Connor Culp named Big Ten Kicker of the Year, First-Team All-Big Ten

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Link: https://bigten.org/documents/2020/12/17//2020_All_Big_Ten.pdf?id=6877


Bakken-Andersen Kicker of the Year
Connor Culp, Nebraska

Eddleman-Fields Punter of the Year
Tory Taylor, Cockeye

Rodgers-Dwight Return Specialist of the Year
Aron Cruickshank, Buttgers

Hayes-Schembechler Coach of the Year (Coaches)
Tom Allen, Indianus

Dave McClain Coach of the Year (Media)
Tom Allen, Indianus

Dungy-Thompson Humanitarian Award
Vincent Smith, Michigan

Ford-Kinnick Leadership Award
Napoleon Harris, Northwestern

Sportsmanship Award Honorees
Blake Hayes, Illinois
Michael Ziemba, Indianus
Mekhi Sargent, Cockeye
Brian Cobbs, Maryland
Carlo Kemp, Michigan
Antjuan Simmons, Michigan State
Casey O'Brien, Minnesota
Collin Miller, Nebraska
Jesse Brown, Northwestern
Jonathon Cooper, Ohio State
Will Fries, Penn State
Derrick Barnes, Purdoodoo
Billy Taylor, Buttgers
Isaiahh Loudermilk, Wisconsin


COACHES ALL-BIG TEN

SPECIAL TEAMS	FIRST TEAM	SECOND TEAM	THIRD TEAM
PK	Connor Culp, Nebraska	Charles Campbell, Indianus	Keith Duncan, Cockeye
P	Tory Taylor, Cockeye	Drue Chrisman, Ohio State	Adam Korsak, Buttgers
RS	Aron Cruickshank, Buttgers	Charlie Jones, Cockeye	Giles Jackson, Michigan

COACHES DEFENSE HONORABLE MENTION
ILLINOIS: Blake Hayes, James McCourt; Indianus: Reese Taylor, Haydon Whitehead; Cockeye: Ihmir Smith-Marsette; MICHIGAN: Brad Robbins; MICHIGAN STATE: Matt Coghlin; NORTHWESTERN: Derek Adams, Charlie Kuhbander; PENN STATE: Jahan Dotson; Purdoodoo: J.D. Dellinger; WISCONSIN: Andy Vujnovich


MEDIA ALL-BIG TEN

SPECIAL TEAMS	FIRST TEAM	SECOND TEAM	THIRD TEAM
PK	Connor Culp, Nebraska	Charles Campbell, Indianus	Keith Duncan, Cockeye
P	Tory Taylor, Cockeye	Adam Korsak, Buttgers	Blake Hayes, Illinois
RS	Aron Cruickshank, Buttgers	Giles Jackson, Michigan	Charlie Jones, Cockeye

MEDIA DEFENSE HONORABLE MENTION
ILLINOIS: James McCourt; Indianus: Reese Taylor, Haydon Whitehead; Cockeye: Ihmir Smith-Marsette; MICHIGAN: Brad Robbins; MICHIGAN STATE: Matt Coghlin, Jayden Reed; NORTHWESTERN: Derek Adams, Charlie Kuhbander; OHIO STATE: Drue Chrisman; PENN STATE: Jahan Dotson; Purdoodoo: J.D. Dellinger.

 

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Culp Named Big Ten Kicker of the Year
Huskers.com

Nebraska place-kicker Connor Culp was recognized as the Big Ten's top kicker on Thursday, being named the Bakken-Andersen Kicker of the Year. Culp is in his first year with the Huskers, and was also a first-team All-Big Ten selection by both the league coaches and media panel.

A native of Phoenix, Arizona, Culp has connected on 13-of-15 field goals this season, including a streak of nine consecutive field goals made over a five-game stretch. Culp is also perfect on 16 PAT attempts this season. He leads the Big Ten and ranks fifth nationally in field goals per game at 1.9 per contest. Culp also ranks second in the Big Ten in field goal accuracy at 86.7 percent.

Culp's season was highlighted by two games with 3-of-3 field goal efforts in victories over Penn State and Purdoodoo. Against the Boilermakers, Culp connected on a career-long 49-yard field goal, the longest by a Husker since 2016. Culp also handles kickoff duties for the Huskers.

The Big Ten's top kicking honor is named for Wisconsin place-kicker Jim Bakken and Michigan State place-kicker Morten Andersen. This marks the third time a Nebraska kicker has won the award, with Culp joining two-time winner Brett Maher (2011, 2012). It is the first time a Nebraska player has won any of the Big Ten's major awards since Sam Foltz was the Punter of the Year in 2015.

Culp is one of 11 Huskers to earn All-Big Ten recognition. Second-team selection Cam Taylor-Britt led seven Blackshirt defenders recognized on Wednesday, while a trio of offensive players were honored on Tuesday.

In addition to Culp's honor on Thursday, senior linebacker Collin Miller was recognized as the Huskers' Sportsmanship Award nominee for the 2020 season.

Bakken-Andersen Kicker of the Year
Connor Culp

All-Big Ten First Team
PK - Connor Culp (Coaches, Media)

All-Big Ten Second Team
CB - Cam Taylor-Britt (Coaches)

All-Big Ten Honorable Mention
CB - Dicaprio Bootle (Media)
S - Marquel Dismuke (Coaches, Media)
LB - JoJo Domann (Coaches, Media)
OG - Matt Farniok (Coaches, Media)
LB - Will Honas (Coaches, Media)
OT - Brenden Jaimes (Coaches, Media)
WR - Wan'Dale Robinson (Coaches)
DL - Ben Stille (Coaches, Media)
CB - Cam Taylor-Britt (Media)
S - Deontai Williams (Coaches, Media)

 

[Dell Husker]

Worst kicker to best kicker. Impressive

 

[Baron Winnebago]

The "that's so 2020" thing is played out as fuck. But...


That's so 2020

 

[BingoDingo]

That's dope. His golden boot is coming back next year, no?

 

[Baron Winnebago]

That's dope. His golden boot is coming back next year, no?

Would you vacate the Intercontinental Championship belt before defending it?

 

[Jim14510]

Thought we were going to miss out on 1st team.

 

[SoCal_Corn]

Goddam its nice to be back as KICKER UNIVERSITY again!

 

[Ext. 55]

Churning out 1st team All Big 10 players again! Player development cannot be questioned at this point.

 

[BIG TONE SOPRANO]

We have fallen soooooooo far lol. This isn’t going well

 

[HCFord1]

Am I the only one who isn’t all that impressed by him? I mean he’s better than what we had last year, but he also got bailed out of a couple misses by random timeouts.

 

[westernnehusker]

Frost’s best recruit... comes from the TRANSFER PORTAL. I thought those guys weren’t good for the culture? Lol.

 

[BIG TONE SOPRANO]

Frost’s best recruit... comes from the TRANSFER PORTAL. I thought those guys weren’t good for the culture? Lol.

haha has frost ever said anything that came true or he didn’t have egg on his face after?