Jan. 12, 2012
College Football Performance Awards Announces 2011 Recipients | College Football Performance Awards Trophy Winners | Beyond Sports Network NCAA FCS All-America Team
2011 Associated Press NCAA FCS All-America Team | 2011 Sports Network NCAA FCS All-America Team
Bronx, N.Y. -
The honors keep rolling in for Fordham University junior punter Patrick Murray (Mahwah, N.J./Don Bosco Prep). After being named All-America by two separate outlets last month, earning Third Team All-America honors from both the Associated Press and The Sports Network, today he was named the NCAA FCS Punt Performer of the Year by the College Football Performance Awards(CFPA). He also added another All-America honor to his resume, being named Second Team All-America by the Beyond Sports College Network. He becomes the first Fordham football All-American since Jason Caldwell in 2009.
On the year, Murray punted 49 times for 2,160 yards, an average of 44.1 yards/punt, tops in the Patriot League and third best in the NCAA FCS. He landed 21 of his kicks inside the opponent's 20 this fall and had 16 of his 49 punts travel more than 50 yards, including a season-long 73-yarder. The 73 yard punt, which came at Rhode Island, tied his career-high and was the second longest punt in school history (the Fordham record is 85 yards by Len Eshmont in 1939). Murray also booted a 73-yard punt at Colgate in 2009.
Murray's 44.1 punting average is the fourth best single season average in Fordham history while his 41.4 career punting average is second on the school's all-time list and his 5,585 career punting yards in sixth.
Prior to the season, Murray was named to the 2011 College Football Performance Awards (CFPA) Punter Award Watch List and during the year he was recognized as the Punter Performer of the Week by the CFPA three times.
