Erik Link was brought in the day before fall camp started in August to be Tech’s special teams coach. I know some of you weren’t satisfied, but I thought as a whole, special teams were better in 2018 than they were in 2017.
2018 Special Teams Statistics:
Kicking:
Davan Dyer: 61 punts, 41.1 yards per punt, long of 66, 4 touchbacks, 21 fair catches, 25 inside the 20, 6 punts of 50+ yards, and 1 blocked
Brady Farlow: 5 punts, 35.8 yards per punt, long of 55, 0 touchbacks, 1 fair catch, 3 inside the 20, 1 punt of 50+ yards, and 0 blocked
Bailey Hale: 15/22 (68%), 1/1 inside 20 yards, 9/10 from 20-29 yards, 2/3 from 30-39 yards, 3/7 from 40-49 yards, 0/1 from 50+ yards, long of 46, 65 kickoffs, 55.5 yard average, 10 touchbacks, and 2 kickoffs out of bounds
Returns:
Teddy Veal: 6 punt returns, 30 fair catches, 12.3 yards per return, long of 22
Cee Jay Powell: 2 punt returns, 3 fair catches, 4 yards per return, long of 12
Smoke Harris: 1 punt return, -3 yards per return, 6 kickoff return, 19.5 yards per return, long of 36
Michael Sam: 9 kickoff returns, 21.3 yards per return, long of 43
Praise Okorie: 7 kickoff returns, 18.6 yards per return, long of 33
Jaqwis Dancy: 2 kickoff returns, 18.5 yards per return, long of 21
Alfred Smith: 1 kickoff return, 15 yards per return, long of 15
*The longest kickoff return that Tech allowed this year was 48 yards on the very first kickoff of the season against South Alabama.
*The longest punt return that Tech allowed this year was 27 yards against Mississippi State.
*For the season, Tech earned a 76.6 PFF grade on special teams.
PFF Kicking Grades:
Davan Dyer: 76.5
Bailey Hale (FGs): 61.6
Bailey Hale (Kickoffs): 61.2
Brady Farlow: 55.8
PFF Return Grades:
Sam: 65.2
Veal: 64.4
Harris: 64.1
Powell: 61.4
Smith: 58.1
Okorie: 56.3
Dancy: 56
PFF Individual ST Grades:
Amik: 90.7
Washington: 89.7
Marcus: 81.4 (1 tackle)
Jordan Baldwin: 81.1
Barnett: 77.4 (6 tackles)
Holly: 77.2 (1 tackle)
Trey Baldwin: 71.4 (1 tackle)
Scott: 69.3 (6 tackles)
Hebert: 67.1
Kitchen: 64.5 (4 tackles)
Tristan Allen: 63.8
Cole: 63.1 (3 tackles)
Durman: 63.1 (1 tackle)
Hannibal: 62.5 (2 tackles)
Daniel Lewis: 62.4 (2 tackles)
Jackson: 62.3 (4 tackles)
Braswell: 62.2
Taylor: 62.1 (5 tackles)
Sam: 62.1 (2 tackles)
Belton: 61.8
Sneed: 59.8 (3 tackles)
Zayed: 54.9 (2 tackles)
ST Snap Count Totals (Top 15):
Hannibal: 237
Zayed: 226
Taylor: 182
Barnett: 177
Braswell: 162
Sneed: 154
Holly: 138
Kitchen: 126
Blankenship: 126
Carpenter: 122
Durman: 117
Hale: 111
Scott: 98
Darryl Lewis: 92
Deflin: 71
Powell: 71
PFF Miscellaneous ST Numbers:
Davan Dyer: Allowed 3 yards per return, return % of 21%, 3.61 seconds of hang time on average
Brady Hale: 28.2 yard line of average field position, 21.5 yards per return, 3.70 seconds of hang time on average
In total, 74 players saw action on special teams in 2018.
2018 Special Teams Statistics:
Kicking:
Davan Dyer: 61 punts, 41.1 yards per punt, long of 66, 4 touchbacks, 21 fair catches, 25 inside the 20, 6 punts of 50+ yards, and 1 blocked
Brady Farlow: 5 punts, 35.8 yards per punt, long of 55, 0 touchbacks, 1 fair catch, 3 inside the 20, 1 punt of 50+ yards, and 0 blocked
Bailey Hale: 15/22 (68%), 1/1 inside 20 yards, 9/10 from 20-29 yards, 2/3 from 30-39 yards, 3/7 from 40-49 yards, 0/1 from 50+ yards, long of 46, 65 kickoffs, 55.5 yard average, 10 touchbacks, and 2 kickoffs out of bounds
Returns:
Teddy Veal: 6 punt returns, 30 fair catches, 12.3 yards per return, long of 22
Cee Jay Powell: 2 punt returns, 3 fair catches, 4 yards per return, long of 12
Smoke Harris: 1 punt return, -3 yards per return, 6 kickoff return, 19.5 yards per return, long of 36
Michael Sam: 9 kickoff returns, 21.3 yards per return, long of 43
Praise Okorie: 7 kickoff returns, 18.6 yards per return, long of 33
Jaqwis Dancy: 2 kickoff returns, 18.5 yards per return, long of 21
Alfred Smith: 1 kickoff return, 15 yards per return, long of 15
*The longest kickoff return that Tech allowed this year was 48 yards on the very first kickoff of the season against South Alabama.
*The longest punt return that Tech allowed this year was 27 yards against Mississippi State.
*For the season, Tech earned a 76.6 PFF grade on special teams.
PFF Kicking Grades:
Davan Dyer: 76.5
Bailey Hale (FGs): 61.6
Bailey Hale (Kickoffs): 61.2
Brady Farlow: 55.8
PFF Return Grades:
Sam: 65.2
Veal: 64.4
Harris: 64.1
Powell: 61.4
Smith: 58.1
Okorie: 56.3
Dancy: 56
PFF Individual ST Grades:
Amik: 90.7
Washington: 89.7
Marcus: 81.4 (1 tackle)
Jordan Baldwin: 81.1
Barnett: 77.4 (6 tackles)
Holly: 77.2 (1 tackle)
Trey Baldwin: 71.4 (1 tackle)
Scott: 69.3 (6 tackles)
Hebert: 67.1
Kitchen: 64.5 (4 tackles)
Tristan Allen: 63.8
Cole: 63.1 (3 tackles)
Durman: 63.1 (1 tackle)
Hannibal: 62.5 (2 tackles)
Daniel Lewis: 62.4 (2 tackles)
Jackson: 62.3 (4 tackles)
Braswell: 62.2
Taylor: 62.1 (5 tackles)
Sam: 62.1 (2 tackles)
Belton: 61.8
Sneed: 59.8 (3 tackles)
Zayed: 54.9 (2 tackles)
ST Snap Count Totals (Top 15):
Hannibal: 237
Zayed: 226
Taylor: 182
Barnett: 177
Braswell: 162
Sneed: 154
Holly: 138
Kitchen: 126
Blankenship: 126
Carpenter: 122
Durman: 117
Hale: 111
Scott: 98
Darryl Lewis: 92
Deflin: 71
Powell: 71
PFF Miscellaneous ST Numbers:
Davan Dyer: Allowed 3 yards per return, return % of 21%, 3.61 seconds of hang time on average
Brady Hale: 28.2 yard line of average field position, 21.5 yards per return, 3.70 seconds of hang time on average
In total, 74 players saw action on special teams in 2018.
