#98 Connor Kornbrath Season 2014-15

Hawk-Item – – Tied for third in the nation with 14 punts inside the opponent 10 in 2013 . . . ranked ninth nationally with 27 punts inside the 20 . . . 27 of 65 (41.5%) punts were inside the 20 and 14 (21.5%) were inside the 10 . . . opponents averaged 4.9 yards on 21 returns . . . averaged 40 yards per punt, with three touchbacks . . . one of seven true freshmen to see action in 2012.

2014 Honors – – Named to CFPA Punter Trophy preseason Watch List . . . 2014 – – Shared punting duties throughout the season . . . averaged 37.4 yards on 18 punts, with a long of 52 yards . . . held for all placements in 31-23 win over Northern Iowa . . . held for all placements in 17-13 win over Ball State . . . held for placements in 24-20 win at Pittsburgh . . . held for placements in 24-10 win at Purdue . . . held for placements in 45-29 win over Indiana . . . held for all placements and saw first punting duty of the season in 38-31 loss at Maryland . . . averaged 37.4 yards on five punts, with a long of 52 yards at Maryland, with four punts inside the 20 and just one touchback . . . saw action in 48-7 win over Northwestern . . . averaged 37 yards on two punts, with a long of 48 yards . . . handled all punting duties and held for all placements in 51-14 loss at Minnesota . . . averaged 38.7 yards on six punts at Minnesota, with a long of 46 yards . . . handled all punting duties and held for all placements in 30-14 win at Illinois . . . averaged 31.5 yards on two punts at Illinois, with a long of 35 yards and two punts inside the 20 . . . saw action in 26-24 loss to No. 14 Wisconsin . . . had one punt for 31 yards vs. Wisconsin, with fair catch inside the 20 . . . held for placements in 37-34 overtime loss to Nebraska . . . shared punting duties and held for PAT attempts in 45-28 TaxSlayer Bowl loss to Tennessee . . . averaged 43.5 yards on two punts vs. Tennessee, with a long of 48 yards..

2013 Honors – – Named to initial Watch List for Ray Guy Award . . . named CFPA honorable mention Punter of the Week vs. Nebraska after averaging 40.3 yards on seven punts, with a long of 55 yards and three punts inside the 20 . . . named CFPA honorable mention Punter of the Week vs. Western Michigan after averaging 47 yards per punt . . . 2013 – – Handled all punting duties throughout the season . . . averaged 40 yards on 65 punts, with a long of 55 yards, with 11 punts of 50 yards or more and just three touchbacks . . . handled all punting duties and held for all placements in 30-27 opening loss to Northern Illinois . . . averaged 36.7 yards on seven punts, with a long of 44 yards . . . had four punts inside the 20 and allowed just six yards on three returns . . . handled all punting duties and held for all placements in 28-14 win over Missouri State . . . averaged 37.2 yards on five punts, with a long of 46 yards and four kicks inside the 20 and no touchbacks . . . handled all punting duties and held for all placements in 27-21 win at Iowa State . . . averaged 39.7 yards on six punts at ISU, with a long of 54 yards and three of six punts inside the 20 . . . handled all punting duties and held for all placements in 59-3 win over Western Michigan . . . averaged 47 yards on three punts vs. WMU, with a long of 55 yards and one of three punts inside the 20 . . . handled all punting duties and held for all placements in 23-7 win at Minnesota . . . averaged 29.5 yards on two punts at Minnesota, with one inside the 20 and no returns . . . handled all punting duties and held for all placements in 26-14 loss to Michigan State . . . averaged 44.2 yards on eight punts, with a long of 52 yards . . . handled all punting duties and held for all placements in 34-24 loss at Ohio State . . . averaged 38.3 yards on three punts, with a long of 54 yards and two of three punts inside the 20 . . . handled all punting duties and held for all placements in 17-10 OT win over Northwestern . . . averaged 40 yards on four punts vs. Northwestern, with two inside the 20 and a long of 43 yards . . . handled all punting duties and held for all placements in 28-9 loss to Wisconsin . . . averaged 41.1 yards on seven punts, with a long of 54 yards vs. the Badgers, with three punts inside the 20 . . . handled all punting duties and held for all placements in 38-14 win at Purdue . . . averaged 43.0 yards on two punts at Purdue, with no returns . . . handled all punting duties and held for all placements in 24-21 win over Michigan . . . averaged 37.5 yards on four punts, with one inside the 10 and one inside the 20, with a long of 47 yards while allowing just one return . . . handled all punting duties and held for all placements in 38-17 win at Nebraska . . . averaged 40.3 yards on seven punts, with a long of 55 yards . . . three punts were inside the 20 and two of those were inside the 10 . . . allowed just two returns for five yards . . . handled all punting duties and held for all placements in 21-14 Outback Bowl loss to LSU . . . averaged 40.3 yards on seven punts, with one punt inside the 10 and another inside the 20.

