LandonFoster

* Academic All-America second team by the College Sports Information Directors of America (2014)
* SEC Academic Honor Roll (2013, 2014)
* Freshman All-America first team by Scout.com (2012)
* Freshman All-America second team by CollegeFootballNews.com (2012)
* Freshman All-SEC by SEC?Coaches (2012)

Three-year
starting punter … Could become only the third player in school
history to be a four-year starter at the position … Won the starting
punter job as a true freshman and earned Freshman All-America honors …
Combined good distance and hang time as he set the Kentucky freshman
record for highest punting average … Has shown good composure in
handling the duty … Also does a fine job of punt placement near the
goal line … Has played in 36 games … Outstanding student earned
second-team Academic All-America honors last season … Extremely active
in community service, see list below … Participated in a unique
experience in May 2014, with a one-week educational/service trip to
Ethiopia.

2014 (Junior): Averaged
42.6 yards per punt … Had a career-long 60-yard boot at Louisville
… Totaled 27 punts inside the 20-yard line during the season … Top
game was a 47.8-yard average vs. Mississippi State … Dropped five
punts inside the 20 in the win over ULM.
2013 (Sophomore):
Punted 68 times for a 41.3-yard average … Had 15 punts inside the
opponents 20-yard line … Booted a career-long 59-yard punt vs.
Vanderbilt … Best game was five punts for a 49-yard average in the win
over Alabama State.
2012 (Freshman): Averaged
42.9 yards per punt, highest ever by a Kentucky freshman … Received
Freshman All-America and All-SEC honors, see above for list … Set a
single-game school record with a 48.4-yard average at Arkansas (min.
eight punts) … Long punt was 58 yards at Arkansas … Averaged a
season-high 50.7 yards in the win over Kent?State … Had 13 punts
inside the 20-yard line.
High School: Named
first-team all-state in Class AAAAAA as a kicker by the Tennessee
Sports Writers’ Association … Picked as the punter for the all-state
“Dream Team,” covering all classifications, by the Nashville Tennessean …
Made 11 of 16 field goals as a senior with a long of 49 … Averaged 41.3
yards per punt … 50 of his 56 kickoffs went for touchbacks and four of
the others were on-side kicks … Named his team’s Most Valuable Player, a
rare honor for a kicking specialist … Independence HS went 8-3 his
senior year and reached the state playoffs in Class AAAAAA … Three-year
starter as the team’s punter and kicker … Rated the No. 8 kicker in the
nation by Scout.com and the No. 12 kicker by 24/7 Sports … The No. 10
prospect in the state of Tennessee by SuperPrep, which wrote,
“Technically strong with good hang times and directional ability.  Also
performs well under pressure.” … Played for the winning West team in the
Tennessee East-West All-Star Game … Coached by Kevin Dyson … Has worked
with former Tennessee Titans punter Craig Hentrich … Also played soccer
his first two years in high school … Played on a regional all-star team
that had matches in Mexico, England and Costa Rica … Began receiving
college scholarship offers in soccer as a sophomore but gave up the game
the final two seasons to concentrate on football … Principal’s List
student … Member of the National Honor Society … Member of the National
Technical Honor Society for his studies in medical science.
Personal: Born in Franklin, Tenn. … Son of Cliff and Tina Foster … Cliff played college football at Tennessee … Major is in finance.
Community Cats:
Participated in the Big Blue U Move-In (2012), events at the Indian
Summer Camp for children’s cancer survivors (2012, ‘13, ‘14), Bucks for
Backpacks, Dance Blue, Northern Elementary School, Picadome Elementary
School, Booker T. Washington Elementary School, God’s Pantry, YMCA, Cats
Cultivating Character, Trunk-or-Treat, Breakfast With Santa, making and
distributing blankets at UK Children’s Hospital (2014) … Participated
in a one-week service/educational trip to Ethiopia in May, 2014, which
inspired him to sponsor a teenage orphan in that country.  
Landon Says …
Other than the NFL, my dream job is: athletic director/SEC commissioner
… I couldn’t live without my: long snapper … The coolest thing
about UK is: Keeneland / connecting with amazing athletic administrators
… My non-sports talent is: lip syncing … Were you named after
someone? named after Michael Landon … What’s the best advice you’ve
ever received? Proverbs 27:17 “Iron sharpens iron, just as one man
sharpens another.”