At the ACC Football Kickoff, Syracuse football head coach Dino Babers was emphatic when he spoke about his punter Sterling Hofrichter.
“Our punter is an N-F-L punter, write it down: he will kick in the National Football League, that’s how good he is.”
Now Hofrichter has an opportunity to put the money where his coaches mouth was. On Wednesday afternoon Sterling’s name was among 25 others that were on the initial Ray Guy award watch list.
This honor is bestowed annually to the best punter in college football. The Ray Guy Award was first doled out back in the year 2000, during the award’s 19-year run, an Orange punter has never taken home the hardware.