LonesSeiber

• SEC All-Freshman Team by SEC coaches (2006)

Three-year starter at placekicker … Set the single-season scoring record for kickers in 2007 … Has made 38 of 63 career field goals … Ranks second in school history in scoring (232 points), field goals made (38) and extra-points made (118) … Career-long field goal is 48 yards in college (done three times) and has hit from 52 in high school … Appeared in 36 games.

2008 (Junior): Tallied 67 points to lead the team … Was 11-of-19 on field goal attempts and 34-of-36 on extra points … Scored eight points against Georgia with a season-long 40-yard field goal and five PATs … Made two field goals in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl victory.

2007 (Sophomore): Led the team in scoring with 99 points … Set the school record for most points by a kicker in a season … Tied a career-long field goal by kicking a 48-yarder against Eastern Kentucky, and then matched that kick with another 48-yarder against Vanderbilt … Set a career high with three field goals against South Carolina (27, 41, 33) … Matched his career high a week later by kicking three field goals, two in the fourth quarter and one in the second overtime, in the upset win over LSU (33, 27, 43) … Named a “Star of the Week” by the Lou Groza Kickers Award for the LSU game.

2006 (Freshman): Had hip surgery during the summer of 2006 and was not at full strength when practice began … Took over the starting placekicking duties beginning with the third game of the season … Made 11-of-19 field goals on the season … Longest was a 48-yard field goal vs. Georgia … Made 33 of 34 extra-point tries … Second on the team in scoring with 66 points … Selected for the SEC All-Freshman Team by league coaches.

High School: Long-range kicker with impressive ability … Played his senior season at Central HS in Knoxville, Tenn. … All-state pick by The Associated Press and Tennessee Sportswriters … Made 10 of 15 field goals (two of his five misses were longer than 55 yards and the other three were blocked) … 96 percent of his kickoffs went for touchbacks … Also averaged 46.2 yards per punt … Named the area special teams player of the year and kicker of the year … Helped Central to an 11-2 record and trip to the state quarterfinals in Class AAAA … Was a high school teammate of current Wildcat A.J. Nance … Part of a military family, he played his junior season at Wiesbaden American HS in Wiesbaden, Germany … Made seven of nine field goals, including his career long of 52 yards … Averaged 41.6 yards as a punter … Team went 10-1 and won the European league championship for schools that play American football … Named to the All-Europe team … All-South Region prospect by PrepStar … Coached at Central by Joel Helton … “In addition to his kicking skills, Lones is a good athlete,” Helton said. “He has great speed and is strong. He could have played wide receiver or defensive back for us.” … Played soccer while in Germany … Honor roll student … Decided on Kentucky over Tennessee and Tennessee Tech.

Personal: Born in Okinawa, Japan … Name is pronounced “LONE-us SEE-ber” … Son of Lones Seiber III and Kristi Seiber … Lones Seiber III is in the Air Force, currently stationed in San Antonio … Major is community communications and leadership development.