Double-edged sword award
Senior punter having a career year for the Bulls
TAMPA, OCT. 15, 2024 – Senior punter Andrew Stokes (Perth, Australia) continues his strong play for South Florida football as he earned recognition on the Ray Guy Award’s weekly national honor roll for the second straight outing following his performance against Memphis.
Saturday vs. Memphis the 6-6 Australia native punted seven times for a 46.6 yards per punt average and pinned the Tiger’s inside their own 20 a career-best five times. Stokes’ efforts had Memphis starting drives from their own 5, 10, 12, 14 and 19-yard lines on the day and included 60, 56 and 50-yard efforts.
Stokes was also named to Ray’s 8 following a strong outing at Tulane in which he posted a 46.4-yard average, landing three balls inside the 20 and hitting a 61-yard long. Stokes’ punts had the Green Wave starting from their own 11, 12 and 15-yard lines.
Stokes has set a new USF record with 157 consecutive punts without a block and his 14 punts inside the 20 through the Bulls’ first six games this year put him on pace to challenge the USF season record of 30 set by Justin Brockhaus-Kann in 2011. With 60 punts inside the 20 on his career, including 24 in 2023, Stokes is also well within range to challenge Brockhaus-Kann’s USF career record of 68 (2009-12).
Stokes’ current season average of 44.9 yards per punt, his career best by over three yards, ranks second in the American Athletic Conference and No. 22 nationally and is on pace for the second-best season mark in program history and just the third over 44 yards per punt.
Stokes is carrying a 41.0 career punting average that would place him fourth on the all-time USF career charts. His career punts and punting yardage totals are both on pace to rank him among the top five all-time in those categories at USF.
USF takes on UAB in a 3:30 p.m. kickoff Saturday at Raymond James Stadium. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+ and 102.5 HD-2 and Bulls Unlimited digital radio.
Senior punter having a career year for the Bulls
TAMPA, OCT. 15, 2024 – Senior punter Andrew Stokes (Perth, Australia) continues his strong play for South Florida football as he earned recognition on the Ray Guy Award’s weekly national honor roll for the second straight outing following his performance against Memphis.
Saturday vs. Memphis the 6-6 Australia native punted seven times for a 46.6 yards per punt average and pinned the Tiger’s inside their own 20 a career-best five times. Stokes’ efforts had Memphis starting drives from their own 5, 10, 12, 14 and 19-yard lines on the day and included 60, 56 and 50-yard efforts.
Stokes was also named to Ray’s 8 following a strong outing at Tulane in which he posted a 46.4-yard average, landing three balls inside the 20 and hitting a 61-yard long. Stokes’ punts had the Green Wave starting from their own 11, 12 and 15-yard lines.
Stokes has set a new USF record with 157 consecutive punts without a block and his 14 punts inside the 20 through the Bulls’ first six games this year put him on pace to challenge the USF season record of 30 set by Justin Brockhaus-Kann in 2011. With 60 punts inside the 20 on his career, including 24 in 2023, Stokes is also well within range to challenge Brockhaus-Kann’s USF career record of 68 (2009-12).
Stokes’ current season average of 44.9 yards per punt, his career best by over three yards, ranks second in the American Athletic Conference and No. 22 nationally and is on pace for the second-best season mark in program history and just the third over 44 yards per punt.
Stokes is carrying a 41.0 career punting average that would place him fourth on the all-time USF career charts. His career punts and punting yardage totals are both on pace to rank him among the top five all-time in those categories at USF.
USF takes on UAB in a 3:30 p.m. kickoff Saturday at Raymond James Stadium. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+ and 102.5 HD-2 and Bulls Unlimited digital radio.
