Chris Koepplin is the A10 Special Teams Player of the Week .
The UMass write-up is here . The A10's announcement is here (pdf).
Sometimes it is easy to overlook what a contribution kickers make to the team. Koepplin has been an excellent addition to the 2006 Minutemen.
On kickoffs Koepplin is:
62 kickoffs 3,717 yards 60 yards/kickoff w/13 Touchbacks.
On Field Goals:
13-18 for 72.2 %. Koepplin is tied with Steve Baylark for leading scorer for UMass with 78 points. Note three of his misses are from 40+ yards.
He is 13th nationally. Way to go Chris!