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Davis Price Named Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week
October 03, 2016 | Football
SAN FRANCISCO – Colorado true freshman place kicker Davis Price was named the Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week, the conference office announced Monday.
Price, from Evergreen (Colo.) High School, becomes the first Colorado player to earn the special teams honor since the Buffs joined the Pac-12 back in 2011. The last CU player to receive a special teams player of the week accolade was kicker Aric Goodman back in 2008 (Big 12) after hitting a game-winning field goal to give Colorado a 17-14 overtime victory over No. 21 West Virginia.
Price had his first career placekicks in CU's 47-6 win over Oregon State, and in the process, set the CU record for the longest field goal made by a freshman as well the longest first career field goal made (54 yards). The previous record for longest field goal by a freshman was 52 yards by Will Oliver versus California in Boulder on Sept. 10, 2011, and the previous long first make was 53 by two others.
The 54-yard field is tied for the third longest in the nation this year (behind two from 55-yards), and is the longest in 2016 by any freshman.
He scored 11 points overall (5-for-5 PAT, 2-for-2 FG), and had four of his eight kickoffs go for touchbacks after joining the team as a walk-on this past June.
Price is the third Buffalo this year to receive Pac-12 Player of the Week accolades, following up quarterbacks Steven Montez (Sept. 26) and Sefo Liufau (Sept. 5). Just five weeks into the season, the three Buffalo selections have matched the most honorees Colorado had in any of its first five seasons in the Pac-12 (also had three in 2011).
Price, from Evergreen (Colo.) High School, becomes the first Colorado player to earn the special teams honor since the Buffs joined the Pac-12 back in 2011. The last CU player to receive a special teams player of the week accolade was kicker Aric Goodman back in 2008 (Big 12) after hitting a game-winning field goal to give Colorado a 17-14 overtime victory over No. 21 West Virginia.
Price had his first career placekicks in CU's 47-6 win over Oregon State, and in the process, set the CU record for the longest field goal made by a freshman as well the longest first career field goal made (54 yards). The previous record for longest field goal by a freshman was 52 yards by Will Oliver versus California in Boulder on Sept. 10, 2011, and the previous long first make was 53 by two others.
The 54-yard field is tied for the third longest in the nation this year (behind two from 55-yards), and is the longest in 2016 by any freshman.
He scored 11 points overall (5-for-5 PAT, 2-for-2 FG), and had four of his eight kickoffs go for touchbacks after joining the team as a walk-on this past June.
Price is the third Buffalo this year to receive Pac-12 Player of the Week accolades, following up quarterbacks Steven Montez (Sept. 26) and Sefo Liufau (Sept. 5). Just five weeks into the season, the three Buffalo selections have matched the most honorees Colorado had in any of its first five seasons in the Pac-12 (also had three in 2011).
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