NORMAN — Oklahoma punter Michael Turk on Monday was named one in every of 10 semifinalists for the 2022 Ray Guy Award.
The award goes to the highest punter in faculty soccer and is offered by the Augusta Sports Council.
Turk is a sixth-year senior from Dallas who started his faculty profession at Lafayette, then spent three years at Arizona State. He’s in his second yr at OU, the place he’s dealt with all of the punting duties during the last two seasons.
Turk leads the Big 12 and ranks No. 4 within the nation with a 46.5-yard common. Of his 57 punts this season, 19 have have been downed contained in the 20-yard line, whereas 47 of his punts weren’t returned (82%). The 10 punts that had been returned solely averaged 3.0 yards per runback. He has 18 50-yarders, together with season-longs of 63 and 67 in Saturday’s 28-13 win over Oklahoma State.
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Despite taking part in in simply 22 video games at OU, Turk is tied with Jack Jacobs for second in program historical past with 14 punts of 60 yards or extra. (Tress Way holds the document of 16.)
Turk has punted 92 instances as a Sooner for 4,442 yards (48.3 common). He set the single-season OU document final yr when he averaged 51.2 yards per punt, smashing the earlier document of 47.8 set by Jacobs in 1940.
Turk additionally grew to become engaged after Saturday’s win when OU softball shortstop Grace Lyons accepted his proposal on the sphere following the sport.
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