Colin McDonough

Position:
Punter/Kicker
Height:
6-0
Weight:
185
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Milford, IA
High School:
Okoboji Community

At Princeton — over three years and 150 punts, has never had a punt blocked. 2005: selected to the All-American Football Foundation I-AA All-America team … unanimous first-team All-Ivy selection; one of seven members of the 2005 team to be selected by every head coach … led the Ivy League with a 40.1 yard-per-punt average … pinned 12 punts inside the 20-yard-line and kicked three over 50 yards … season-long punt went 60 yards against Yale … averaged 46.0 yards per punt in season-opening win at Lafayette. 2004 — earned second-team All-Ivy honors … averaged 37.3 yards per punt, third-best in the Ivy League … had seven punts of 50 yards or more and pinned 20 punts inside the 20 … recorded a career-long punt of 65 yards against Cornell; he averaged 43.8 yards per punt in that game … averaged more than 40 yards per punt in three games. 2003 — became the first freshman ever at Princeton to be named first-team All-Ivy … led the Ivy League with a 39.0-yards per punt average … had nine punts inside the 20 and five of more than 50 yards … booted a season-long 54-yard punt against Colgate … averaged more than 40 yards per punt in four games, including a season-best 42.2 yard average against Columbia … successfully converted seven point-after attempts, including three apiece against Cornell and Yale.
At Okoboji Community — earned All-America, all-state, all-district and All-Northwest Iowa honors as a kicker and punter his senior year … earned all-state and all-district honors during his sophomore and junior seasons as well … recorded 102 touchbacks during his final three seasons of high school and made 72 of 76 extra-point attempts and six of nine field goal attempts … played quarterback during sophomore, junior and senior seasons, and played free safety and linebacker as a senior … earned all-conference and All-Northwest Iowa honors as a junior and senior while playing point guard for the basketball team … as a senior, he averaged 15 points, six assists and four steals per game … earned all-state and team MVP honors in soccer, scoring 26 goals as a midfielder … served as team captain in football and soccer two years apiece, and served as captain for the basketball team as a senior … earned academic all-state honors in football, basketball and track … led track team to a championship season in 2003 … earned Iowa Banker’s Association Student Achiever’s Award as a senior basketball player … earned Scholar-Athlete award and State of Iowa Scholar award.
Personal — born March 31, 1985 … son of Michael and Judi McDonough … father works in marketing; mother is a nurse practitioner … has an older sister Caitrin, a Ph.D. candidate at Wake Forest, and a younger sister Tegan, who attends the University of Iowa.