COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Texas A&M junior punter Shane Tripucka has been named a candidate for the Burlsworth Trophy and the Ray Guy Award. Tripucka is one of six SEC players nominated for the Burlsworth and one of eight nominees from the league for the Ray Guy.
Tripucka has impressed this season, taking over the punting duties for the No. 7 Aggies. The specialist has punted 41 times for the Maroon & White, 17 of which have pinned the opponents inside the 20 yard line and 13 have gone for 50 yards or more. The Allen, Texas native, has a 43.3 yard per punt average with a season long of 59 yards.
The Burlsworth Trophy and the Springdale (AR) Rotary Club announced the 52 players nominated from Division 1 (FBS) schools from across the country for the 2016 Burlsworth Trophy Tuesday. In the award's seventh year, the Trophy is named in honor of Brandon Burlsworth, former University of Arkansas Walk-On and All-American offensive lineman. The 2015 winner was quarterback Baker Mayfield from the University of Oklahoma.
The Augusta Sports Council has released the complete list of candidates for the 2016 Ray Guy Award. The Ray Guy Award identifies the nation's top collegiate punter at the ESPN Home Depot College Football Awards every year in December. The list will be narrowed down to 10 semifinalists on Friday, November 11, followed by three finalists who will be identified on Tuesday, November 22.
2016 Burlsworth Trophy Nominees
2016 Ray Guy Award Candidates
Tripucka has impressed this season, taking over the punting duties for the No. 7 Aggies. The specialist has punted 41 times for the Maroon & White, 17 of which have pinned the opponents inside the 20 yard line and 13 have gone for 50 yards or more. The Allen, Texas native, has a 43.3 yard per punt average with a season long of 59 yards.
The Burlsworth Trophy and the Springdale (AR) Rotary Club announced the 52 players nominated from Division 1 (FBS) schools from across the country for the 2016 Burlsworth Trophy Tuesday. In the award's seventh year, the Trophy is named in honor of Brandon Burlsworth, former University of Arkansas Walk-On and All-American offensive lineman. The 2015 winner was quarterback Baker Mayfield from the University of Oklahoma.
The Augusta Sports Council has released the complete list of candidates for the 2016 Ray Guy Award. The Ray Guy Award identifies the nation's top collegiate punter at the ESPN Home Depot College Football Awards every year in December. The list will be narrowed down to 10 semifinalists on Friday, November 11, followed by three finalists who will be identified on Tuesday, November 22.
2016 Burlsworth Trophy Nominees
| School | Player | Year | Position |
| Arizona State | Mitchell Fraboni | JR | LS |
| Arkansas | Toby Baker | SR | P |
| Arkansas State | Johnston White | JR | RB |
| Bowling Green | Trent Greene | SR | LB |
| BYU | Parker Dawe | SR | OL |
| Clemson | Greg Huegel | Soph | K |
| Colorado State | Jakob Buys | JR | DL |
| Connecticut | Justin Wain | SR | P |
| Eastern Michigan | Blake Banham | Soph | RB/KR |
| Florida | Mark Herndon | SR | RB |
| Florida Atlantic | Nate Ozdemir | JR | LB |
| Houston | Dillon Birden | JR | RB |
