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Kroeger Named Ray Guy Award Punter of the Week
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Kroeger Named Ray Guy Award Punter of the Week

Sophomore Punter Considered Nation’s Best for Week 7 Games

The Augusta Sports Council and the Ray Guy Award are proud to announce University of South Carolina’s Kai Kroeger as the Ray Guy Award Punter of the Week for Week 7 games. Kroeger was chosen from “Ray’s 8” announced on Monday.
 
Kroeger, a 6-4, 195-pounder from Lake Forest, Ill., had the best game of his career in Saturday’s 21-20 win over Vanderbilt. Kroeger had four punts for 227 yards, a 56.8-yard average with all four going for 50-plus yards (54, 70, 53 and 50). Three of the sophomore’s four punts were placed inside the 20. He boomed a career-long 70-yard punt, the longest for a Gamecock since Joseph Charlton had a 73-yarder in 2017. The Commodores had no return yards, so the Gamecocks flipped the field four times with a net of 56.8 yards per punt.
 
On Monday, Kroeger was named the SEC Special Teams Player of the Week for his performance against Vanderbilt.
 
Kroeger and the Gamecocks (4-3, 1-3 SEC) will travel to College Station, Texas this week for a date with No. 17/17 Texas A&M (5-2, 2-2). Game time is set for 7:30 pm ET (6:30 local) and the game will be televised by SEC Network on Saturday, Oct. 23.