COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Four Mountain West football players are among the 33 student-athletes on the 2024 Ray Guy Award Preseason Watch List, as announced today by the Augusta Sports Council. The award honors the top punter in the FBS.
Boise State junior James Ferguson-Reynolds, New Mexico senior Aaron Rodriguez, UNLV junior Marshall Nichols and Utah State senior Stephen Kotsanlee represent the Mountain West on the list.
The MW’s four selections trail only the SEC’s six and the five each from the ACC, Big 12 and Big Ten among FBS conferences.
The 2024 watch list was compiled based on the 2023 Ray Guy Award Semifinalist List, the top ten NCAA Punters from 2023, the 2023 All-Conference teams, the 2023 All-American Teams, the 2024 pre-season All-Conference Teams, and eligible punters on the 2023 watchlist.
The number of eligible candidates for this season will grow when the award opens nominations on Aug. 3. The complete list of candidates will be released on Nov. 6. In mid-November, the Ray Guy Award committee will meet to select the 10 semifinalists, who will be announced on Nov. 15. A national body of FBS sports information directors, media representatives, and previous Ray Guy Award winners will then vote for the top three finalists to be announced on Nov. 26. After the finalists are named, the voting body will cast ballots again to select the nation’s top punter. The winner will be announced live during The Home Depot College Football Awards airing on ESPN in December 2024.
Ray Guy Award Preseason Watch List (MW representatives)
James Ferguson-Reynolds, Jr., Boise State
Aaron Rodriguez, Sr., New Mexico
Marshall Nichols, Jr., UNLV
Stephen Kotsanlee, Sr., Utah State
