Texas A&M’s Kaser named 1st-Team All-American

The record-setting season by Texas A&M punter Drew Kaser was honored with first-team All-American recognition from CBSSports.com
 
Heading into the Aggies' game vs. Louisville in the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl, Kaser, from Strongsville, Ohio, is just fractionally behind the FBS national lead in 2015. Kaser ranks No. 2 with a 47.96 average, which is just off the 48.00 average by Florida Atlantic's Dalton Schomp. Kaser's 2015 average is on pace to break his own school record of 47.4 from 2013 and ranks No. 3 in the SEC annals (min. 50 punts). He is the chasing the SEC record of 48.2 set by Vanderbilt's Anderson in 1984.
 
2015 NCAA Punt Average
Player, School                                     Avg.
Dalton Schomp, FAU                          48.00
Drew Kaser, Texas A&M                   47.96
Tom Hackett, Utah                             47.78
Michael Carrizosa, San Jose St.        47.65
Hayden Hunt, CSU                               46.34
 
For his career, Kaser is averaging 46.30 yards (7,455 yards on 161 punts), which is just .01 behind the NCAA record of 46.31 by West Virginia's Todd Sauerbrun from 1991-94 (7,733 yards on 167 punts). Kaser is on pace to join Sauerbrun as the only FBS players to average more than 46 punt yards for a career (min. 150 punts).
 
NCAA Career Punt Avg. (150 min.)
Player, School, Years                         Avg.
Todd Sauerbrun, WVU, 1991-94      46.31
Drew Kaser, TAMU, 2011, 13-15     46.30
Quinn Sharp, OKST, 2009-12             45.89
Reggie Roby, IOWA, 1979-82           45.63
Drew Butler, UGA, 2008-11              45.44
 
Kaser's sustained greatness has put him far ahead of the current school and SEC career records owned by Shane Lechler (44.7, 1996-99) and Ricky Anderson of Vanderbilt (45.6, 1983-84), respectively.
 
2015 CBSSports.com All-America Team
Offense

Position	Player	Class	School
QB	Deshaun Watson	Sophomore	Clemson
RB	Derrick Henry	Junior	Alabama
RB	Leonard Fournette	Sophomore	LSU
WR	Corey Coleman	Junior	Baylor
WR	Josh Doctson	Senior	TCU
TE	Jake Butt	Junior	Michigan
C	Jack Allen	Senior	Michigan State
OL	Ronnie Stanley	Senior	Notre Dame
OL	Spencer Drango	Senior	Baylor
OL	Joshua Garnett	Senior	Stanford
OL	Taylor Decker	Senior	Ohio State

 
Defense

Position		Player	Class	School
DE	Carl Nassib		Senior	Penn State
DE	Joey Bosa		Junior	Ohio State
DT	A'Shawn Robinson		Junior	Alabama
DT	Jonathan Bullard		Senior	Florida
LB	Jaylon Smith		Junior	Notre Dame
LB	Reggie Ragland		Senior	Alabama
LB	Kentrell Brothers		Senior	Missouri
CB	Desmond King		Junior	Iowa
CB	Vernon Hargreaves III		Junior	Florida
S	Jeremy Cash		Senior	Duke
S	Jalen Mills		Senior	LSU

 
Special Teams

Position	Player	Class	School
K	Roberto Aguayo	Junior	Florida State
P	Drew Kaser	Senior	Texas A&M
KR	Morgan Burns	Senior	Kansas State
PR	Antonio Callaway	Freshman	Florida
AP	Christian McCaffrey*	Sophomore	Stanford