SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Senior punter James Rendell earned the Ray Guy Award’s Punter of the Week honor after he was selected to the award’s Ray’s 8 for his performance in the 34-24 win over. No. 20 USC. The Ray Guy Award honors college football’s top punter. This marks the first such weekly honor of Rendell’s career.
Rendell made a key mark in the win, as he punted four times, averaging 49.0 yards per punt, landing three within the 20-yard line, including a 55-yard long.
Three of Rendell’s four punts led to USC drives that ended with zero points. None of Rendell’s punts allowed a chance at a return. On his four punts, he pinned the Trojans at an average of the 17.25-yard marker. On the three punts that were downed inside the 20, he averaged a placement of the 13.33-yard line.
This season, Notre Dame ranks 11th in the nation in net punting (43.88).