Western Kentucky senior John Haggerty was named to the 2020 Ray Guy Award Watch List, the Augusta Sports Council announced Wednesday.
Created in 2000, the honor is in the namesake of College Football and Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee punter Ray Guy.
Haggerty is the lone Conference USA punter mentioned out of the 19 initial watch list honorees. The Sydney, Australia, native has been named First Team All-CUSA by both Athlon Sports and Phil Steele.
Among the statistics used to identify the winner is net punting average, number of times punt is downed or kicked out of bounds inside the opponent’s 20-yard line, total yardage punted, average returned yardage and percentage of punts not returned, with particular emphasis placed on net punting average.