CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS |
2023 SEASON |
CAA Football Honorable Mention |
2020 (SPRING 2021) SEASON |
CAA Football Special Teams Player of the Week (April 5) |
FCS Punter of the Year Preseason Watch List (Fall 2020) |
2019 SEASON |
CAA Football First Team |
ACADEMIC HONORS |
CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (High Honors with Distinction) |
Fall 2023 |
CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll |
Fall 2021, Spring 2022 |
Athletic Director's Honor Roll |
Spring 2022, Fall 2023 |
Villanova: Veteran performer who has been one of the top punters in the CAA … Former first team All-CAA honoree … Possesses a strong kicking leg…Gets good hang time on his punts.
2022: Missed the season due to injury.
2021: Played in 11 games and tallied 43 punts for 1,627 yards (37.8 average) … Had four punts of 50 yards or longer, including a season-long 55-yard effort … Seven of his punts were downed inside the opponent’s 20-yard line, 14 were fair caught and none were blocked;
Lehigh (9/4): Punted twice for 67 yards in a 47-3 win in the season opener;
Bucknell (9/11): Credited with a 29-yard punt;
Richmond (9/18): Had four punts for 151 yards and an average of 37.7 yards per punt;
UAlbany (10/16): Averaged 35.5 yards per punt on four attempts;
Rhode Island (10/23): Punted twice for 86 yards and averaged 43.0 yards per attempt;
William & Mary (10/30): Recorded five punts for 209 yards (41.8 average), including one 50-yard punt;
Elon (11/6): Tallied 184 yards on five punts for an average of 36.8 yards per punt;
Stony Brook (11/13): Punted a season-high seven times for 239 yards (34.1 average), including a season-long 55-yard punted which was downed inside the 20-yard line;
Delaware (11/20): Registered five punts for 202 yards (40.4 average), including a 50-yard effort, as the Wildcats defeated the Blue Hens in the annual “Battle of the Blue” game;
Holy Cross (12/3): Punted five times for 222 yards and averaged 44.4 yards per punt with a 53-yard effort in the second round of the FCS playoffs;
South Dakota State (12/11): Recorded three punts for 96 yards and averaged 32.0 yards per punt.
2020 (Spring 2021): Handled the punting duties for the third straight season … Punted 16 times for an average of 38.4 yards … Had a long punt of 68 yards and counted three attempts of 50 yards or longer during the season … Six of his 16 punts were downed inside the opposing team’s own 20-yard line and three were fair caught;
Stony Brook (3/6): Averaged 42.5 yards on four punts, including a 54-yard attempt and one punt downed inside the 20-yard line as the Wildcats defeated the Seawolves in the season opener;
Rhode Island (3/13): Punted three times for 100 yards … Had a long punt of 42 yards on the day with two of his punts being downed inside the 20-yard line;
Maine (4/3): Earned CAA Special Teams Player of the Week honors after this game … Registered a season-long 68-yard punt which was the fourth attempt of his career of longer than 60 yards … Averaged a season-best 47.5 yards on his four attempts for the day, with two punts of 50+ yards and two downed inside the 20-yard line;
Delaware (4/17): Punted a season-high five times and averaged 31.0 yards with one punt downed inside the 20-yard line and one fair caught … His longest attempt of the day went for 46 yards.
2019: First team All-CAA performer … Served as the Wildcats punter and handled kickoff duties for the second straight year … Led CAA Football with an average of 43.8 yards per punt … Punted 43 times for a total of 1,883 yards … Recorded a career-long punt of 75 yards and tallied eight attempts of 50 yards or longer … More than one-third of his punts (15 of 43) were downed inside the opponent’s 20-yard line and 12 of his attempts were fair caught … Kicked off 80 times for an average of 58.5 yards with 10 touchbacks and just one kick going out of bounds;
Colgate (8/24): Punted five times for an average of 44.0 yards in the season opener … Pinned Colgate inside its own 20-yard line three times … Kicked off six times for an average of 60.5 yards and a touchback;
Lehigh (9/7): Tallied his first 50-yard punt of the season an averaged 44.0 yards on five attempts … Put two of his punts inside the 20-yard line … Kicked off seven times for an average of 63.1 yards and three touchbacks;
Bucknell (9/14): Blasted a career-long punt of 75 yards which is the 10
th-longest punt in the Villanova record book … Averaged a season-best 51.4 yards on his seven punts in the game, including three of 50 yards or longer, two which were fair caught and one which was downed inside the 20-yard line … Tied a season high with eight kickoffs and averaged 52.1 yards with two touchbacks;
Towson (9/21): Punted four times for an average of 45.2 yards and a long punt of 52 yards in a road win over the fifth-ranked Tigers … Had one punt inside the 20-yard line … Kicked off eight times for an average of 60.4 yards, with his total of 483 kickoff yards a season high;
Maine (9/28): Delivered punts of 61 yards and 40 yards while kickoff seven times for an average of 61.7 yards and two touchbacks;
William & Mary (10/5): Punted once for 43 yards and kicked off six times for an average of 63.0 yards with one kick going out of bounds;
James Madison (10/12): Recorded a 44-yard punt and kicked off five times for an average of 61.4 yards and a touchback;
Stony Brook (10/26): Recorded punts of 51 yards and 44 yards, with one of his attempts being fair caught … Kicked off six times for an average of 60.0 yards;
New Hampshire (11/2): Averaged 41.0 yards on five punts, including a long attempt of 53 yards on the day … Had two punts downed inside the 20-yard line … Kicked off four times for an average of 60.8 yards and a touchback;
Richmond (11/9): Punted twice, both times for exactly 40 yards, and kicked off six times for an average of 47.7 yards;
LIU (11/15): Recorded punts of 39 yards and 25 yards, one of which was downed inside the 20-yard line … Kicked off three times for an average of 54.7 yards;
Delaware (11/23): Averaged 41.8 yards on four punts with a long attempt of 49 yards for the day … Two of his punts were downed inside the 20-yard line … Kicked off seven times for an average of 56.3 yards;
Southeastern Louisiana (11/30): Punted three times for an average of 34.3 yards per punt, including a long attempt of 44 yards and two kicks which landed inside the 20-yard line … Kicked off seven times for an average of 58.9 yards.
