Football
EAST LANSING, Mich. – For the second time this season, sixth-year graduate senior punter Bryce Baringer has been honored as the Ray Guy Award National Punter of the Week.
The Augusta Sports Council presents the Ray Guy Award annually to the nation’s best collegiate punter.
Baringer, the nation’s leading punter (50.0 avg.), punted five times in the win at No. 16 Illinois for a 49.6-yard average, successfully punting in winds that were 25-30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. He finished with four punts inside the 20, including two inside the 10.
Baringer had a game-long 68-yarder with the wind in second quarter that went to the Illinois 6-yard line and also had a 62-yarder that went out of bounds at the 1-yard line in the fourth quarter.
Baringer, who was named a midseason first-team AP All-American, has seven punts of 60-plus yards and 19 punts of 50-plus yards this season, and he has placed 17 inside the 20-yard line (44 percent). He has been one of “Ray’s 8” top punters of the week four times this season and was also named the National Punter of the Week in Week 6 against No. 3 Ohio State after averaging 48.9 yards per punt against the Buckeyes while tying a career best with five inside the 20.
The Waterford, Michigan, product set an MSU single-season record in 2021 with his 48.4-yard average, which led the Big Ten and ranked fifth in the FBS. It was also the second-longest punting average in the history of the Big Ten (Reggie Roby, Iowa, 49.8 average in 1981).
Thanks to Baringer, MSU also continues to lead the FBS in net punting with a 46.0-yard average.
Michigan State (4-5, 2-4 Big Ten) returns to action Saturday, Nov. 12…
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