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Andrew Gantz Season 2014

PositionK
Weight158 lbs
Height5-9
ClassFreshman
HometownDayton, Ohio
PronunciationRS
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2016: Lou Groza Award nominee suffered a hip injury during training camp and was limited to two games before re-injuring the hip during warm ups for the USF game ... hit both his field goal attempts, a 26-yarder at Purdue and 37-yard try against Houston ... also was 7-of-7 on PATs.

2015: Second team All-American Athletic Conference selection … Named to Preseason Watch List for Lou Groza Award … Awarded a scholarship in the summer of 2015 … Played in all 12 games … Ranked 17th nationally in scoring at 9.3 points per game … Went 21-27 on field goals for the year, with a long kick of 51 … Was 48-49 on point-after attempts … Averaged 6.8 yards on 83 kickoffs, with 30 going for a touchback … Made all three field goals with a long of 46 against Miami (Ohio) … Hit on four of five field goal attempts at Memphis, including one from 49 yards … Hit a career-long 51 yard field goal while going 2-2 in win over Miami (Fla.) … Hit on two of three attempts at East Carolina, drilling a 50-yard FG while also kicking a 42-yard field goal as time expired for a 19-16 UC win … Named American Athletic Conference Special Teams Player of the Week for his game-winner against the Pirates.

2014: Second-Team All-American Athletic Conference selection ... semifinalist for the Groza Award ... 16-of-20 on field goals and 52-of-54 on PATs ... led the Bearcats with 100 points scored ... his 100-point effort is only the fifth time a UC kicker has eclipsed the mark in 127 seasons ... made his first career field goal of 34 yards against Toledo ... added a 21-yard effort against Miami (Ohio) ... after missing a kick at Memphis, tallied 12-straight field goals, including a career-best 47-yard game-winning effort against East Carolina.

2013: Redshirted.

PRIOR TO UC: Three-star kicker was ranked as the nation’s No. 7 kicker in the 2013 class by 247Sports ... Chris Sailer Kicking tabbed him as a five-star prospect and an Event Elite Top-12 kicker ... as a senior, was tabbed First-Team All-Greater Western Ohio Conference and First-Team All-GWOC Central Division at punter ... kickoff specialist who pinned opposing teams inside their own 15-yard line 38 times in 2012 ... in 2011, set GWOC ALL-Time Record for most Touchbacks in a single season and led the GWOC in Average Distance, Total Yards, and Touchbacks ... set school records for most touchbacks in a game (6) and season (20) ... chose to attend Cincinnati over offers from Tennessee, Nevada, Utah and Portland State ... coached by Ron Ullery.
 

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Senior
2017

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5-10 / 190 lbs
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Senior
2016

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5-9 / 178 lbs
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Junior
2015

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5-9 / 178 lbs
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Freshman
2013

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5-9 / 158 lbs