Mizzou punter Fatony named a Ray Guy Award candidate
In a season with little to cheer, perhaps the most appropriate Mizzou Tiger is up for a national award -- the punter.
View from the sidelines: College football cheerleaders 2016.
For the second year in a row, sophomore Corey Fatony has been named a candidate for the Ray Guy Award, which honors the nation's top punter. Fatony was one of 66 punters selected to the 2016 list.
The Tigers have leaned on Fatony for favorable field position while struggling on both sides of the ball, and he has responded. Fatony ranks 20th in the nation and fourth in the SEC in punting with a 44.3-yard average. Of his 49 punts, 13 have gone for 50-plus yards and 18 have been downed inside the opponent's 20-yard line. He had just one touchback through Mizzou's first seven games (40 punts).
Ten semifinalists will be announced Nov. 11. Following the announcement, a national body of Football Bowl Subdivision sports information directors, coaches, media representatives and previous Ray Guy Award winners will vote for the three finalists, who will be identified Nov. 22. The voting body will then cast ballots to select the winner, who will be revealed Dec. 8.
The full list of 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
