Who should be named National Player of the Week? (Aug. 29)
In a Facebook poll of 1,428 respondents, 40% chose “Jed Quackenbush (Ohio) - 2/2 field goals from 47, 35 yards, 5/5 extra points, 45.5-yard punt average, 8/8 kickoffs were touchbacks”. How we count
Jed Quackenbush (Ohio) - 2/2 field goals from 47, 35 yards, 5/5 extra points, 45.5-yard punt average, 8/8 kickoffs were touchbacks
40%571
Gunnar Kennedy (South Carolina) - Game-winning 31-yard field goal, 2/2 field goals from 31, 27 yards, 2/2 PAT, 3/5 kickoffs were touchbacks
13.9%199
Turner Davidson (Texas) - Game-winning 40-yard field goal
9.3%133
Matt Ference (Missouri) - 51-yard punt average on 3 punts, 1/1 field goal from 36 yards, 5/7 kickoffs were touchbacks
9.2%131
Jordan Stout (Virginia) - 49.9-yard punt average on 6 punts, a first-down pass completion
8.2%117
Paul Young (Ohio) - Game-winning 19-yard field goal in OT, 5/5 extra points
7.1%101
Nick O’Shea (Michigan) - Game-winning 27-yard field goal in OT, 4/4 extra points
6.8%97
Jacob Bailey (Tennessee) - 56-yard field goal, 2/2 attempts from 56, 45 yards, 5/5 kickoffs were touchbacks
5.5%79
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Jed Quackenbush captured 40% of 1,428 votes, more than twice Gunnar Kennedy’s 13.9% and nearly three times the next-best totals. His case combined two perfect field-goal attempts, five extra points, a 45.5-yard punt average and eight touchbacks.
The Ohio kicker led at every checkpoint, while seven challengers split the remaining 60%.
- Clear favorite · Quackenbush finished with 571 votes, 372 more than Kennedy.
- All-around day · He went 2-for-2 on field goals and 5-for-5 on extra points.
- Perfect touchbacks · All eight of his kickoffs were touchbacks.