Punter, Boston College, 2004–⁠07

Johnny Ayers

Hometown: Vienna, VA

Johnny Ayers played punter at Boston College (2004–⁠07).

Team titles: Big East champions, 2004

Punting

Punting yards, season by season, with his team’s record

2,479

2,561

2,483

3,061

9–⁠3AP 219–⁠3AP 1810–⁠3AP 2011–⁠3AP 10

Season	Team	Punts	Yds	Avg	Long
2004	Boston College	63	2,479	39.3	76
2005	Boston College	62	2,561	41.3	56
2006	Boston College	59	2,483	42.1	60
2007	Boston College	75	3,061	40.8	62
Career		259	10,584	40.9	76

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here).

Game by game

2007 Boston College 14 games, 75 punts, 40.8 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 1	vs.Wake Forest	W 38–⁠28	6	258	62
Sep 8	vs.NC State	W 37–⁠17	7	295	62
Sep 15	atGeorgia Tech	W 24–⁠10	7	294	53
Sep 22	vs.Army	W 37–⁠17	4	151	42
Sep 29	vs.Massachusetts	W 24–⁠14	7	280	47
Oct 6	vs.Bowling Green	W 55–⁠24	1	31	31
Oct 13	atNotre Dame	W 27–⁠14	5	207	50
Oct 25	atVirginia Tech	W 14–⁠10	9	410	53
Nov 3	vs.Florida State	L 17–⁠27	4	178	52
Nov 10	atMaryland	L 35–⁠42	3	121	49
Nov 17	atClemson	W 20–⁠17	3	121	44
Nov 24	vs.Miami	W 28–⁠14	6	181	48
Dec 1	vs.Virginia Tech	L 16–⁠30	4	159	55
Dec 28 ✦	vs.Michigan State	W 24–⁠21	9	375	55

2006 Boston College 12 games, 59 punts, 42.1 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Aug 31	atCentral Michigan	W 31–⁠24	5	199	52
Sep 9	vs.Clemson	W 34–⁠33	5	196	53
Sep 16	vs.BYU	W 30–⁠23	6	243	52
Sep 23	atNC State	L 15–⁠17	7	339	60
Sep 30	vs.Maine	W 22–⁠0	2	76	41
Oct 12	vs.Virginia Tech	W 22–⁠3	6	216	54
Oct 21	atFlorida State	W 24–⁠19	4	167	53
Nov 4	atWake Forest	L 14–⁠21	4	154	47
Nov 11	vs.Duke	W 28–⁠7	2	108	55
Nov 18	vs.Maryland	W 38–⁠16	4	145	49
Nov 23	atMiami	L 14–⁠17	9	396	56
Dec 30 ✦	vs.Navy	W 25–⁠24	5	244	54

2005 Boston College 12 games, 62 punts, 41.3 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 3	atBYU	W 20–⁠3	4	176	56
Sep 10	vs.Army	W 44–⁠7	5	203	54
Sep 17	vs.Florida State	L 17–⁠28	6	231	46
Sep 24	atClemson	W 16–⁠13	6	252	53
Oct 1	vs.Ball State	W 38–⁠0	3	120	42
Oct 8	vs.Virginia	W 28–⁠17	3	120	46
Oct 15	vs.Wake Forest	W 35–⁠30	3	132	50
Oct 27	atVirginia Tech	L 10–⁠30	7	318	55
Nov 5	atNorth Carolina	L 14–⁠16	8	306	47
Nov 12	vs.NC State	W 30–⁠10	7	287	48
Nov 19	atMaryland	W 31–⁠16	2	78	44
Dec 28 ✦	vs.Boise State	W 27–⁠21	8	338	50

2004 Boston College 12 games, 63 punts, 39.3 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 2	atBall State	W 19–⁠11	6	251	57
Sep 11	vs.Penn State	W 21–⁠7	6	197	43
Sep 17	vs.UConn	W 27–⁠7	2	110	56
Sep 25	atWake Forest	L 14–⁠17	5	125	45
Oct 2	vs.Massachusetts	W 29–⁠7	5	216	55
Oct 16	atPittsburgh	L 17–⁠20	6	217	44
Oct 23	atNotre Dame	W 24–⁠23	5	213	63
Nov 6	vs.Rutgers	W 21–⁠10	5	190	47
Nov 13	atWest Virginia	W 36–⁠17	7	344	76
Nov 20	atTemple	W 34–⁠17	5	177	46
Nov 27	vs.Syracuse	L 17–⁠43	7	290	53
Dec 30 ✦	vs.North Carolina	W 37–⁠24	4	149	43

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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