Senior kicker set USF records in 2019 and is on pace to own nearly every punting record for the Bulls
TAMPA, Aug. 26, 2020 – Record-breaking senior punter Trent Schneider (Sydney, Australia) has been named to the Ray Guy Award watch list, recognizing the nation’s top collegiate punter, for the second straight season.
A 2019 Academic All-American (just the second in program history), Schneider shattered USF records last year, as he ranked 12th nationally in punting average with a program record of 46.0 yards per punt. His 3,266 punting yards also set a USF record and he broke the single-game punting average record four times on the season, including the now record of 52.8 ypp on five punts in a 27-23 victory over BYU. His 464 punting yards vs. Memphis last year also set the USF game record.
Entering his third season as a Bull, Schneider owns six USF punting records and is on pace to claim at least three career marks. He has started 25 games, punted 145 times and amassed 6,442 yards punting while averaging 44.4 yards per punt – all on pace for USF career records. He also banged a 72-yard punt vs. East Carolina in 2018 to set the mark for the longest punt in USF history and his 74 punts that year set a new season record.
Schneider becomes the third Bull named to a 2020 watch list, joining senior cornerback KJ Sails (Wuerffel Trophy) and junior kicker Jared Sackett (Groza Award).
The Bulls are slated to open the 2020 campaign on Sept. 12 vs. The Citadel in Raymond James Stadium.
About USF Football
The USF football program first took the field in 1997 and completed its 23rd season (20th at the FBS level) in 2019. The Bulls have posted 15 winning seasons, earned 14 All-America selections and 29 first-team all-conference selections and has seen 30 players selected in the NFL Draft. USF has made 10 bowl games appearances (going 6-4 in those games) and posted a program record six straight appearances from 2005-2010. The Bulls most recently made four straight bowl appearances from 2015-18 and posted back-to-back 10-win seasons in 2016 and 2017, logging a program-record 11-2 mark in 2016 while finishing both seasons ranked in the Top 25. USF spent a program record 20 straight weeks ranked in the Top 25 during the 2016 and 2017 seasons and reached as high as No. 2 in the national rankings during the 2007 season.
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