2018: Handled the punting and kickoff duties as a true freshman … Had a strong season for the Wildcats and played in all 11 games … Punted 51 times for 2,089 total yards and an average of 41.0 yards per punt … Tallied 10 punts of 50 yards or longer, including a season-long blast of 63 yards … Nearly a third of his punts (15 of 51) were downed inside the opponent’s 20-yard line … Only had one punt blocked … Kicked off 54 times for 3,328 yards … Averaged 61.6 yards per kick and an average net kick of 40.3 yards … Recorded 25 touchbacks on his 54 kickoffs and kicked out of bounds on just one occasion which came in the season opener … Had one assisted tackle on the season;
Temple (9/1): In his collegiate debut helped the Wildcats post a 19-17 win over the FBS Owls … Punted three times for an average of 42.7 yards … His longest punt of the day went for 57 yards … His final punt of the game with less than two minutes remaining in the contest pinned Temple at their own eight-yard line … Kicked off four times for an average of 59.2 yards;
Lehigh (9/8): Punted six times for an average of 37.2 yards and kicked off six times for an average of 59.2 yards in a 31-9 road victory … His longest punt of the game was for 44 yards and two of his six attempts were inside the 20-yard line … Had three touchbacks on his six kickoffs;
Towson (9/15): Had three punts for a total of 112 yard (37.3-yard average) … All three punts were fair caught … Kicked off six times for an average of 64.0 yads and three touchbacks;
Bucknell (9/22): Recorded punts of 51 yards and 43 yards in a lopsided 49-7 win … Kicked off eight times for an average of 62.4 yards and two touchbacks;
Stony Brook (9/29): Punted five times for an average of 45.4 yards, including a long attempt of 54 yards on the night … Two of his punts were downed inside the 20-yard line … Recorded touchbacks on four of five kickoffs and averaged 61.8 yards per kick;
at Maine (10/6): Notched his longest punt of the year with a 63-yard attempt that pinned Maine at their own nine-yard line in the third quarter … Had a 57-yard punt earlier in the game and averaged 47.3 yards on six attempts for the day … Three of his punts were downed inside the 20-yard line on an afternoon where the teams battled for field position throughout … All three of his kickoffs in the contest reached the end zone and two resulted in touchbacks;
James Madison (10/13): Recorded a season high by having four of his punts go for 50+ yards in a single game … Punted seven times in all and averaged 45.9 yards per attempt with a long punt of 57 yards … Had one touchback, three fair-caught punts and one attempt downed inside the 20-yard line … Also had a punt blocked for the only time all year … Kicked off once for a touchback;
New Hampshire (10/27): Averaged 39.2 yards per attempt on a season-high eight punts … His longest effort of the day was for 54 yards … Four of his attempts were fair caught and two were downed inside the 20-yard line … Kicked off once for a touchback;
Richmond (11/3): Punted four times for an average of 34.0 yards and had two of his attempts downed inside the 20-yard line … Kicked off a season-high nine times in the 45-21 victory, averaging 61.3 yads per kick with four touchbacks which tied a season high;
William & Mary (11/10): Averaged 40.0 yards on three punts with a long attempt of 48 yards for the day … Kicked off four times for an average of 61.0 yards and three touchbacks;
Delaware (11/17): Punted four times in the season finale, with three of his attempts being fair caught … Averaged 32.5 yads per punt with one attempt landing inside the Blue Hens 20-yard line … Kicked off seven times for an average of 60.4 yards and two touchbacks as the Wildcats won the annual ‘Battle of the Blue’ game by a 42-21 margin.
St. Augustine Prep: Earned four varsity letters each in football and swimming & diving … Was an all-league football performer … Rated a five-star kicker and punter by
Kohl’s Kicking.
Personal: Born 4/28/00 … Second of three children of Greg and Donna Fondacaro.