| Indiana | Mitchell Paaige | SR | WR |
| Iowa | Riley McCarron | SR | WR |
| Iowa State | Trever Ryen | JR | WR/PR |
| Kansas State | Nick Walsh | JR | P |
| Kent State | Nick Cuthbert | SR | LB |
| LSU | John David (J. D.) Moore | JR | FB |
| Marshall | Cody Carter | SR | S |
| Memphis | Anthony Miller | JR | WR |
| Miami | Justin Vogel | SR | P |
| Middle Tennessee | Steven Rhodes | SR | DE |
| Nebraska | Dylan Utter | SR | C |
| Nevada | Jeremy Macauley | SR | OL |
| New Mexico | Jake Rothschiller | JR | DB |
| North Carolina | Nick Weiler | SR | K |
| Northwestern | Austin Carr | SR | WR |
| Oklahoma | Baker Mayfield | JR | QB |
| Old Dominion | T. J. Ricks | SR | LB |
| Ole Miss | Carlos Davis | SR | CB |
| Oregon State | Devin Chappell | SR | S |
| Rice | Zach Wright | SR | WR |
| San Diego State | Daniel Brunskill | SR | OT |
| San Jose State | Tim Crawley | SR | WR/KR |
| South Carolina | Hayden Hurst | Soph | TE |
| SMU | Jackson Mitchell | SR | LB |
| Stanford | Conrad Ukropina | SR | K |
| Temple | Haason Reddick | SR | DL |
| Tennessee | Colton Jumper | JR | LB |
| Texas | Dylan Haines | SR | S |
| Texas A&M | Shane Tripucka | JR | P |
| Toledo | Jack Linch | JR | LB |
| Tulsa | Dalton Parks | SR | P |
| UCLA | Mike Lafaul | SR | QB |
| USC | Zach Smith | SR | LS |
| Utah State | Austin Albrecht | SR | OT |
| Wake Forest | Grant Dawson | JR | LB |
| Washington State | Luke Falk | JR | QB |
| Western Kentucky | Max Halpin | SR | C |
| Western Michigan | Trevor Sweeney | SR | WR |
| Wisconsin | Dare Ogunbowle | SR | RB |
2016 Ray Guy Award Candidates
JK Scott, Alabama
Matt Haack, Arizona State
Toby Baker, Arkansas
Drew Galitz, Baylor
Sean Wale, Boise State
Joseph Davidson, Bowling Green
Jonny Linehan, Brigham Young
Kyle DeWeen, Buffalo
Dylan Klumph, California
Hayden Hunt, Colorado State
Worth Gregory, East Carolina
Austin Barnes, Eastern Michigan
Stone Wilson, FIU
Johnny Townsend, Florida
Dalton Schomp, Florida Atlantic
Rigoberto Sanchez, Hawaii
Austin Rehkow, Idaho
Colin Downing, Iowa State
Cole Moos, Kansas
Derek Adams, Kent State
Grant McKinniss, Kentucky
Steven Coutts, Louisiana-Lafayette
Wade Lees, Maryland
Logan Laurent, Massachusetts
Spencer Smith, Memphis
Paul Justin Vogel, Miami
Kenny Allen, Michigan
Matt Bonadies, Middle Tennessee
Ryan Santoso, Minnesota
Logan Cooke, Mississippi State
Corey Fatony, Missouri
Alex Barta, Navy
Alfred James Cole, III, NC State
Tom Sheldon, North Carolina
Eric Keena, North Texas
Hunter Niswander, Northwestern
Cameron Johnston, Ohio State
Austin Seibert, Oklahoma
Zach Sinor, Oklahoma State
Bailey Cate, Old Dominion
Nick Porebski, Oregon State
Blake Gillikin, Penn State
Ryan Henry Winslow, Pittsburgh
Jack Fox, Rice
Tanner Blain, San Diego State
Michael Carrizosa, San Jose State
Sean Kelly, South Carolina
Jonathan Hernandez, South Florida
Jake Bailey, Stanford
Sterling Hofrichter, Syracuse
Adam Nunez, TCU
Alex Starzyk, Temple
Trevor Daniel, Tennessee
Michael Dickson, Texas
Shane Tripucka, Texas A&M
Lumi Kaba, Texas State
Justin Wain, Connecticut
Caleb Houston, UCF
Chris Tilbey, USC
Mitch Wishnowsky, Utah
Aaron Dalton, Utah State
Alex Luna, UTEP
Nicholas Conte, Virginia
Billy Kinney, West Virginia
Jake Collins, WKU
Ethan Wood, Wyoming