BATON ROUGE — LSU punter Chris Jackson has been named to the watch list for the Ray Guy Award, the Greater Augusta (Ga.) Sports Council announced on Wednesday.
The Ray Guy Award is presented annually to the top punter in college football.
Jackson, a senior from New Orleans, ranks as one of the top punters in school history with a career average of 40.8 yards on 111 punts. Through two games this season, Jackson is averaging 41.0 yards on two punts.
Last year, Jackson ranked among the conference leaders with a 41.5 average. He led the league in punts downed inside the 20-yard line with 26, which represented 44 percent of his kicks.
The Ray Guy Award watch list will be narrowed to 10 semi-finalists in early-November. The national voting body will then vote for the top three finalists who will be announced at the end of November. The winner will be announced live on ESPN during the Home Depot College Football Awards show, which will take place in Orlando, Florida on December 7, 2006
2006 Ray Guy Award Watch List
Player,, Class, School
Jared Armstrong, Junior, Purdue
Tyson Beattie, Senior, Indiana
Chris Beckman, Senior, Tulane
Kody Bliss, Senior, Auburn
Justin Brantly, Sophomore Texas A and M
Brendan Carney, Senior, Syracuse
Ken DeBauche, Junior, Wisconsin
John Deraney, Senior, NC State
Ryan Dougherty, Senior, East Carolina
Gordon Ely-Kelso, Senior, Georgia
Andy Fenstermaker Senior, Iowa
Brandon Fields, Senior, Michigan State
Nick Folk, Senior, Arizona
Michael Gibson, Senior, Memphis
Adam Graessle, Senior, Pittsburgh
Michael Hughes, Junior, San Diego State
Chris Jackson, Senior, LSU
Jimmie Kaylor, Junior, Colorado State
Jim Laney, Junior, Western Michigan
Chris Miller, Junior, Ball State
Brian Monroe, Senior, Miami (Florida)
Thomas Morstead, Sophomore SMU
Adam Podlesh, Senior, Maryland
Tim Reyer, Junior, Kansas Sate
Alex Reyes, Senior, Texas Tech
Daniel Sepulveda, Senior, Baylor
Nic Schmitt, Senior, VA Tech
Jacob Skinner, Senior, Arkansas
Kyle Stringer, Senior, Boise State
Kyle Tucker, Junior, Kansas
Eric Wilbur, Senior, Florida