CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- College Football Performance Awards, the largest awards organization in D-I college football, recently announced that University of Dayton senior Gary Hunter is one of 33 Football Championship Subdivision players named to its 2013 CFPA Punt Returner Award Watch List.
Hunter was UD’s top kick returner last season. He returned four punts for a 25.5 yard average and 20 kickoffs for a 21.2 yard average. He led Dayton in all-purpose yardage in 2012 (79.4 yards per game in nine games). The Detroit native is already just the second Flyer football player to have three special teams TD’s in his career.
The CFPA's best college returner awards date back to 2008 with Alabama's Javier Arenas earning the inaugural award.
The full list of 2013 recipients, including the 2013 CFPA FCS Awards, will be announced on January 8, 2014.
For more information, visit the Official CFPA Website (http://www.collegefootballperformance.com). Follow CFPA on Twitter @CFPerformance.
Full CPFA Punt Returner Watch List
• Niccolo Mastromatteo, Coastal Carolina
• Gary Hunter, Dayton
• J.J. Hubbard, Gardner-Webb
• Tray Butler, Georgia Southern
• Terrance Bryant, Jacksonville
• D’Andre Randle, Jacksonville
• Dae’Quan Scott, JMU
• Jamel Smith, Lafayette
• Laquan Lambert, Lehigh
• Kevin Fogg, Liberty
• Diontae Spencer, McNeese State
• Julian Burton, Missouri State
• Shawn Johnson, Montana State
• Walter Powell, Murray State
• Keith Johnson, Norfolk State
• D’Vonte Graham, North Carolina A&T
• Adrian Wilkins, North Carolina Central
• Christian Dudzik, North Dakota State
• Ryan Smith, North Dakota State
• Antonio Vaughan, Old Dominion
• Cedric Byrd, Presbyterian
• Ben Edwards, Richmond
• Morris Norrise, Sacramento State
• Sam Hoekstra, San Diego
• Darius Drummond, South Carolina State
• Steven Murphy, South Carolina State
• Tony McCrea, Southeastern Louisiana
• LaSteven McKinney, Southern Illinois
• Virgil Williams, Southern University
• Miles Killebrew, Southern Utah
• Weldon Garlington, Tennessee State
• Poppy Livers, Villanova
• Octavious Harden, Wofford
