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Tory Taylor wins Ray Guy Award

On3 imageby: Tom Kakert12/09/23HawkeyeReport
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The rest of the country has finally realized what Iowa fans already knew, Tory Taylor is the best punter in the country.  On Friday evening, that was made official as Taylor was honored as the 2023 Ray Guy Award, which recognizes the top punter in college football.

The Australian punter saw his first college football game four years ago when he was punting in a game for Iowa when they were opening the 2020 season at Purdue. Four years later, he has become an All Big Ten and All American punter.

Taylor is leading the Big Ten and ranking fourth nationally with a 47.9 average. Taylor had 86 punts — the most in FBS — in 2023, booming 36 punts 50 or more yards (six punts of 60+), 27 have been fair caught and 30 have been downed inside the 20, 12 inside the 10 and six inside the 5. The Australian, who set the Iowa single-season punt yardage mark for a third straight season and both the career punts and career yardage records, only has six touchbacks in 2023. 

He was a first team All American according to The Athletic and CBSSports.com. He was also first team All Big Ten this year and was selected as the Eddleman-Fields Big Ten Punter of the Year.

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