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Handled just about all of the kicking duties for the Rams last fall, including placekicking, punting and kickoffs... led the Patriot League and was 38th in the NCAA FCS in punting average... second in the Patriot League and tied for 39th in the NCAA FCS in field goals/game... a 2009 First Team All-Patriot League selection... led Patriot League and ranked tenth in the NCAA FCS in punting average in 2009... joined the Rams prior to the Columbia game and handled the punting duties for the reminder of the season... booted the second longest punt in school history... originally attended the University of Delaware... named to the 2009 and 2010 Patriot League Honor Roll. 2010: Appeared in all eleven games for the Rams as a sophomore, handling both the punting and place kicking duties... punted 49 times for 1,928 yards (39.3 yards/punt)... led the Patriot League and ranked 38th in the NCAA FCS in punting average... landed 20 of his 49 punts inside the opponent's 20 and had ten punts of 50-yards or longer... also connected on 12 of his 21 field goal attempts, with a long of 48 yards - the third longest field goal in Fordham history, and 22 of his 24 PATs... second in the Patriot League and tied for 39th in the NCAA FCS in field goals/game (1.09)... led team and was third in the Patriot League in scoring with 58 points (5.3 points/game)... ranked second in league in scoring by kickers... averaged 61.2 yards on 52 kickoffs with four touchbacks... punted four times for 204 yards (51.0 yards/punt) at Bryant, including a season-long 58-yarder... also booted a career-long 48-yard field goal in the Bryant game... punted six times for 232 yards (38.7 yards/punt), landing six inside the 20, and connected on all three field goal attempts (24, 22 and 21 yards) in the Liberty Cup win at Columbia... punted five times for 225 yards (45.0 average) with three landing inside the 20 in the win over Rhode Island... booted two field goals (45 and 38 yards) at Yale... also had a pair of field goals (39 and 30 yards) in the Lafayette win... converted all four PATs and one field goal attempt (39 yards) at Holy Cross. 2009: First Team All-Patriot League punter... led Patriot League and ranked tenth in the NCAA FCS with a 41.9 yards/punt average, the fourth best single season average in Fordham history... punted 36 times for 1,507 yards... eight punts traveled more than 50 yards and seven landed inside the opponent's 20... named Patriot League Special Teams Player of the Week following the Columbia game where he punted six times for 274 yards (45.7 yards/punt) with two of his kicks landing inside the Columbia 20... had a long punt of 73 yards in the Colgate game on September 26th, tying him for the second longest punt at Fordham (the school record is 85 yards by Len Eshmont in 1939)... also handled the kickoff chores for the Rams, averaging 60.8 yards/kickoff. Before Fordham: A three-year varsity standout kicker and punter for nationally-ranked Don Bosco Prep football team for head coach Greg Toal... also competed in baseball as a freshman and wrestled as a sophomore... led Don Bosco football team to 12-1 record and the state Group IV title in 2008.. .team went undefeated on the way to winning state championships in 2006 and 2007 as well... earned Second Team All-State, First Team All-County, and First Team All-League as a senior in 2008... earned Mario Allegretta Memorial Football Scholarship... led freshman team to an undefeated season in 2005... member of the National Honor Society, German National Honor Society and English National Honor Society... honor roll all four years. Personal: Born June 22, 1991... son of Aidan and Linda Murray... has a younger brother... father earned degree from University College in Dublin, Ireland... also plays Gaelic (Irish) football... uncles, Ciaran Murray and Brendan Murray, and cousin, Aeden Murray, are national caliber Gaelic football players in Ireland... a Business Administration major. |
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