Special Teams Notes
NCAA Rankings Third Down Conversion Percentage School Percentage 1) LSU .586 --14) Ohio State .494 15) UCF .483 Comple on Percentage - Individual Player, School Percentage 1) Shane Carden, East Carolina .710 2) Teddy Bridgewater, Louisville .702 3) Derek Carr, Fresno State .701 4) Adam Kennedy, Arkansas State .694 5) Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M .691 6) Austyn Carta-Samuels, Vanderbilt .687 7) Brendon Kay, Cincinna .686 8) Grant Hedrick, Boise State .682 9) Blake Bortles, UCF .681 Pass Efficiency - Individual Player, School 1) Jameis Winston, Florida State 2) Bryce Pe y, Baylor 3) Zach Me enberger, LSU 4) Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M 5) Teddy Bridgewater, Louisville 6) Marcus Mariota, Oregon 7) Tajh Boyd, Clemson 8) A.J. McCarron, Alabama 9) Blake Bortles, UCF Pass Efficiency Defense School 1) Florida State --16) Clemson 17) UCF Passes Defended Player, School 1) Tim Benne , Indiana 2) D’Joun Smith, FAU 3) B.J. Lowery, Iowa 4) Jacoby Glenn, UCF Red Zone Defense School 1) North Texas 2) Bowling Green 3) USC 4) Alabama 5) Oklahoma State 6) Utah State 7) Auburn 8) Louisville 9) UCF Rushing Defense School 1) Michigan State --12) Memphis 13) UCF Scoring Defense School 1) Florida State --12) Cincinna 13) UCF
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Efficiency 190.1 179.2 171.4 170.4 169.7 167.9 166.6 165.9 163.3
Efficiency 90.90 111.14 112.03
PBU 20 13 16 15
INT 1 7 3 2
PDPG 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.5
Percentage .606 .621 .634 .636 .683 .707 .708 .714 .719
INCREDIBLE SEASON • A big reason UCF has won close games is that Lou Groza Award semifinalist Shawn Moffi is 20-for-22 in field goals this year. • Highest single-season field-goal percentage at UCF: Player Year Percentage 1) Shawn Moffi 2013 .909 (20-22) 2) Charlie Pierce 1994 .875 (14-16) • Highest career field-goal percentage at UCF: Player Years Percentage 1) Shawn Moffi 2011-pres. .778 (35-45) 2) Michael Torres 2006-07 .771 (37-48) 3) Charlie Pierce 1993-96 .754 (46-61) • Most field goals made in a single season: Player Year Field Goals T1) Shawn Moffi 2013 20 T1) Michael Torres 2007 20 • UCF’s consecu ve field goals made: Player Dates Cons. FG Made 1) Michael Torres 10/20/07-12/29/07 16 T2) Charlie Pierce 9/25/93-10/30/93 12 T2) Shawn Moffi 12/21/12-11/9/13 12 4) Ma Prater 11/18/03-9/18/04 11 • Moffi converted his first collegiate game-winning a empt when he booted a 23-yarder with no me le at Temple for a 39-36 win. JUST GET POINTS • UCF has posted a field goal in 13 consecu ve games. • Consecu ve games in which UCF made a field goal: Season(s) Games with a FG 1) 2012-13 13 2) 2005 11 BREAK OUT • Before USF, Rannell Hall’s longest kick return this year was 31 yards. But against the Bulls, all four of his returns went for at least 33 yards including a 69yard gallop. • Hall finished with 177 yards in kick returns in the win en route to receiving the American Athle c Conference Special Teams Player of the Week award. • For his career at UCF, he ranks fourth with 1,736 kick return yards and fi h with 69 returns. • Hall is also UCF’s leading receiver with 53 catches. THE J.J. EFFECT • The Knights have received great field posi on several mes this year due to the legs of J.J. Worton. • The junior averages 12.3 yards per punt return thanks to 148 yards on 12 returns. • Worton ranks fourth in UCF history with 54 punt returns and 564 return yards.
116.3 116.5
THE BIG HIT • Running back William Stanback already had a rushing touchdown at Memphis before he gave UCF its first lead when he forced kick returner Marquis Warford to fumble, where Drico Johnson recovered for a touchdown and a 24-17 lead with 1:56 to go. • Ronnie Weaver was the last Knight to post a rushing touchdown and a forced fumble in the same game when he did so vs. Charleston Southern in 2011. A LOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO • Not only heading to a BCS bowl game, kickoff specialist Sean Galvin is anxious for the start of 2014 as well when UCF heads to Dublin, Ireland, for the Croke Park Classic against Penn State. • He hails from Cork - 2.5 hours southwest of Dublin.
Caleb Houston -Phil Steele’s Midseason All-Conference Third Team
Average 10.7
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HOW ‘BOUT THAT • Caleb Houston (How-s n) has shined in his first year as UCF’s punter, averaging 42.4 yards per punt. • Due to UCF’s offense having one of its most produc ve seasons in history, he has only booted 37 punts, but has placed 11 of them inside the 20 with eight going for at least 50 yards. • His 45-yard boot in the first quarter Temple rested on the 1-yard line, and two plays later the defense made it pay off by notching a safety. • With family watching in-person at Memphis, the Tennessee na ve booted six punts for 313 yards and a 52.2 average, including a long of 71. His 52.2 average was the fourth-highest in a single game at UCF, while his 71-yard effort ed for the third-longest punt in school history. The last 70-yard punt by a Knight came in 2009 by Blake Clingan (70 yards). • Houston’s performance helped limit Memphis to a star ng field posi on of its own 23 for the game. Off his six punts, Memphis started drives on its own 33, 15, 20, 10, 38 and 24.
SPECIAL TEAMS AWARDS • A list of UCF’s honors this year (conference postseason awards can be found on page six): Rannell Hall -American Athle c Conference Special Teams Player of the Week (Dec. 2)
Yards Per Game 80.8
19.5 19.6
PK Shawn Moffitt
KR Rannell Hall
Shawn Moffi -Lou Groza Award semifinalist -American Athle c Conference Special Teams Player of the Week (Oct. 28)