Boston College Athletics
Freese Named A Ray Guy Award Candidate
October 25, 2013 | Football
Oct. 25, 2013
Boston College senior Nate Freese, one of the most accurate place-kickers in the nation who also handles kickoff and punting duties in 2013, has been named a candidate for the Ray Guy Award given annually to the nation's premier punter, the Augusta Sports Council announced on Friday.
Freese has punted 37 times and is averaging 42.5 yards per punt. A native of Strongsville, Ohio, he has downed 12 punts inside the opponents' 20 yard line and has recorded eight punts of 50 yards or more, including a season-long 65-yard punt at Southern California (Sept. 14). Additionally, Freese averages 42.5 yards per kickoff and has registered 24 touchbacks in 30 kickoffs through six games this season.
Freese is also a Lou Groza award candidate who enters Saturday's game at North Carolina ranked sixth among all placekickers in the NCAA's FBS in active career field goal percentage. The 5-foot-11, 192-pound senior is 52-of-63 in career field-goal attempts (83.6 percent). He is 6-for-6 this season and is 24-for-26 (92.3 percent) in field-goal attempts in the last two seasons.
The Augusta Sports Council created the Ray Guy Award in 2000 to honor College Football Hall of Fame inductee Ray Guy. The list will be narrowed to 10 semifinalists that will be announced on November 8.
The presentation of the Ray Guy Award will be featured on The Home Depot College Football Awards live on Thursday, December 12 at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN.
Boston College (3-3, 1-2 ACC) travels to Chapel Hill, N.C., to face the Tar Heels on Saturday, Oct. 26. Game time is set for 3:30 p.m. and will be broadcast on the ACC Regional Sports Network. The game will be carried locally on NESNplus.
