Davis Price

BYU

Sep 27 (Sat)

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Position:
Placekicker
Height:
6-2
Weight:
195
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Evergreen, Colo.
High School:
Evergreen

Updated Nov. 30, 2019

AT COLORADO
Career:

Has played in 38 games between placekicking, kicking off and punting, of which all of the latter came his junior season.
Has kicked off 150 times in his career, with just 58 returned (86 touchbacks, five fair caught).

This Season (Sr.):

Has played in six games this season, handling some or all of the kickoff duties in all six games.
He was named a special teams player of the game for the Washington game.
Three of his four kickoffs were for touchbacks against Stanford, with the one return for just four yards.
Had three kickoffs against UCLA, two for touchbacks and one on-sides attempt.
Had two kickoffs for 130 yards (65.0 average) and both were touchbacks against USC.

Recorded one kickoff for 65 yards against Arizona State that resulted in a touchback.
Dressed but did not play against Nebraska and Air Force.
Played against Colorado State, kicking off five times with one touchback and three kicks returned.
Averaged 40.5 yards on eight kicks in the two scrimmages and spring game.
In the spring game he averaged 45.6 yards per punt with one inside the 20 and was 4-of-5 on PATs.

2018 (Jr.)—Saw action in 12 games … Handled kickoff duties all season: of 60 kickoffs, 34 were not returned and 19 were kicked through the end zone … Of the 22 that were returned, eight were stopped inside the 20 and 13 inside the 25 and the average starting position on those drives was the 22-yard line … Had his role expand significantly after the injury to Alex Kinney in the second week of the season and became the starting punter … Punted in eight games and on 48 punts, averaged 38.38 yards with a long of 58 … His yards per punt ranked ninth in the Pac-12 and 97th nationally … He pinned 20 punts inside the 20 and 24 were fair caught … He had three punts of 50-plus yards and his net average was 36.8 yards … Also attempted one field goal, a 53-yarder that was just short.

2017 (Soph.)—Handled all but one of the teams 65 kickoffs on the year … 26 of his kickoffs went through or over the end zone and he had 40 touchbacks on the year … Recorded one assisted tackle … Saw 10 of his first 12 kickoffs to start the season go for touchbacks (and one of those that wasn't a touchback came from the 20 after a penalty and CU's coverage team tackled the returner at the 17-yard line) … Opposing teams’ average starting field position after kickoffs was 19.92.

2016 (Fr.)—He saw action in eight games after giving up a potential redshirt year due to injuries ... Was 4-of-6 on field goal tries, connected on 26-of-27 PATs and scored 38 points … Also kicked off a total of 14 times, five of which went for touchbacks … Saw his first career action at Oregon, becoming the fourth true freshmen to play at CU on the year … Had six kickoffs in the Oregon victory with one touchback and the Ducks only averaged 19.4 yards per return on his kickoffs … The very next weekend against Oregon State he made his first career field goal attempt from 54 yards, a kick that was the longest in the nation in 2016 by a freshman as well as the CU record for the longest field goal made by a freshman and a first-ever field goal made (any class) … For his efforts in the game, where he successfully connected on all five PAT attempts and two field goals (the other was from 22 yards), he was named the Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week (the first time since 2011 that a Buff received conference special teams player of the week honors) … The next week at USC he connected on a 42-yard field goal with 4:49 left in the fourth quarter to pull the Buffs within four, 21-17 … A recruited walk-on, he joined the team for summer workouts in June and was pressed into duty the fourth game of the season due to the season-ending injury to Diego Gonzalez.

HIGH SCHOOL—He earned first-team All-State honors at both placekicker and punter as a junior and senior, as well as earning first-team All-Metro North League honor both seasons (kicker; at punter, he was first-team as a senior and second-team as a junior) … As a senior, he converted 37-of-38 extra points and 12-of-17 field goals (long of 47), scoring 73 total points; he saw 55 of his 63 kickoffs go for touchbacks (87.3 percent), with his first 27 going into the end zone or beyond before one was returned … Averaged 34.3 yards for 32 punts (long of 51), with 10 inside-the-20 ... As a junior, he was 52-of-53 on PAT kicks and 12-of-19 on field goal tries (long of 44), scoring 88 total points … He kicked off 75 times, 39 going for touchbacks (52 percent) and owned a 33.6 average for 26 punts (52 long, 12 inside-the-20) … Saw spot duty as a sophomore, with 10 of 26 kickoffs going for touchbacks and punted twice … Overall, he scored 161 points (89-of-91 PAT, 24-of-36 FG), and saw 63 percent of his kickoffs earn touchbacks (104 of 164) … Top games: as a senior, he scored 16 points in a 40-8 win over Holy Family (4-of-4 on extra points, 4-of-4 field goals including his career long kick of 47 yards); in a 48-7 win over Weld Central, he scored 12 points (6-6 PAT, 2-2 FG) and also had all eight of his kickoffs go for touchbacks … As a junior in a 39-22 win over Northridge, he scored 13 points (4-4 PAT, 3-4 FG) and he also had 13 in a 55-14 win over Thomas Jefferson (7-7 PAT, 2-2 FG) … Under coach Rob Molhom, EHS was 9-3 his senior year, 11-1 his junior season and 8-3 his sophomore campaign; they were the Metro North champions twice and the Metro West titlists as a sophomore (16-0 in conference play those three years combined) … He also lettered in rugby (flyhalf), earning first-team All-State honors in leading Evergreen to the 2014 state title, and in baseball (second base) … He was inducted into Evergreen’s High School Hall of Fame his senior year.

ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Journalism at Colorado while also seeking a Business minor … He was named to the National Football Foundation's 2016 Hampshire Honor Society honorable mention team, which rewards those student-athletes who have in excess of a 3.2 grade point average … Earned honorable mention Academic All-Colorado honors from the state’s chapter of the National Football Foundation is both a freshman and sophomore … An Honor Roll student in high school, he earned first-team Academic All-State honors as a junior (and honorable mention honors as a senior).

PERSONAL—He was born December 29, 1997 in Denver ... Hobbies include fishing, skiing and golfing … His mother (Kerri) ran track at Long Beach State and ran the 800-meter run in the Olympic Trials; his father (Doug) is a pilot for United Airlines and has manned two of team’s charter flights with Davis on board … Younger brother, Evan, is a sophomore placekicker for the Buffs … He was presented with the Bahai Award for his work as a leader with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.