North Carolina State University Athletics
Gill Named NFF University Scholar-Athlete Award Recipient
6/2/2020 10:08:00 AM | Football
RALEIGH – NC State punter Trenton Gill has been named a National Football Foundation (NFF) 2020 University Scholar-Athlete Award recipient, as announced by the organization on Monday.
In his first season as a starter in 2019, Gill set the Wolfpack single-season record for punting average with an ACC-leading mark of 47.6 yards per boot, a mark that was also third-best nationally.
A third-team All-ACC selection last fall, he graduated in 2020 with a degree in biological sciences.
The Hillsborough, N.C, native tallied 2,663 punting yards in 2019, good for the No. 11 season mark in school history.
NC State NFF University Scholar-Athletes
Trenton Gill – 2020
Joe Sculthorpe – 2019
A.J. Cole, III – 2018
Garrett Bradbury – 2017
Joe Thuney – 2016
Tyler Purvis – 2015
Zach Gentry – 2014
Asa Watson – 2013
Mikel Overgaard – 2012
Mike Maurer – 2011
Andy Barbee – 2010
Meares Green – 2009
Luke Lathan – 2008
William Lee – 2007
John Ritcher – 2006
Jed Paulsen – 2005
Adam Kiker – 2004
J.J. Washington – 2003
Derek Green – 2002
Clayton White – 2001
Scott Earwood – 2000
Danny Deskevich – 1999
Brad Collins – 1998
Marc Primanti – 1997
In his first season as a starter in 2019, Gill set the Wolfpack single-season record for punting average with an ACC-leading mark of 47.6 yards per boot, a mark that was also third-best nationally.
A third-team All-ACC selection last fall, he graduated in 2020 with a degree in biological sciences.
The Hillsborough, N.C, native tallied 2,663 punting yards in 2019, good for the No. 11 season mark in school history.
NC State NFF University Scholar-Athletes
Trenton Gill – 2020
Joe Sculthorpe – 2019
A.J. Cole, III – 2018
Garrett Bradbury – 2017
Joe Thuney – 2016
Tyler Purvis – 2015
Zach Gentry – 2014
Asa Watson – 2013
Mikel Overgaard – 2012
Mike Maurer – 2011
Andy Barbee – 2010
Meares Green – 2009
Luke Lathan – 2008
William Lee – 2007
John Ritcher – 2006
Jed Paulsen – 2005
Adam Kiker – 2004
J.J. Washington – 2003
Derek Green – 2002
Clayton White – 2001
Scott Earwood – 2000
Danny Deskevich – 1999
Brad Collins – 1998
Marc Primanti – 1997
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