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Jersey Number 15
Paul Layton
- Position:
- P
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 215
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Burnt Hills, N.Y.
- High School:
- Ballston Lake
Transfer student from the University at Albany … enrolled at Temple in January 2013 ... graduated in December 2012 … has one season of eligibility.
Honors: 2012, 2011, and 2010 first-team All-Northeast Conference honoree … 2012 College Football Performance FCS Punter Watch List ... 2012 All-Northeast Conference Preseason Team … named the 2011 Great Danes' Most Valuable Special Teams Player (team award) ... named a 2011 ECAC Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Special Team All-Star ... Northeast Conference Special Teams Player of the Week (twice) … 2010 NEC Academic Honor Roll … 2009 Capital District Student Scholarship.
College: Three-year letterwinner at punter for head coach Bob Ford at the University at Albany … averaged 41.0 yards in career. 2012: Played in all 11 games at punter … averaged a league-best 40.4 yards per punt, including a program record 82-yarder vs. Wagner (11/3) … punted 46 times with 11 sailing 50-yards or longer … dropped 15 within the 20-yard line. 2011: Averaged 42.6 yards per punt, ranking 9th among the national leaders ... booted 17 kicks of 50 or more yards. 2010: Averaged 40.1 yard per punt as a redshirt freshman ... ranked 31st among the national leaders and third in the Northeast Conference ... placed 14 punts inside the 20-yard line, including seven for touchbacks ... booted 50-plus yard punts 12 times ... tied 13th-longest punt in school history with 69-yarder in season finale against Monmouth ... kicked a 63-yard punt at Duquesne and a 61-yarder at Maine. 2009: Redshirted.
High School: Four-year letterwinner for coach Matt Shell at Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake HS … 2008 Class A first-team All-State selection by New York State Sportswriters Association as a kicker ... made 68 of 69 PATs and three field goals ... third on all-time Section II kicking list with 77 points ... averaged 42 yards per punt ... all-time leader in Section II history with 172 career kicking points ... 2008 Large School Offensive Player of the Year by the Albany Times Union ... first-team All-Area by Daily Gazette and Troy Record ... led high school to state championship game as a quarterback ... passed for 1,302 yards and 14 touchdowns ... rushed for 1,186 yards and 20 TDs ... BHBL won second sectional title in last three years ... consensus All-Area punter as a junior, when he averaged 41 yards per attempt ... earned third-team All-State honors as a quarterback ... career stats: 2,861 passing yards, 34 passing TDs, 2,002 rushing yards, 28 rushing TDs ... four varsity awards as basketball guard ... two-time team captain … National Honor Society member … Math Honor Society member … Business Honor Society member … participated in Big Brothers.
Personal: Paul K. Layton … born November 5, 1990, in Burnt Hills, N.Y. … parents are Karen and Jim Layton … has two older sisters, Jessica (32) and Lauren (26), and an older brother, Steve (30) … all siblings were college athletes … brother played tight end at Union College … Jessica played soccer at Syracuse, and Lauren played field hockey at SUNY Oswego … graduated from Albany in December 2012 with a degree in business administration… pursuing a master’s degree in marketing.
Honors: 2012, 2011, and 2010 first-team All-Northeast Conference honoree … 2012 College Football Performance FCS Punter Watch List ... 2012 All-Northeast Conference Preseason Team … named the 2011 Great Danes' Most Valuable Special Teams Player (team award) ... named a 2011 ECAC Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Special Team All-Star ... Northeast Conference Special Teams Player of the Week (twice) … 2010 NEC Academic Honor Roll … 2009 Capital District Student Scholarship.
College: Three-year letterwinner at punter for head coach Bob Ford at the University at Albany … averaged 41.0 yards in career. 2012: Played in all 11 games at punter … averaged a league-best 40.4 yards per punt, including a program record 82-yarder vs. Wagner (11/3) … punted 46 times with 11 sailing 50-yards or longer … dropped 15 within the 20-yard line. 2011: Averaged 42.6 yards per punt, ranking 9th among the national leaders ... booted 17 kicks of 50 or more yards. 2010: Averaged 40.1 yard per punt as a redshirt freshman ... ranked 31st among the national leaders and third in the Northeast Conference ... placed 14 punts inside the 20-yard line, including seven for touchbacks ... booted 50-plus yard punts 12 times ... tied 13th-longest punt in school history with 69-yarder in season finale against Monmouth ... kicked a 63-yard punt at Duquesne and a 61-yarder at Maine. 2009: Redshirted.
High School: Four-year letterwinner for coach Matt Shell at Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake HS … 2008 Class A first-team All-State selection by New York State Sportswriters Association as a kicker ... made 68 of 69 PATs and three field goals ... third on all-time Section II kicking list with 77 points ... averaged 42 yards per punt ... all-time leader in Section II history with 172 career kicking points ... 2008 Large School Offensive Player of the Year by the Albany Times Union ... first-team All-Area by Daily Gazette and Troy Record ... led high school to state championship game as a quarterback ... passed for 1,302 yards and 14 touchdowns ... rushed for 1,186 yards and 20 TDs ... BHBL won second sectional title in last three years ... consensus All-Area punter as a junior, when he averaged 41 yards per attempt ... earned third-team All-State honors as a quarterback ... career stats: 2,861 passing yards, 34 passing TDs, 2,002 rushing yards, 28 rushing TDs ... four varsity awards as basketball guard ... two-time team captain … National Honor Society member … Math Honor Society member … Business Honor Society member … participated in Big Brothers.
Personal: Paul K. Layton … born November 5, 1990, in Burnt Hills, N.Y. … parents are Karen and Jim Layton … has two older sisters, Jessica (32) and Lauren (26), and an older brother, Steve (30) … all siblings were college athletes … brother played tight end at Union College … Jessica played soccer at Syracuse, and Lauren played field hockey at SUNY Oswego … graduated from Albany in December 2012 with a degree in business administration… pursuing a master’s degree in marketing.
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