AS A JUNIOR IN 2010: Earned All-Gulf South Conference Second Team and All-South Region First Team honors while handling the punting duties in all 11 games ... Punted 62 times for a total of 2,570 yards, an average of 41.5 yards per punt, the second-best single season average in school history ... Had 15 of his 62 punts travel 50 yards or more, including a season-long 64 yard boot at Southern Arkansas Sept. 25 ... Was named GSC Special Teams Player of the Week three times during the year ... First came after punting 10 times for an average of 44.8 yards per punt against SAU ... Three of his 10 punts traveled more than 50 yards in the game ... Also earned the weekly conference honor after displaying pinpoint control of his punts at North Alabama Oct. 14 ... Punted seven times for an average of 32.1 yards per punt, but four of the seven punts landed inside UNA's 20 yard line and none were returned ... His first punt in the game was downed on the UNA 2 and led to a key safety in a 5-0 VSU victory ... Made a touchdown-saving tackle on the only punt of the game that was returned ... Final GSC honor came after averaging 44.9 yards per punt on eight boots at Arkansas Tech Oct. 30 ... Landed 24 punts inside the opponent's 20 yard line, including 11 inside the 10, only one of which was returned ... Opponents tallied no return yardage or negative return yardage on 42 of his 62 punts, including fair catches on 12 punts ... Opponents managed just 241 total return yards on the season, establishing a net gain of 37.5 yards per punt ... Executed two fakes during the year, picking up a first down with a six-yard rush against Arkansas-Monticello Oct. 23 while completing a pass for 12 yards and a first down at Arkansas Tech.
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2009: Handled the punting duties in all 10 games ... Was named second team All-Gulf South Conference after averaging 40.0 yards per punt, tied for the seventh-best single season average in school history ... Tallied 50 punts on the year for 2002 yards ... Registered seven punts of 50 yards or more, including a season-best 54 yard punt against North Alabama Oct. 22 and at West Georgia Oct. 29 ... Did not have a punt blocked while forcing eight fair catches and playing 21 punts inside the opponent’s 20 yard line ... Ten punts landed inside the opponent’s 10 ... Allowed foes just 8.1 yards per return.
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2008: Handled the punting duties in all 12 games during his initial season with Valdosta State ... Was named second team All-Gulf South Conference after averaging 40.8 yards per punt, the third-best single season average in school history ... Was named the Gulf South Conference Special Teams Player of the Week on Oct. 20 after averaging 47.1 yards per punt against Harding ... Four of his seven punts in that game traveled over 50 yards while three landed inside the Bison 20 ... Only short punt was a pooch punt that went out of bounds on the HU 6 ... On the year, tallied nine punts of more than 50 yards, including a personal-best 60 yarder in the Harding contest ... Placed 19 punts inside the opposing team’s 20 yard line, including six inside the 10 ... Had two kicks blocked ... Allowed opponents just 5.6 yards per return.
Fulford's Career Punting Stats
|
Year |
G |
P |
Yards |
Avg. |
I20 |
50+ |
FC |
TB |
BL |
Long |
|
2008 |
12 |
53 |
2162 |
40.8 |
19 |
9 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
60 |
|
2009 |
10 |
50 |
2002 |
40.0 |
21 |
7 |
8 |
4 |
0 |
54 |
|
2010 |
11 |
62 |
2570 |
41.5 |
24 |
15 |
12 |
4 |
1 |
64 |
|
Totals |
33 |
165 |
6734 |
40.8 |
64 |
31 |
25 |
13 |
3 |
64 |