2012 – – Handled majority of punting duties throughout the season . . . averaged 37.9 yards on 53 punts in 12 games . . . had a long of 61 yards and six punts of 50 yards or more . . . had 10 punts inside the 20, 18 punts resulted in a fair catch and just one touchback as opponents averaged just 4.4 yards on 22 returns . . . saw first action of career in 18-17 win over Northern Illinois . . . averaged 41.3 yards on three punts, with a long of 51-yards on first career punt . . . handled all punting duties in 9-6 loss to Iowa State . . . averaged 36.6 yards on eight punts vs. ISU, with a long of 48 and two kicks inside the 20 . . . handled all punting duties in 27-16 win over Northern Iowa, averaging 25.5 yards on two punts . . . saw action in 32-31 loss to Central Michigan, with one punt for 30 yards . . . saw action in 31-13 win over Minnesota . . . averaged 39.7 yards on three punts, with a long of 43 yards and one inside the 20 . . . saw action in 19-16 win at Michigan State . . . averaged 40.5 yards on six punts at MSU, with a long of 50 yards and one kick inside the 20 . . . handled all punting duties in 38-14 loss to Penn State . . . averaged 36.4 yards on five punts vs. PSU, with a long of 42 yards and one punt inside the 20 . . . handled majority of punting duties in 28-17 loss at Northwestern . . . averaged 32 yards on three punts at Northwestern, with a long of 37 yards and one punt inside the 20 . . . handled majority of punting duties in 24-21 loss at Indiana . . . averaged 37.7 yards on seven punts at Indiana, with a career-best of 53 yards . . . handled majority of punting duties in 27-24 loss to Purdue . . . averaged 40.7 yards on six punts vs. Purdue, with a long of 52 yards, with one punt inside the 20 and no touchbacks . . . handled all punting duties in 42-17 loss at Michigan . . . averaged 41.2 yards on four punts at Michigan, with a career-best of 60 yards and one kick inside the 20.

High school honors – – Earned first team all-state and all-conference honors as a junior and senior . . . Career – – holds school records for longest field goal (51 yards as a junior), field goals in a season (nine as a senior), field goals in a playoff game (three) and longest field goal in a playoff game (48 yards) . . . set state playoff record for longest field goal (48 yards) and most field goals in a game (three) . . . helped prep team post 38-3 record over final three seasons . . . made 9-of-14 field goal attempts as a senior, with a long of 49 yards . . . also made 54-of-56 PATs . . . one game-winning field goal of 34 yards . . . averaged 39.5 yards punting with a long of 54 yards and 35 of 73 kickoffs were touchbacks . . . converted 7-of-12 field goals as a junior, with a long of 51 yards, and 36-of-40 PATs . . . punting average of 37.1 yards, with a long of 48 yards . . . connected on two game-winning field goals (33 and 44 yards) . . . three-year letterman in football and basketball and one in soccer . . . team co-captain in both football and basketball.

Personal – – Born 9/15/93 in New Britain, Conn. . . . journalism and mass communication interest . . . member of prep Highest Honor Roll and member of National Honor Society . . . parents are Barbara and Brian Kornbrath . . . high school coach was Josh Nicewarner.