Ryan Coyle

Position:
Place Kicker/Punter
Height:
6-3
Weight:
210
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Princeton, NJ
High School:
Lawrenceville School

At Princeton ? 2007: ranked sixth nationally with an average of 43.1 yards per punt ... earned All-America honors from the All-America Football Foundation ... earned first-team All-Ivy honors in his first season as a starter ... 43.1-yard average was less than a yard off Matt Evans’ single-season Princeton record of 44.0 yards per punt (1998) ... named Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week after averaging 45.3 yards per punt, including a career-long kick of 69 yards, in win at Lafayette ... averaged more than 45 yards per punt in five different games ... pinned 13 punts inside the 20-yard-line, including three apiece in the final three games ... recorded 12 punts of at least 50 yards. 2006: replaced injured All-Ivy punter Colin McDonough for two games and averaged 34.5 yards per punt in wins over Colgate and Brown ... recorded career-long punt of 47 yards against Colgate ... pinned two punts inside the 20-yard-line and booted three fair-catch punts against Brown.

At The Lawrenceville School ? three-time first-team all-area and all-league selection as a kicker and punter ... two-time first-team all-state and three-time all-prep selection ... four-year letterwinner ... averaged 41 yards per punt over his career and kicked a long punt of 70 yards ... made five of eight field goal attempts as a senior, including a long of 43 yards ... earned a varsity letter with the golf team and shot a low round of 73 ... National Merit finalist ... Cum Laude Society ... earned N.J. Governor’s School for Environment nomination ... high honors each term.

Personal ? born Jan. 6, 1987 ... son of Michael and Cecilia Coyle ... father is an orthopedic surgeon, mother is retired ... father handles the orthopedics for the Rutgers football team ... has a stepbrother Chris and a stepsister Amanda ... enjoys golfing, boating and reading ... interested in meteorology, chemistry and history, especially military history ... an economics major.

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