[Husker] More Alex Henery

[Andrew Smith]

It does seem a unfair.

My guesses as to what hurts Henery are:
  * His low number of attempts compared to those placed ahead of him.
    That means his percentage is based on a smaller sample size and he 
has a lower point total.
  * Among the other kickers with similarly low attempts, there are a few 
with higher percentages.
  * These awards are for each year, not the entire college career.

I doubt Henery not doing kickoffs is a factor.  That doesn't seem to be 
paid attention to in NCAA stats.

Is there an award given to kickers based on their entire college career?

As someone else posted, Henery is likely to have a better award for his 
effort and talents - a successful career in the NFL, perhaps as both a 
kicker and a punter.

Now I just hope you didn't jinx him for the Big 12 Championship Game by 
presenting all those stats. :-)

Andy


On 11/30/2010 2:38 PM, Skylar Dodds wrote:
> Here is a guy who has never had 1st team All Big-XII honors (a guy who missed FOUR field goals this year is 1st) and never been a finalist for the Lou Groza award (best place kicker).
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> Here are some of his achievements:
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> *Among kickers with at least 50 career attempts, Henery is the nation's most accurate active field goal kicker. He is also the most accurate kicker in NU history on extra points, hitting 190-of-191 in his career, a 99.5 percent accuracy rate. He has made 113 straight PATs, including perfect PAT seasons as a freshman and junior. He is 51-of-51 in 2010.
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> *Henery has made 89.2 percent of his career field goal attempts (66-of-74). The NCAA record is 87.8 percent by Florida's Bobby Raymond. (min. 45 attempts)
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> *Henery has made 77.4 percent of his career field goals from 40 yards or longer (24-of-31). The NCAA career record is 72.1 percent by Georgia's Billy Bennet.
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> *Henery has made 97.7 percent of his career field goals from inside 40 yards (42-of-43). The NCAA career record is 97.0 percent by Florida's Bobby Raymond.
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> *Henery is tied for the NCAA record with six career games with at least four field goals.
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> *Henery has combined to make 256 of his 265 career kicks (PATs and field goals), a 96.6 percent accuracy rate. The NCAA FBS career record is 94.9 percent set by Missouri's Jeff Wolfert.
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> Unfathomable, IYAM.
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> Skylar
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