Punter, Florida State, 2007–⁠11

Shawn Powell

Number: No. 45
Height: 6′4″
Hometown: Rome, GA
Born: Nov 29, 1988, in Rome, Georgia

Wikipedia readers: about 117 a month over the past year

Shawn Powell played punter at Florida State (2007–⁠11). He was a consensus All‑American in 2011.

Honors

2011Consensus All‑American

Punting

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

739

1,790

2,214

2,681

9–⁠4AP 217–⁠610–⁠4AP 179–⁠4AP 23

Season	Team	Punts	Yds	Avg	Long
2008*	Florida State	18	739	41.1	56
2009	Florida State	43	1,790	41.6	64
2010	Florida State	50	2,214	44.3	66
2011	Florida State	57	2,681	47.0	69
On file (2008–⁠11)		168	7,424	44.2	69

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht
2008	Florida State	45	P
2009	Florida State	45	P
2010	Florida State	45	P
2011	Florida State	45	P	6′4″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2011 Florida State 13 games, 57 punts, 47.0 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 3	vs.UL Monroe	W 34–⁠0	3	125	44
Sep 10	vs.Charleston Southern	W 62–⁠10	2	89	45
Sep 17	vs.Oklahoma	L 13–⁠23	4	201	69
Sep 24	atClemson	L 30–⁠35	5	214	55
Oct 8	atWake Forest	L 30–⁠35	3	139	60
Oct 15	atDuke	W 41–⁠16	2	78	45
Oct 22	vs.Maryland	W 41–⁠16	3	161	58
Oct 29	vs.NC State	W 34–⁠0	3	124	49
Nov 3	atBoston College	W 38–⁠7	4	196	66
Nov 12	vs.Miami	W 23–⁠19	5	274	66
Nov 19	vs.Virginia	L 13–⁠14	6	302	58
Nov 26	atFlorida	W 21–⁠7	9	400	62
Dec 29 ✦	vs.Notre Dame	W 18–⁠14	8	378	56

2010 Florida State 13 games, 50 punts, 44.3 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 11	atOklahoma	L 17–⁠47	7	297	60
Sep 18	vs.BYU	W 34–⁠10	3	141	54
Sep 25	vs.Wake Forest	W 31–⁠0	1	26	26
Oct 2	atVirginia	W 34–⁠14	4	192	66
Oct 9	atMiami	W 45–⁠17	4	165	54
Oct 16	vs.Boston College	W 24–⁠19	5	254	58
Oct 28	atNC State	L 24–⁠28	5	215	55
Nov 6	vs.North Carolina	L 35–⁠37	6	292	56
Nov 13	vs.Clemson	W 16–⁠13	4	179	55
Nov 20	atMaryland	W 30–⁠16	2	55	34
Nov 27	vs.Florida	W 31–⁠7	4	161	49
Dec 4	vs.Virginia Tech	L 33–⁠44	2	84	44
Dec 31 ✦	vs.South Carolina	W 26–⁠17	3	153	54

2009 Florida State 13 games, 43 punts, 41.6 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 7	vs.Miami	L 34–⁠38	4	158	49
Sep 12	vs.Jacksonville State	W 19–⁠9	6	265	64
Sep 19	atBYU	W 54–⁠28	1	38	38
Sep 26	vs.South Florida	L 7–⁠17	6	222	41
Oct 3	atBoston College	L 21–⁠28	3	115	41
Oct 10	vs.Georgia Tech	L 44–⁠49	1	46	46
Oct 22	atNorth Carolina	W 30–⁠27	5	220	55
Oct 31	vs.NC State	W 45–⁠42	2	80	41
Nov 7	atClemson	L 24–⁠40	3	108	41
Nov 14	atWake Forest	W 41–⁠28	2	109	57
Nov 21	vs.Maryland	W 29–⁠26	3	143	61
Nov 28	atFlorida	L 10–⁠37	5	211	52
Jan 1 ✦	vs.West Virginia	W 33–⁠21	2	75	38

2008 Florida State 6 games, 18 punts, 41.1 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 6	vs.Western Carolina	W 69–⁠0	2	93	47
Sep 13	vs.Chattanooga	W 46–⁠7	2	73	43
Sep 20	vs.Wake Forest	L 3–⁠12	4	190	56
Sep 27	vs.Colorado	W 39–⁠21	4	151	43
Oct 16	atNC State	W 26–⁠17	4	145	49
Oct 25	vs.Virginia Tech	W 30–⁠20	2	87	45

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

Before the draft

Played in the 2012 East–West Shrine Game (East team, lost 17–⁠24).

Drill	Combine 2012
Height	6′3¾″
Weight	248 lb
Arm length	33″
Hand size	9¼″

Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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