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EAST LANSING, Mich. – The Augusta Sports Council has announced that Michigan State’s Bryce Baringer has been named one of 10 semifinalists for the Ray Guy Award, which is given annually to the nation’s best collegiate punter.
Baringer, who has been ranked No. 1 in the FBS in punting for seven consecutive weeks, continues to lead the nation with his 48.4-yard punting average. MSU also leads the FBS in net punting (45.0-yard average) as Baringer has only three touchbacks
this season while placing 20 of his 45 punts (44 percent) inside the 20, including eight inside the 10. The sixth-year graduate senior also has 21 punts of 50-plus yards (47 percent), third in the Big Ten, including eight of 60-plus yards.
A two-time Ray Guy Award National Punter of the Week (vs. Ohio State and Illinois), Baringer was named a first-team midseason Associated Press All-American and he has made five appearances on the “Ray’s 8” weekly honor roll (vs. Western Michigan, Ohio State, Wisconsin, Illinois, Rutgers).
Baringer’s career punting average of 45.7 yards per punt (156 punts for 7,134 yards) is currently the best in Big Ten history (Reggie Roby, Iowa, 45.5 average from 1979-82).
The 10 semifinalists were chosen from a field of 81 nominated candidates; the candidates were evaluated by the Ray Guy Award committee on their overall statistics and contribution to the team. Particular emphasis was placed on net punting average, number of times a punt was downed or kicked out-of-bounds…
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