Kinney Named To Ray Guy Award Preseason Watch List
July 24, 2019 | Football
BOULDER—Senior P Alex Kinney was named to the Ray Guy Award Watch List Wednesday, becoming the seventh player to earn a spot on a watch list in the past two weeks.  Â
Given to the nation's top punter, Kinney was added to the watch list for the second straight season. Mark Mariscal won the award for the Buffs in 2002, one of the first seasons it was awarded.  Â
Kinney, a 6-foot-1, 205-pound fifth-year senior from Fort Collins, Colo., has played in 43 career games and is currently 11th in CU history with a career average of 41.63. He has 73 punts inside the 20, second most in CU history. Since 2017, he has 72 punts for an average of 43.6 yard with a net of 41.6 with 35 inside the 20 and just three touchbacks. He took advantage of the new redshirt rule, as he was injured in the second game of the season against Nebraska and missed eight games before returning for the final two games of the season. The new rule enabled him to redshirt without applying for a medical hardship waiver.Â
The Buffs now have seven players with 12 watch list nods this month. DE Mustafa Johnson (Bednarik Award, Nagurski Trophy), ILB Nate Landman (Bednarik Award, Butkus Award, Nagurski Trophy), C Tim Lynott (Rimington Award), QB Steven Montez (Maxwell Award, Davey O'Brien Award), WR Laviska Shenault Jr. (Biletnikoff Award, Maxwell Award) and OLB Davion Taylor (Butkus Award) are the others. Â
The calendar for the remaining award watch lists as part of the National College Football Awards Association include: Paul Hornung Award (July 25, most versatile player), Wuerffel Trophy (July 25, community service and academic achievement) and the Walter Camp Award (July 26, top player).Â
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