Scott Kovanda

Position:
Punter
Height:
6-3
Weight:
190
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Hartland, Mich.
High School:
Detroit Catholic Central

** One of 3 Finalists for the 2012 Ray Guy Award **

** Competed in the NFLPA All-Star Game **

** Invited to the 2013 NFL Combine **

** 2012 Ball State Team Captain **

** 2012 Ball State Gene Booker Academic Award **

** 2011 All-Mid-American Conference Third Team **

** 2010, 2011, 2012 Academic All-MAC First Team **

** One of 10 Semifinalists for 2011 Ray Guy Award **

** 2011 Ball State Bill Reynolds Special Teams Award Co-Recipient **

Career: Punted 229 times for 9,381 yards and a 41.0 average . . . the 229 punts is the fourth highest career total in Ball State history . . . 9,381 punt yards ranks fourth on Ball State's career chart . . . 41.0 career average ranks third on Ball State's all-time charts.

2012 (Sr.): Has helped Ball State rank third in the nation in punt return defense . . . only six of 47 punts were returned for a 1.0 yard-per-return average . . . punted five times for 251 yards and a 50.2 average at Clemson . . . the 50.2 average is the ninth best single game effort in Ball State history . . . punted three times in the season opener vs. Eastern Michigan and pinned the Eagles inside the 20-yard line on all three punts . . . pinned opponents inside the 20-yard line on 27-of-47 punts . . . punted twice against South Florida and pinned the Bulls inside the 20 on both punts and inside the one-yard line once . . . against Indiana, pinned the Hoosiers inside the 20-yard line on five of his seven punts . . . punted four times for a 44.2 average at Kent State and pinned the Golden Flashes inside the 20-yard line three times . . . punted four times vs. Northern Illinois and pinned the opponents inside the 20-yard line one time . . . punted four times vs. Western Michigan and pinned the Broncos inside the 20-yard line twice . . . punted three times at Central Michigan and pinned the Chippewas inside the 20-yard line two times.

2011 (Jr.): Punted a career high 10 times for a career best 424 yards at Oklahoma . . . career-long 72-yard punt at Northern Illinois . . . punted seven times for a 46.7 average, including a punt of 67 yards at Ohio . . . named the Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week and the MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week for his performance at Ohio . . . on 61 forced opponents to start inside the 20-yard line 22 times . . . punted three times for 133 yards and a 44.3 average in Ball State's 27-20 season opening victory over Indiana at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind. . . . helped limit Indiana to one punt return for one negative yard in the opener and South Florida to a negative five yards on three punt returns . . . tallied a season long 57-yard punt against the Hoosiers . . . punted eight times for 335 yards and a 41.9 average with a long punt of 56 yards at South Florida . . . ranked 22nd in the country and third in the MAC in punting . . . Ball State ranked 18th in the nation in net punting . . . led the Cardinals in rushing with a 68-yard run on a fake punt at Northern Illinois. Ranked 3rd in the MAC for punting yards . . . earned third letter.

2010 (So.): Played in all 12 games . . . earned second letter . . . 63-yard punt vs. Eastern Michigan . . . punted a season high nine times for a season best 343 yards at Iowa.

2009 (Fr.): Played in all 12 games to earn first letter . . . ranked fourth in the Mid-American Conference in punting average . . . punted a season high seven times in his collegiate debut vs. North Texas in the season opener and in the season finale at Western Michigan . . . averaged 44.1 yards per punt in his first game . . . averaged a career best 46.7 (3 punts) vs. Ohio . . . managed a season long punt of 63 yards in the season opener vs. North Texas plus booted one punt 62 yards vs. Ohio . . . punted for a season high 314 yards at Western Michigan . . . opponents returned only 25 punts this season for an average of 3.8 yards per punt return, which ranked eighth in the nation for punt return defense.

2008: Redshirted

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned two letters in football for Coach Tom Mack . . . managed 40 punts for a 39.0 average as a senior . . . tallied 82 punts for a 41.5 average in career . . . named team’s Specialist of the Year as a senior.

PERSONAL: Son of Kevin and Christine Kovanda . . . born July 11, 1989, in Hartland, Mich. . . . two brothers and one sister . . . owns a 3.884 cumulative GPA on Ball State's grade-point average 4.0 scale. . . managed a 4.0 GPA last fall . . . full name is Scott Read Kovanda.

RUSHING	g	att	yards	long	avg/c	avg/g
2009	12	1	-9	0	-9.0	-0.8
2010	12	0	0	0	0.0	0.0
2011	12	1	68	68	68.0	5.7
2012	13	1	-7	0	-7.0	-0.5
TOTAL	49	3	52	68	17.3	1.1

TOTAL OFFENSE	g	rush	total	avg/g
2009	12	-9	-9	-0.8
2010	12	0	0	0.0
2011	12	68	68	5.7
2012	13	-7	-7	-0.5
TOTAL	49	52	52	1.1

RECEIVING	g	rec	yards	long	rec/g	avg/c	avg/g
2009	12	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2010	12	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2011	12	1	7	7	0.1	7.0	0.6
2012	13	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
TOTAL	49	1	7	7	0.0	7.0	0.1

ALL PURPOSE	g	rush	rcv	total	avg/g
2009	12	-9	0	-9	-0.8
2010	12	0	0	0	0.0
2011	12	68	7	75	6.2
2012	13	-7	0	-7	-0.5
TOTAL	49	52	7	59	1.2

PUNTING	g	no.	yards	long	avg
2009	12	57	2278	63	40.0
2010	12	64	2557	63	40.0
2011	12	61	2654	72	43.5
2012	13	47	1892	56	40.3
TOTAL	49	229	9381	72	41.0

TACKLES	g	ua	total
2009	12	1	1
2010	12	0	0
2011	12	0	0
2012	13	0	0
TOTAL	49	1	1

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Rush attempts: 1, Western Michigan, 10/13/12 ; at Eastern Michigan, 10/24/09 ; at Northern Illinois, 11/15/11
Rush yards: 68, at Northern Illinois, 11/15/11 (1 carries)
Long rush: 68, at Northern Illinois, 11/15/11
Receptions: 1, ARMY, 9/24/11
Receiving yards: 7, ARMY, 9/24/11 (1 receptions)
Long reception: 7, ARMY, 9/24/11
Total offense attempts: 1, Western Michigan, 10/13/12 (1 rush,0 pass); at Eastern Michigan, 10/24/09 (1 rush,0 pass); at Northern Illinois, 11/15/11 (1 rush,0 pass)
Total ofense yards: 68, at Northern Illinois, 11/15/11 (68 rush,0 pass)
All-purpose yards: 68, at Northern Illinois, 11/15/11
Punt attempts: 10, at Oklahoma, 10/1/11
Punt yards: 424, at Oklahoma, 10/1/11 (10 punts)
Longest punt: 72, at Northern Illinois, 11/15/11
Tackles: 1, at Temple, 10/10/09 (1-0)