s, 4/7 from the 30s, 5/7 from the 40s was Blair in 2010.

7) Virginia

Talent/Performance Grade (out of 10): 8.1
Top K (2009 Stats): Robert Randolph (17/19 on FGs)
Top P (2009 Stats): Jimmy Howell (40.1 average per punt, 18 punts inside the 20)
Stat: Randolph hit 15/17 from 30+ yards.

8) Florida State

Talent/Performance Grade (out of 10): 8.1
Top K (2009 Stats): Dustin Hopkins (19/27 on FGs)
Top P (2009 Stats): Shawn Powell (41.6 avg. per punt, 13 inside the 20)
Stat: Powell had nine 50+ yard punts with a long of 64.

9) Clemson

Talent/Performance Grade (out of 10): 8.0
Top K (2009 Stats): Richard Jackson (20/31 on FGs)
Top P (2009 Stats): Dawson Zimmerman (39.1 avg. per punt, 19 inside the 20)
Stat: Jackson was 5/11 on kicks from 40-49 yards.

10) Boston College

Talent/Performance Grade (out of 10): 8.0
Top K (2009 Stats): Ryan Quigley
Top P (2009 Stats): Ryan Quigley (40.8 avg. per punt, 23 punts inside the 20)
Stat: Quigley had 11 punts of 50 or more yards with a long of 61.

11) Virginia Tech

Talent/Performance Grade (out of 10): 7.9
Top K (2009 Stats): Chris Hazley
Top P (2009 Stats): Brian Saunders
Stat: N/A.

12) Wake Forest

Talent/Performance Grade (out of 10): 7.9
Top K (2009 Stats): Jimmy Newman (11/17 on FGs)
Top P (2009 Stats): Jimmy Newman 
Stat: Newman – 5/11 on kicks from 30+ yards.

How would you rank them? Any players you expect to breakout in 2010 I didn’t mention?